Guest blog: Calls for an SRM ‘non-use agreement’ underline the need for governance
Guest blog by Janos Paszor is Executive Director, Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Change. Originally published in C2G On January 17, more than 60 scientists and scholars launched a global initiative calling for a “ non-use agreement on solar geoengineering ”. This has prompted a vigorous debate within the academic community focused on these issues, and could have an impact on the evolution of a wider discussion in policy circles as well. It is not C2G’s place to take a position on the initiative’s merits per se, but we do believe it underscores the challenge C2G was created to address: that potential climate-altering techniques are being considered increasingly seriously, and that this requires governance . Governance is more than just creating rules: it involves a wide array of actors coming together to explore the challenges in many fora. By that measu...