Tuesday 31 October 2023 6:00pm to 8:00pm
This evening event will be held online and in person (London)
About
As the planet edges closer to a climate change tipping point, UK policymakers need bold solutions to prevent catastrophe. And while work to transition to net zero remains essential, some argue it’s time to turn to radical climate repair to buy much-needed time: from removing CO2 from the atmosphere to solar geoengineering to deflect the sun’s rays.
In his Minister for the Future piece, Professor Sir David King, founder of the Centre for Climate Repair, chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and former Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government urges a unique climate repair technique: refreezing the arctic through temperature stablisation technology.
He joins us live in conversation on 31 October 18:00-20:00 with Alan Rusbridger, Editor of Prospect Magazine, to dive deeper into the role of geoengineering technology in the fight against climate change. Alongside an expert panel from the world of climate science, we’ll explore the technologies on the table, the controversies of using climate repair and how far geoengineering can really be used as an effective part of our toolkit.
As an audience member, you’ll also have your say through interactive voting and a live Q&A.
Register here: https://www.eventsforce.net/nesta/frontend/reg/tRegisterEmailNew.csp
Professor Sir David King is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, at the University of Cambridge, founder of the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge University, and chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group. Previously he held the position of permanent Special Representative for Climate Change from September 2013 until March 2017. He was the Government's Chief Scientific Advisor from 2000 to 2007, during which time he raised awareness of the need for governments to act on climate change and was instrumental in creating the Energy Technologies Institute. Sir David has published over 500 scientific papers, covering policy, climate change, and physical chemistry. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1991; Foreign Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002; knighted in 2003; made “Officier dans l’ordre national de la Légion d’honneur” in 2009. In Feb 2022 he was awarded the AAAS David and Betty Hamburg Award for Science Diplomacy.