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The writer and activist Bill McKibben has a saying: “You can’t negotiate with the planet.” What he means is that climate change will continue to unfold based on the amount of carbon we spew into the atmosphere—along with other physical factors—whether we chose to believe in it or not. That’s worth remembering as we enter [...]
Just in case you missed it, have a look at Bjorn Lomborg’s essay for TIME this week on why we should use geoengineering to stave off the immediate effects of global warming until greener energy sources are practically integrated into the global economy. (Watch a Q&A with Lomborg.) What do you think? Are man-made fixes [...]
Although most of the attention on the end of last week’s meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya focused on the modest agreement made to reduce biodiversity loss, that wasn’t the only outcome of the two week-long summit. Member nations at Nagoya also agreed on a possible moratorium on research into the [...]
As it becomes increasingly clear that legislating carbon emission cuts will be almost impossible in the immediate future—while counting on research for new energy solutions is an inevitable gamble—the possibility of geoengineering is going from a pipe dream to a last-ditch weapon. Most geoengineering schemes would involve trying to directly cool the planet’s climate—usually by [...]
