PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM

CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: IS CLIMATE ENGINEERING A SUITABLE WAY

FRIDAY 5 MAY 2023 (09h30 - 13h00, CEST)

University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia
Aula Magna - Sala del Camino - Palazzo del Broletto - Piazza della Vittoria, 15 Pavia

(in person and online)

organized by

The World Commission of UNESCO on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology

IUSS Pavia – University School for Advanced Studies of Pavia 

in cooperation with

The Italian Ministry of University

PhD National Program on Sustainable Development and Climate Change

PROGRAMME

09h30-09h50 Opening Addresses

09h30-09h45 Riccardo Pietrabissa, Rector IUSS Pavia
09h45-09h50 Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director General for Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO (online)

09h50-11h10 Panel 1 Climate Engineering: why consider it at all? An Ethical Discussion on Climate Strategies 

Moderator: Mario Martina, IUSS Pavia

09h50-09h55
Mario Martina, IUSS Pavia
Setting the Scene

09h55-10h10
Inés Camilloni, University of Buenos Aires
Potential risks and benefits of climate engineering in a warming world

10h10-10h25
Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem, University of Pretoria
An ethical framework for climate change strategies

10h25-10h35
Behnam Taebi, Delft University of Technology (online)
Climate engineering and normative uncertainties: a call for dynamic ethical assessment

10h35-10h50
Chris Guillot, Senior Adviser to the AGU Ethical Framework
Climate Intervention Ethical Framework (AGU)

10h50-11h10 Q&A Session

11h10-11h30 Break

11h30-12h50 Panel 2 Research & Governance of Climate Engineering Technologies: An ethical case
Chair: Amedeo Santosuosso COMEST and IUSS Pavia

11h30-11h35
Peter-Paul Verbeek, Chairperson of COMEST, University of Amsterdam Why is ethics still missing? (online)

11h35-11h50
Amedeo Santosuosso, IUSS Pavia

Climate Engineering through the Lens of Global Law
11h50-12h05
Julia Schubert, Speyer University
The Role of Scientific Expertise for Policy-Making

12h05-12h20
Sang Wook Yi, Hanyang University
Doing v. Not doing as a Criterion in Climate Choices

12h20-12h35
Sandro Fuzzi, Italian National Research Council
Mitigating climate warming: CDR and SRM options

12h35-12h50 Q&A Session

12h50-13h00 Closing Remarks
Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem and Amedeo Santosuosso

Please register at link:https://iusspavia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItd-yurj8tHNeayqPNzz0taoFBAX2RBjPS

Registration for in-person participation at terzamissione@iusspavia.it

The meeting coincides with the work of the COMEST UNESCO Working Group dedicated to Climate engineering.This WG is preparing a Report on the topic to be released by Summer 2023. The public meeting in Pavia has a threefold objective: a) to allow the WG to have an opportunity for in-person work (beyond the public event); b) to be an opportunity for growth for PhD students from the Italian national program, which is coordinated precisely by IUSS Pavia (PhD National Program on Sustainable Development and Climate Change); and c) to offer the scientific community an opportunity for discussion with eminent scholars from different countries, who will converge in Pavia as members of the COMEST WG. The issue of climate engineering, within the more general Climate action, is as timely as ever and has been one of the topics addressed by important international documents, such as the IPCC, the Royal Society's and the European Union's DestinE project and more.