
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