Framing ethical perspectives
Climate change refers to human-induced global warming, mostly due to greenhouse gas emissions, and large-scale impacts on weather patterns. As floods, droughts, and other extreme weather events become more common and certain regions turn inhospitable to humans, society is changing as well. Carnegie Council’s events, experts, and Impact Initiatives, such as the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) and the Model International Mobility Convention (MIMC), analyze these changes from a socio-political perspective and search for ethical solutions to, possibly, the most pressing challenges that humanity has ever faced.
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MAR 28, 2024 • Video
Unlocking Cooperation: The Global South and Global North
In the inaugural panel of the "Unlocking Cooperation" series, Ramu Damodaran leads a discussion on forging a path forward for Global South/North collaboration.
JAN 8, 2024 • Podcast
C2GTalk: Why does the world now need to consider solar radiation modification? with Kim Stanley Robinson
Many objections to solar radiation modification have been overtaken by events, says "The Ministry of the Future" author Kim Stanley Robinson in this "C2GTalk."
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JAN 24, 2022 • Podcast
C2GDiscuss: Exploring the role of trees in large-scale carbon dioxide removal
According to the IPCC, large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is required in all pathways to keep global warming under 1.5° C. A range of approaches to ...
JAN 18, 2022 • Podcast
C2GDiscuss: Governing Solar Radiation Modification Research: Insights from Marine Cloud Brightening and the Great Barrier Reef
In response to climate change risks, scientists are considering the viability of developing and deploying marine cloud brightening (MCB), which seeks to whiten clouds over ...
JAN 18, 2022 • Podcast
C2GDiscuss: An Introduction to the Series, with C2G Executive Director Janos Pasztor
"C2GDiscuss" is a series of moderated in-depth conversations between diverse experts on some of the governance challenges of climate-altering approaches. In this podcast, Mark ...
JAN 10, 2022 • Podcast
C2GTalk: How can fiction help people think about solar radiation modification? with Eliot Peper
When author Eliot Peper first heard about solar geoengineering, or solar radiation modification, he knew he had to write a novel. "There are so many ...
DEC 20, 2021 • Podcast
C2GTalk: How the UN Economic Commission for Africa is using its climate goals to fuel prosperity and sustainable development for the continent, with Vera Songwe
Equity, justice, and transparency are needed to enable meaningful conversations around the the debate on solar radiation modification, because Africa has to be very careful ...
DEC 13, 2021 • Podcast
C2GTalk: How can the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean help create governance for climate-altering approaches? with Alicia Bárcena
A global and regional discussion is needed to learn about and create governance for climate-altering approaches like solar radiation modification, says Alicia Bárcena, executive ...
DEC 9, 2021 • Podcast
Ethics, Governance, and Emerging Technologies: A Conversation with the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) and Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI)
Emerging technologies with global impact are creating new ungoverned spaces at a rapid pace. The leaders of Carnegie Council's C2G and AIEI initiatives discuss ...
DEC 6, 2021 • Podcast
C2GTalk: How can the idea of a planetary emergency help the world emerge from crisis? with Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Understanding that we face a planetary emergency can help countries and citizens around the world overcome our many interlocking crises, says Sandrine Dixson-Decleve, co-president of ...
NOV 29, 2021 • Podcast
C2GTalk: How might solar radiation modification be put on the international governance agenda? with Marc Vanheukelen
It is important to reflect internationally on climate-altering approaches such as solar radiation modification, in case the world is not capable of meeting the mitigation ...
NOV 22, 2021 • Podcast
C2GTalk: How do we include sustainable development when considering climate-altering approaches? with Youba Sokona
Context matters and without clarity on the impacts that climate-altering approaches will have from different perspectives, it will be difficult to deal with the ethical ...