The debate around solar radiation modification has broadened in recent years, but there has not yet been significant progress on international mechanisms to govern it, says "Economist" senior editor Oliver Morton in this "C2GTalk." He adds: "I don't want a world with solar geoengineering come what may, but I also don't want future generations to look back and say, 'I wish they’d thought about this just a bit more thoroughly.'"
This interview was recorded on February 10, 2022 and will be available with interpretation into 中文, Español, and Français.
The debate around solar radiation modification has broadened in recent years, but there has not yet been significant progress on international mechanisms to govern it, says Economist senior editor Oliver Morton in this C2GTalk. He adds: "I don't want a world with solar geoengineering come what may, but I also don't want future generations to look back and say, 'I wish they’d thought about this just a bit more thoroughly.'"
Oliver Morton previously worked at Nature and Wired and contributed to a range of other publications, including The New York Times and Science. He is the author of Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination and the Birth of a World; Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet; The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World; and The Moon: A History for the Future. Asteroid 10716 Olivermorton is named in his honor.
For more, including an edited transcript, please go to C2G's website.