Thu, Apr 06
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Article discussion: Duality in climate science
"Delivery of palatable 2 °C mitigation scenarios depends on speculative negative emissions or changing the past. Scientists must make their assumptions transparent and defensible, however politically uncomfortable the conclusions.": opening of a commentary by climate scientist Kevin Anderson
Time & Location
Apr 06, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM GMT+2
Online Zoom Link to follow
Guests
About the event
We want to use this event to discuss a short commentary in Nature by Kevin Anderson about the duality of climate science (https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2559).
The author has since then also launched a website called "Climate Uncensored" which includes a narration of a book chapter he wrote on "The New Denialism" (https://climateuncensored.com/videos/)
What is the role of scientists in climate change action?
In the commentary, Anderson writes "the job of scientists remains pivotal. It is incumbent on our community to communicate our research clearly and candidly to those delivering on the climate goals established by civil society; to draw attention to inconsistencies, misunderstandings and deliberate abuse of the scientific research."
We want to discuss how we see our own roles in taking climate action, how we see the potential of carbon removal, and the need for more 'unpalatable' strategies.
Closer to the time we'll share the reading materials and the Zoom link.
The time for this event is 5PM Central European Time, which is 8 AM for GMT-8 (e.g. in Corvallis).
Hope to see you there!!
RSR Org Team