Great Climate Changing Debate
Speaker: various
Date 09 June 2009
Time
18.00 for 19.00
Location
The Great Hall
University of Reading
London Road Campus
Reading RG1 5AQ
Chaired by
Professor Peter Liss, University of East Anglia
Experts
Professor John Sheperd FRS, Tyndall Centre, University of Southampton
Professor David Cope, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Dr Alan Gadian, Senior Research Lecturer, University of Leeds
Dr Olivier Boucher, Head Climate, Chemistry and Ecosystems, Met Office Hadley Centre
David Santillo, Research Fellow in Bioscience, University of Exeter
Miriam Kennet CEO Green Economics Institute
About this event
Are you concerned about the future of our planet? You can have your say and listen to a top panel of experts debate how or even if we can halt or reverse damage created by greenhouse gases.
The protection of the environment is now firmly a mainstream consideration in all our lives. Previous Great Debates have addressed energy and environmental issues: the need for alternative energy sources, and minimisation of environmental impacts.
Engineers are currently examining geo-engineering as one of a number of ways to tackle climate change, There are five types of geo-engineering; ideas include removal of carbon dioxide from the earth's atmosphere with air-scrubbers, reflecting solar radiation back into space with space mirrors, artificial oceanic algal blooms to absorb carbon dioxide, mass re-forestation and artificial cloud cover.
What are the challenges of geo-engineering, and does the “law of unintended consequences” mean that we may do more harm than good?
This public debate, will bring together a leading panel of climate experts, focusing on geo-engineering and has been organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the British Computer Society (BCS), the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) to highlight the urgency to act on climate change before it is too late.
Cost
Free of charge.
Programme
18.00 - refreshments and networking
19.00 - debate begins
Organiser
Organised by the IET Berkshire Network, IMechE, ICE, BCS & IChemE