The section for which I have the least idea with which to start my research is the section on climate change as a GCR, and its relationship to other emerging technologies.
The potential of geoengineering, also known as climate engineering, is something which could reduce the (worst) impacts of climate change, should mitigation by moving away from fossil fuels or other measures fail to achieve as much slowdown of climate change as humanity desires. As with many things, familiarizing yourself with the Wikipedia article on climate engineering is a good place to start if you’re not too familiar with it. Seth Baum of the Global Catastrophic Risks Institute wrote a paper on 2013 on how if intermittent aerosol injection in the atmosphere, otherwise among the more promising geoengineering interventions, could backfire if not well managed, and cause climate change to accelerate over a period of time. I don’t know how important this consideration should loom.
Things like cultured meat, cellular agriculture, and cas9/CRISPR gene-editing technology could bolster food security in unprecedented ways, by producing new strains of food which aren’t prone to famines. Regions of the world which will be most dramatically effected by climate change are already poor, are more at risk of being unable to respond to a regional or continental food shortage, and their destabilization could pose other systemic or security risks. Learning about how to use these technologies as a response to the side effects of climate change on world agriculture seems very important.
Just for me to find great resources in books on the history and track record of environmental and climate movements on policy change, or advocacy efficacy, might be the most valuable resource in uncovering yet-unconsidered info for the EA movement. If you know of one or more books like that, that’d be great.
I imagine having connections to experts on the various facets of climate change will helpful in the future, but I don’t know enough right now to know who I’d be looking for. Connections with environmental activists, especially long-time ones or of previous generations of activists, would be valuable, as I’d be willing to have extensive conversations with them.
I haven’t had time to start this project proper yet, so I’m afraid what help I’m looking for is vague. However, I appreciate and will take you up on the offer. We don’t have to do the research in exactly the order I laid out above. For example, I’m starting with a focus on writing the essays about animals. If there are any topics which appeal to you, let me know, and I’ll let you know what sorts of questions I have in mind needed to be answered on the topics, and places you can look to find answers.
The section for which I have the least idea with which to start my research is the section on climate change as a GCR, and its relationship to other emerging technologies.
The potential of geoengineering, also known as climate engineering, is something which could reduce the (worst) impacts of climate change, should mitigation by moving away from fossil fuels or other measures fail to achieve as much slowdown of climate change as humanity desires. As with many things, familiarizing yourself with the Wikipedia article on climate engineering is a good place to start if you’re not too familiar with it. Seth Baum of the Global Catastrophic Risks Institute wrote a paper on 2013 on how if intermittent aerosol injection in the atmosphere, otherwise among the more promising geoengineering interventions, could backfire if not well managed, and cause climate change to accelerate over a period of time. I don’t know how important this consideration should loom.
Things like cultured meat, cellular agriculture, and cas9/CRISPR gene-editing technology could bolster food security in unprecedented ways, by producing new strains of food which aren’t prone to famines. Regions of the world which will be most dramatically effected by climate change are already poor, are more at risk of being unable to respond to a regional or continental food shortage, and their destabilization could pose other systemic or security risks. Learning about how to use these technologies as a response to the side effects of climate change on world agriculture seems very important.
Just for me to find great resources in books on the history and track record of environmental and climate movements on policy change, or advocacy efficacy, might be the most valuable resource in uncovering yet-unconsidered info for the EA movement. If you know of one or more books like that, that’d be great.
I imagine having connections to experts on the various facets of climate change will helpful in the future, but I don’t know enough right now to know who I’d be looking for. Connections with environmental activists, especially long-time ones or of previous generations of activists, would be valuable, as I’d be willing to have extensive conversations with them.
I haven’t had time to start this project proper yet, so I’m afraid what help I’m looking for is vague. However, I appreciate and will take you up on the offer. We don’t have to do the research in exactly the order I laid out above. For example, I’m starting with a focus on writing the essays about animals. If there are any topics which appeal to you, let me know, and I’ll let you know what sorts of questions I have in mind needed to be answered on the topics, and places you can look to find answers.