Engineering Our Planet, Part I: Lessons from the Engagement Frontier

Between 2021 and 2024, Public, private, and philanthropic drivers coordinated an unprecedented, multi-sectoral effort to advance engineering at the planetary scale forward through research and development in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar geoengineering (SG). In many of these efforts, there was an explicit attempt to engage communities, stakeholders, and the broader public. CSPO's participatory public engagement team was on the front lines of some of these efforts, from engaging communities in Vinton, LA, and Vancouver, Canada, to consulting scientists in Barcelona, Spain, and Glasgow, Scotland, to convening policy stakeholders in Washington, DC. This two-part event will convene architects and implementers of those efforts to stimulate, simulate, and facilitate conversations with the science and technology policy research, design, and engagement communities in Washington, DC, and online.

4:30 pm - 4:45 pm

• Welcome, Arthur Daemmrich
• Participatory Technology Assessment Method and Projects, Mahmud Farooque

4:45 pm - 6:00 pm

• Fireside Chats with CDR Public Engagement Project Originators and Performers, Moderator, Lisa Margonelli (in-person and online)
• • Shared Principles for Community Collaboration for Project Cypress, Rory Jacobson & Emily Hostetler
  • Involved and Engaged Communities for Responsible mCDR, John Mimikakis & Mara Karageozian
  • CDR Public Forums and Applications in US & Canada, Amanda Borth & David Tomblin

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

• The Climate Conundrum: An expert deliberation on the role of Carbon Dioxide Removal, Facilitator, Emily Hostetler (in-person)

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

• Reception and Networking (in person)

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