Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring David Keith, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University. Keith will give a talk entitled "Towards Quantitative Comparison of the Risks and Benefits of Solar Geoengineering." Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Registration: In-person attendance is limited to current Harvard ID holders. No RSVP is required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first served basis.

Members of the public are welcome to attend virtually via Zoom. Virtual attendees should register using the button below; upon registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link. 

Recording: The seminar will be recorded and available to watch on this page (typically one week later). Those who register for this event will automatically receive a link to the recording as soon as it becomes available.

Accessibility: Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about access, please contact Liz Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

The prospect of using space-based technologies to reduce the amount of incoming sunlight and moderate climate change has long been on the margins of discussions about solar geoengineering. Recent and forecast technological and commercial developments, however, promise to bring space-based geoengineering closer to center stage.

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Pete Worden, Executive Director of Breakthrough Starshot, and Oliver Morton, Briefings Editor at The Economist, who will assess the future viability of space-based geoengineering techniques and explore the legal, political, and governance challenges likely to arise. Harvard Business School Professor Matthew Weinzierl will moderate the discussion. 

Sponsors: This week's Energy Policy Seminar is co-sponsored by Harvard's Solar Geoengineering Research Program, a joint project of the Harvard University Center for the Environment and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.

Attendance: This event is free and open to the public. For those who cannot attend live, the seminar will be recorded and available to watch on this page.

Accessibility: Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about access, please contact Liz Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Registration: Please RSVP at the link below. Registration will remain open until the event begins.

Join us for the next Energy Policy Seminar of the 2021 Fall Semester featuring David Keith, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. Professor Keith will present "How to Cool the Planet: comparing the political and physical risks of carbon removal and solar geoengineering". HKS Professor Henry Lee will moderate the discussion and Q&A.

Attendance: This event is open to the public and hosted on Zoom. 

Speaker: David Keith, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences; Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

This is the first Solar Geoengineering Research Seminar, co-sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and the Belfer Center's Science Technology and Public Policy Program. Lunch provided.

Learn about solar geoengineering, technological proposals to counter climate change by reflecting sunlight to reduce global warming. Speakers will discuss scientific, political, economic, and social aspects of this emerging technology, addressing the wide range of potential benefits and risks.