Ethics on the front line: climate engineering and community engagement in the Arctic

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• Albert Van Wijngaarden, PhD student, Scott Polar Research Institute and Prof Michael Bravo, Dept of Geography
• Wednesday 06 November 2024, 13:00-14:00
• Cambridge University Engineering Department, James Dyson Seminar Room.

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Climate engineering experiments cannot take place without engaging with the communities most impacted. Professor Michael Bravo of the Geography Department and Scott Polar Research Institute PhD student, Albert Van Wijngaarden will be discussing the ethics of engagement around field experiments in the Arctic.

Recent high-profile controversies involving climate engineering field experiments in the Arctic demonstrate the need for engineers and scientists to reflect carefully on their ethical positions. In a practical vein, how should they approach communities who have environmental concerns and may have different kinds of property rights? What would responsible engagement look like? Are there uninhabited spaces where ethical responsibilities are not applicable? In this seminar we will examine three projects. We argue that there are no universal lessons applicable everywhere. We advocate instead that researchers adopt a context-specific approach in which engineers recognise different constellations of stakeholders.

Other seminars will be 16th Oct, 23rd Oct, 27th Nov.

This talk is part of the Centre for Climate Repair series.

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• Cambridge University Engineering Department, James Dyson Seminar Room
• Centre for Climate Repair
• Taking Climate Repair into the Field

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