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{{Short description|2010 American climate change conference}}
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The '''[[Asilomar Conference Grounds|Asilomar]] International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies''' was a [[academic conference|conference]] developed by [[Margaret Leinen]] of the Climate Response Fund and chaired by [[Michael MacCracken]] of the Climate Institute. The conference took place in March 2010 and the recommendations were published in November 2010. The goal was to identify and minimize the risks involved with [[climate engineering]] (geoengineering, or climate intervention), and was based on the 1975 [[Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA]] which discussed the potential biohazards and regulation of [[biotechnology]]. A group of over 150 scientist and engineers gathered together with lawyers, environmentalists and [[disaster relief]] workers in an open meeting to avoid accusations of conspiracy  during this discussion.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/Doc_Zone/1242299559/ID=1664956266 CBC.ca Player<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Asilomar Conference focused exclusively on the development of [[Disaster risk reduction|risk reduction]] guidelines for climate intervention experiments.<ref name="climateresponsefund.org">{{Cite web |url=http://climateresponsefund.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137&Itemid=81 |title=Conference Home<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2010-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016101517/http://climateresponsefund.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137&Itemid=81 |archive-date=2012-10-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Goals of the conference==
*Identify potential risks associated with climate intervention experiments
*Propose a system to assess experiment design for potential categorical risks{{clarify|date=April 2012}} and suggest precautions to assure their safe conduct
*Propose voluntary standards for climate intervention research for the international scientific community<ref name="climateresponsefund.org" />
==Recommendations==
*The core rationale for pursuit of climate engineering research is to advance the collective well-being of society and the environment;
*Climate engineering research is internationally planned and coordinated;
*Appropriately scoped governmental oversight, public involvement, and decision-making takes place during consideration and conduct of planned activities;
*Transparency and exchange of research plans, data, and findings minimize the need for environmentally disruptive experiments and maximize the learning from experiments that are conducted; and
*Regular, independent evaluation and assessment of the extent of understanding and uncertainty is carried out to provide optimal information and confidence for the public and policymakers <ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=The Asilomar Conference Recommendations on Principles for Research into Climate Engineering Techniques. Conference Report |url=http://climateresponsefund.org/images/Conference/finalfinalreport.pdf |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=Asilomar Scientific Organizing Committee, Climate Institute, Washington, DC}}</ref>
==Steering committee==
*Michael C. MacCracken (chair), [http://climate.org/michael-maccracken Climate Institute], USA
*Scott Barren, [[Columbia University]], USA
*Roger Barry, [[World Data Center]] for Glaciology and [[University of Colorado]], USA
*[[Paul Crutzen]] (corresponding member), [[Max Planck Institute]], Germany, and [[Scripps Institution of Oceanography]], USA
*Steven Hamburg, Chief Scientist, [[Environmental Defense Fund]], USA
*Richard Lampitt, [[National Oceanography Centre]] and [[University of Southampton]], UK
*Diana Liverman, [[University of Arizona]], US, and [[Oxford University]], UK
*[[Thomas Lovejoy]], [[H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment]], USA
*[[Gordon McBean]], The [[University of Western Ontario]], Canada
*John Shepherd, National Oceanography Centre, [[University of Southampton]], and [[Tyndall Centre]] for Climate Change Research, UK
*Stephen Seidel, [[Pew Center on Global Climate Change]], USA
*[[Richard Somerville]], [[Scripps Institution of Oceanography]], [[University of California, San Diego]], USA
*[[Tom Wigley|Tom M. L. Wigley]], [[University of Adelaide]], Australia <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/25251727/The-Asilomar-International-Conference-On-Climate-Intervention-Geoengineering-Technologies-2010|title=The Asilomar International Conference On Climate Intervention & Geoengineering Technologies 2010 &#124; Climate Engineering &#124; Technology & Engineering|website=Scribd}}</ref>
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite journal | last1 = Kintisch | first1 = E. | title = 'Asilomar 2' Takes Small Steps Toward Rules for Geoengineering | doi = 10.1126/science.328.5974.22 |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume = 328 | issue = 5974 | pages = 22–23 | year = 2010 | pmid =  20360071}}
* {{Cite news |last=Madrigal |first=Alexis |title=Climate Hackers Want to Write Their Own Rules |language=en-US |work=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/03/geoengineering-asilomar/ |access-date=2022-08-21 |issn=1059-1028}}
* {{Cite web |last=Tollefson |first=Jeff |date=2010-11-08 |title=Asilomar geoengineering conference report released |url=http://blogs.nature.com/news/2010/11/asilomar_geoengineering_confer.html |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=nature.com}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121016101517/http://climateresponsefund.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137&Itemid=81 Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies, 2010], Climate Response Fund
*[http://climateresponsefund.org/images/Conference/finalfinalreport.pdf The Asilomar Conference Recommendations on Principles for Research into Climate Engineering Techniques. Conference Report]
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