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Geoengineering (e.g. reflecting sunlight, removing carbon or carbon capture, spraying aerosols, cloud thinning, etc.) is no longer confined to academic speculation. As climate impacts outstrip political will and adaptation capacity, proposals to deliberately alter Earth systems are entering serious policy conversations, with industry and government investments.
The fireside chat will explore geoengineering through the lens of academia and non-profit work, drawing on research at the intersection of climate science and international politics.
Our speakers include:
-Danielle Young, part of the Aria project to conduct strategic foresight and scenario analysis on geoengineering
-Alistair Duffey, senior scientist at Reflective – a non-profit research organization on sunlight reflection research
Danielle Young received her Mlitt in International Security Studies from the University of St Andrews in 2010, an MScEcon in International Relations from Aberystwyth University in 2012, and she completed her PhD in International Politics at Aberystwyth University in 2018. She was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Ozarks in the US from 2018-2022, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow examining potential political parallels between emerging solar geoengineering technologies and nuclear weapons at the University of Leeds from 2022-2024 and was a Lecturer in International Security at Aberystwyth University before to returning to Leeds. She also worked in the US government prior to her PhD.
Her current research focuses on the geopolitical and security implications of emerging climate engineering technologies. She is currently working on an Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) project to develop better strategic foresight about the potential geopolitical challenges to solar radiation modification governance, and a part of a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded project to develop a more holistic understanding of the risks of stratospheric aerosol injection.
Alistair Duffey is a Senior Scientist at Reflective and a visiting researcher at University College London, with a background in the climate modelling of stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), a form of solar geoengineering. At Reflective, Alistair’s work focuses on the scientific roadmap for SAI research, including research prioritisation, uncertainty mapping, and grantmaking.
