
WINGS
Thursday June 29th, 2023 with WINGS series producer, Frieda Werden
Naomi Klein on the hubris of geo-engineering
AS THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE BECOME MORE OBVIOUS ACROSS THE WORLD, THE IDEA OF DOCTORING EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE TO REDUCE GLOBAL WARMING IS MAKING A COMEBACK. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN HEADLINED ITS REJECTION OF THIS SUPPOSED SOLUTION IN APRIL 2023; BUT ENGINEERS AT MAJOR UNIVERSITIES LIKE HARVARD AND OXFORD EMBRACE GEO-ENGINEERING. SOME MAJOR MEDIA ARE TOUTING IT. AND SO ARE SOME PROMINENT TECH ENTREPRENEURS - EVEN THOSE WHO ACKNOWLEDGE IT WOULD ALSO DO A LOT OF DAMAGE.
A UN SPACE TREATY FROM 1972 HOLDS GOVERNMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A SPACE LAUNCH FROM THEIR TERRITORIES; BUT TODAY SPACE IS COLONIZED BY PRIVATE ACTORS, CAPABLE OF BLITHELY TRYING WHATEVER THEY IMAGINE.
NAOMI KLEIN CALLED OUT THE HUBRIS OF GEO-ENGINEERING IN A TALK TO THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM. THE AUSTRALIAN RADIO SHOW WOMEN ON THE LINE BROADCAST THAT TALK, AND SHARED IT WITH WINGS.
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