Side Event

GEOENGINEERING: CHALLENGES FACING THE CBD

Organizer
ETC Group

Date and Time
19 October 2010 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10)

What are the geoengineering technologies in the research and development phase that could have dramatic impacts on biodiversity through technological adjustments to to earth's albedo, large scale manipulation of marine ecosystems, and converstion of "biomass" to industrial uses in a post-carbon economy