Challenging Climate

49. Gwynne Dyer on Intervention Earth: climate mitigation, CDR & SRM

July 02, 2024 Jesse Reynolds and Pete Irvine Episode 49
49. Gwynne Dyer on Intervention Earth: climate mitigation, CDR & SRM
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Challenging Climate
49. Gwynne Dyer on Intervention Earth: climate mitigation, CDR & SRM
Jul 02, 2024 Episode 49
Jesse Reynolds and Pete Irvine

Our guest is Gwynne Dyer, an author, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs. In this episode, we discuss the key messages from his new book Intervention Earth: Life-Saving Ideas from the World’s Climate Engineers, based on extensive interviews with the world’s top climate scientists. We discuss his insights from these interviews on the state of our climate, and address controversies and concerns over carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM).

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Our guest is Gwynne Dyer, an author, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs. In this episode, we discuss the key messages from his new book Intervention Earth: Life-Saving Ideas from the World’s Climate Engineers, based on extensive interviews with the world’s top climate scientists. We discuss his insights from these interviews on the state of our climate, and address controversies and concerns over carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM).

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Intro and background
Key messages from his new book, Intervention Earth: Life-Saving Ideas from the World’s Climate Engineers
Climate feedbacks: how do they occur and what are their impacts?
Are climate scientists speaking the truth or self-censoring?
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR): Is this a realistic vision?
Solar Radiation Modification (SRM): Where does SRM lie in the discourse?
How have views on SRM changed since?
International tensions over global consequences of SRM?
What are 'planetary maintenance engineers'?