Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Climate Engineering in Context
This session will focus on the interaction between Climate Engineering and other approaches for managing climate risks, highlighting what we know and don't know about climate engineering methods.
Discussion Leader: Mark Lawrence (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Germany)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Piers Forster (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
"Climate Engineering in the Context of SR1.5 and the Paris Agreement"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
Alan Robock (Rutgers University, United States)
"Stratospheric Sulfur Geoengineering – Benefits and Risks"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Stratospheric Processes
This session focuses on processes relevant to stratospheric aerosol injection: microphysics, chemistry, and dynamics, including both modeling and observations
Discussion Leader: Valentina Aquila (American University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
Gabriel Chiodo (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Efficacy of Stratospheric Solar Geoengineering: The Role of Chemical and Dynamical Feedbacks"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:25 am
Ulrike Niemeier (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany)
"Stratospheric Sulfur Injections - Feedback on Dynamical Processes in Different Models"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:40 am
Karen Rosenlof (NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, United States)
"Stratospheric Measurement Campaigns, Aircraft and Balloon Borne In Situ Sampling: What Do We Hope to Learn?"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
General Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Simone Tilmes (National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States) and Jessica Gurevitch (Stony Brook University, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Regional Methods
Most research focuses on "global" cooling; this session will explore methods that could target more regional cooling, including artificial ocean upwelling and surface albedo modification.
Discussion Leader: Olivier Boucher (Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, France)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Kate Ricke (University of California, San Diego, United States)
"Prospects for Regional Geoengineering: Case Studies From the Indian Ocean and Northeastern Pacific"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:00 pm
John Moore (Beijing Normal University & Arctic Centre U. Lapland, China)
"Active Conservation of the Cryosphere, Could it, and Should it be Attempted?"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cloud-Mediated Processes
This session will focus on cloud-aerosol processes, for Marine Cloud Brightening and for Cirrus Cloud Thinning.
Discussion Leader: Thomas Leisner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
Blaz Gasparini (University of Vienna, Austria)
"The Knowns, the Known Unknowns, and the Unknown Unknowns of Cirrus Cloud Thinning Research"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:25 am
Daniel Rosenfeld (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"Geoengineering by Marine Cloud Expansion and Brightening"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:40 am
Robert Wood (University of Washington, United States)
"Brightening Marine Clouds to Cool Earth: A Review of the Science and an Agenda for Research"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
General Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Climate Response
This session will focus on changes in climate variables - specifically for stratospheric aerosols - and how robust those are, and how those depend on the scenario.
Discussion Leaders: John Fasullo (NCAR, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
James Haywood (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
"Climate Engineering: What We Know For Sure"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:00 pm
Daniele Visioni (Cornell University, United States)
"The Role of Different Temperature Targets for Determining Climate Engineering Outcomes and Trade-Offs"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Climate Impacts
This broad session will consider the influence on a few different but critical impacts, from economics, to ecosystems, to agriculture.
Discussion Leader: Daniel Schrag (Harvard University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
Jonathan Proctor (Harvard University, United States)
"Empirical Estimates of the Agricultural Response to Changes in Atmospheric Opacity"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:25 am
Cheryl Harrison (Louisiana State University, United States)
"Towards Estimating Marine Ecosystem Impacts of Solar Radiation Management"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:40 am
Jessica Gurevitch (Stony Brook University, United States)
"What Impacts Would SAI Have on Ecology: What We need to Know"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
General Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Developing World Impacts
This session will highlight research focused on impacts in the developing world; these include many of the most climate-vulnerable regions.
Discussion Leader: Christopher Lennard (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Ines Camilloni (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
"La Plata Basin Hydroclimate Response to Solar Radiation Modification with Stratospheric Aerosol Injection"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:00 pm
Heri Kuswanto (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Indonesia)
"Impact of Solar Geoengineering on Temperatures over the Indonesian Maritime Continent"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Engineering and Design
This session explores the "engineering" of Climate Engineering; systematic approaches for managing uncertainty, design options, and the methods for deployment
Discussion Leader: Hugh Hunt (Cambridge University, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
Wake Smith (Yale University and Harvard University, United States)
"Deployment Tactics and Costs for Stratospheric Aerosol Injection"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:25 am
Ben Kravitz (Indiana University, United States)
"Mission-Driven Geoengineering Research"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:40 am
Frank Keutsch (Harvard University, United States)
"Stratospheric Geoengineering: Approaches of Reducing Risk when Interfering in a Complex System"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
General Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Keynote Session: Transdisciplinary Research for Climate Engineering
Discussion Leader: Holly Buck (University at Buffalo, SUNY, United States)
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
5:45 pm - 6:05 pm
Michael Diamond (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, United States)
"Checkpoints and Exit Ramps for Marine Cloud Brightening Research"
6:05 pm - 6:15 pm
Discussion
6:15 pm - 6:50 pm
David Keith (Harvard University, United States)
"Goal-Directed Research on SRM to the Point Where Credible Decisions Could Be Taken About Deployment"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
General Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Closing Remarks
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure