10/10/2025
16:00 - 17:30
Conference Hall A: Session Room 4
, Hybrid (onsite with livestreaming)
Session with interpretation
Why attend
Concerned about climate overshoot? New emerging technologies and approaches being proposed and even trialled to address and abate global warming on a planetary scale, from solar radiation modification to marine carbon dioxide removal. This session will offer a technical introduction, including on the governance, policy, and regulatory gaps.
Session Description
The core of the session will be a series of short technical presentations on the main technologies being developed/advanced to address and abate global warming at a planetary, including reducing solar radiative load (solar radiation modification - SRM); and enhanced atmospheric carbon dioxide removal (such as ocean fertilisation). There are major unknown risks and implications of each of these approaches. All have transboundary impacts. The session will explore the applicable international policy and regulatory frameworks to prepare participants to assess their ability to effectively and equitably address the risks and benefits of these technologies. This session will prepare participants for a second session on who decides on their deployment and on what basis would a decision be made - what is IUCN’s role?Organised by
IUCN Council
Partners
Headquarters
World Commission on Environmental Law
North America Regional Office
Climate Crisis Commission
