A Conversation About Climate and Solar Geoengineering

Join the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainabilty and Harvard's Solar Geoengineering Research Program for a fireside chat featuring Pascal Lamy, Chair of the Climate Overshoot Commission and Former Director-General of the WTO, and Larry Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University; Former Secretary of the Treasury (Clinton Administration); and Former Director of the National Economic Council (Obama Administration).

As the climate continues to change, discussions about climate policy also continue to evolve. Recognition of worsening climate impacts is giving rise to new conceptualizations of the problem and new proposals for managing and reducing risks. The recent report Reducing the Risks of Climate Overshoot from the Climate Overshoot Commission, chaired by Pascal Lamy, puts the notion of climate overshoot at the center of the debate, and recommends a number of actions, including related to solar geoengineering, to reduce the likelihood, magnitude, and duration of overshoot.  Join us for this fireside chat featuring Pascal Lamy and Larry Summers, who will discuss the contents of this new report—including its treatment of solar geoengineering—in the context of preparations for the upcoming COP28 in Dubai and broader trends in climate policy and politics.

PASCAL LAMY

Chair of the Climate Overshoot Commission and Former Director-General of the WTO

LARRY SUMMERS

Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University; Former Secretary of the Treasury (Clinton Administration); and Former Director of the National Economic Council (Obama Administration)

Moderated by DANIEL SCHRAG

Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology; Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; Professor of Public Policy; and Co-Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, HKS

Open to the Harvard community

Hosted by the Salata Institute for Climate & Sustainability, the Harvard University Center for the Environment, and Harvard's Solar Geoengineering Research Program.