8 December 2024
AGU press contacts:
Samson Reiny, (202) 998-8654, [email protected] (UTC-5 hours)
Liza Lester, (202) 777-7494, [email protected] (UTC-5 hours)
WASHINGTON — Join experts in climate science, ethics, and policy at AGU’s Annual Meeting (#AGU24) for a media roundtable on establishing a set of globally recognized ethical principles for climate intervention research. The roundtable, offered both in-person and virtually, will take place in the AGU24 press room on Tuesday, Dec. 10, from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. EST.
Interested media who are not yet registered for AGU24 can register here.
At COP29, AGU’s delegation and its partners actively engaged with a diverse audience — including researchers, scientists, governments, nongovernmental organizations, philanthropic institutions, and the private sector — to promote and foster meaningful dialogue on the Ethical Framework Principles for Climate Intervention Research.
Released in October, the framework provides comprehensive guidelines to ensure climate intervention research is conducted responsibly, transparently, and equitably. The framework was facilitated by AGU and advised by a global panel of experts and draws on ethical precedents established in other emerging fields with unknown consequences, such as biomedical research and genetic engineering, to guide research, funding, and policy proposals.
Highlights:
- Key takeaways from the framework
- Upcoming actions and key considerations for progressing the framework both domestically and internationally
Panelists include:
- Lisa J. Graumlich, President, AGU
- Janice R. Lachance, Interim CEO and Executive Director, AGU
- Margaret Leinen, Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Vice Chancellor for Marine Science, UC San Diego; Ethical Framework Advisory Board Member
Read the Ethical Framework Principles for Climate Intervention Research here and the press release here.
View the full #AGU24 press event schedule here.
AGU’s Annual Meeting (#AGU24) will bring more than 26,000 Earth and space scientists to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. from 9-13 December. Members of the press and public information officers can request complimentary press registration for the meeting now through the end of the conference. Learn more about the press AGU24 experience in our online Press Center.
AGU (www.agu.org) is a global community supporting more than half a million advocates and professionals in Earth and space sciences. Through broad and inclusive partnerships, AGU aims to advance discovery and solution science that accelerate knowledge and create solutions that are ethical, unbiased and respectful of communities and their values. Our programs include serving as a scholarly publisher, convening virtual and in-person events and providing career support. We live our values in everything we do, such as our net zero energy renovated building in Washington, D.C. and our Ethics and Equity Center, which fosters a diverse and inclusive geoscience community to ensure responsible conduct.