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Jesse Reynolds
Jesse Reynolds is an Emmett / Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.
You have tapped into a serious challenge in the climate change issue: How to responsibly motivate effective action. Opinion surveys…
On Earth System Interventions for Sustainability
"Importantly (and often misunderstood), he meant not that we are gods, but instead that technologies have given humanity powers that…
On Earth System Interventions for Sustainability
Gary, Thanks for your thoughts. Note that I wrote "I recognize the legitimate reasons for engaging with the public and…
On Solar Geoengineering and Public Engagement Trolling
Thanks for your interest. All of our posts on that topic are here https://legal-planet.org/topics/geoengineering/ This was something of an introduction…
On We Cannot Keep Global Warming within 1.5°C without Geoengineering
My writings on the governance of solar geoengineering (and more), including a book, are available at my website http://jreynolds.org/publications/
On A Solar Geoengineering Milestone Goes Largely Unnoticed
Dear Peter, Thank you for your thoughtful comment. The problem with a national carbon tax is that it would still…
On We Can’t Count on Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Prevent Dangerous Climate Change
Thank you for the kind words!
On Governing Geoengineering at the United Nations? No, at Least Not Now
Yes, it appears that solar geoengineering with calcium carbonate might actually help repair depleted stratospheric ozone. http://www.pnas.org/content/113/52/14910.short
On Don’t Believe Everything That You Read
Yes, the total costs of solar geo would still be much less than aggressive emissions abatement. The problem arises due…
On Don’t Believe Everything That You Read
Sharon, Thanks for your note. I discussed negative emissions technologies / carbon dioxide removal (including direct air capture) in my…
On Another Possible Means To Keep Global Warming Within 1.5 Degrees Celsius