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SUMMARY:Ethics on the front line: climate engineering and community engage
 ment in the Arctic - Albert Van Wijngaarden\, PhD student\, Scott Polar Re
 search Institute and Prof Michael Bravo\, Dept of Geography
DTSTART:20241106T130000Z
DTEND:20241106T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Climate engineering experiments cannot take place without enga
 ging with the communities most impacted. Professor Michael Bravo of the Ge
 ography Department and Scott Polar Research Institute PhD student\, Albert
  Van Wijngaarden will be discussing the ethics of engagement around field 
 experiments in the Arctic.\n\nRecent high-profile controversies involving 
 climate engineering field experiments in the Arctic demonstrate the need f
 or engineers and scientists to reflect carefully on their ethical position
 s. In a practical vein\, how should they approach communities who have env
 ironmental concerns and may have different kinds of property rights? What 
 would responsible engagement look like?  Are there uninhabited spaces wher
 e ethical responsibilities are not applicable? In this seminar we will exa
 mine three projects. We argue that there are no universal lessons applicab
 le everywhere. We advocate instead that researchers adopt a context-specif
 ic approach in which engineers recognise different constellations of stake
 holders.\n\nOther seminars will be 16th Oct\, 23rd Oct\, 27th Nov.
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, James Dyson Semina
 r Room
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