Climate Restoration Roadmap 2024

The Climate Emergency Forum welcomes Peter Fiekowsky back to discuss his recently released Climate Restoration Roadmap 2024 paper which outlines a plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030 and restore a historically safe climate by 2050.

This video was recorded on February 13th, 2024, and published on March 4th, 2024.

Peter presents a vision for restoring the climate by engaging individuals in a hypothetical exercise to emphasize the simplicity and affordability of reverting CO2 levels to those of a century ago. The dialogue outlines a detailed roadmap for climate restoration, focusing on governance, funding mechanisms like the Grandparents Fund, and nature-inspired solutions such as ocean fertilization and methane oxidation.

Regina introduces Peter, highlighting his expertise and the urgent need to address climate change issues often overlooked by mainstream media. Peter engages the audience in an exercise, proposing a hypothetical button to revert atmospheric CO2 levels to those of a century ago, emphasizing the feasibility and affordability of climate restoration efforts.

The participants express support for Peter’s pragmatic approach to climate restoration and acknowledge the critical state of the planet. They discuss the necessity of shifting societal consciousness towards prioritizing climate restoration as an emergency response. The dialogue applauds Peter’s structured plan for addressing climate change and highlights recent validations from institutions like MIT, Bezos Earth Fund, and California, signaling a growing momentum towards climate restoration efforts globally.

Links:

• Climate Restoration Working Paper

• Climate Restoration: The Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race (Book)

• Bezos Earth Fund

• California Senate passes first climate-restoration resolution: Safe climate an “obligation to future generations”

• Climate Restoration Safety and Governance Board

• The Grandparents Fund for Climate Restoration

• Global Climate Changes as Forecast by Goddard Institute for Space Studies Three-Dimensional Model (pdf)

• Unprecedented Crime (Book)

• Charles David Keeling

• Rocking Chair Rebellion

• A New Climate Vocabulary (CEF Video)

• The Pinatubo Pause and Natural Ocean Iron Fertilization

• RAND Corporation

• Global Warming in the Pipeline and Earth’s Energy Imbalance (CEF Video)

• Ocean Restoration Update 2023 (CEF Video)

• Global Carbon Budget 2023

Special Guest:

• Peter Fiekowsky - As an MIT-trained physicist and entrepreneur Peter is committed to leaving a world we can be proud of to our children. This commitment has driven his work on multiple climate initiatives, including founding the Foundation for Climate Restoration and helping launch the Citizens’ Climate Lobby. He is also founder and president of Automated Visual Inspection (AVI) LLC. He holds 27 patents.

Regular Panelists:

• Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the Climate Emergency Institute

• Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton University

• Regina Valdez - Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC. GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate

Program Host and Video Co-producer:

Charles Gregoire - Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth & the Climate Emergency Forum; Climate Reality Leader

Video Production:

• Heidi Brault - Climate Reality Leader, BA(Psychology), Library & Information Technician Diploma - Video production and website assistant - Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP28 Team Lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum.

Attributions:

Background Music:

• Title: Through the City II
• Author: Crowander
• Source: Free Music Archive
• License: BY-NC 4.0

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