C2GTalk: How might ecological civilization consider emerging approaches to alter the climate? with Pan Jiahua

Nov 15, 2021

Finding harmony between man and nature is essential as we tackle the climate crisis, says Professor Pan Jiahua in an interview with "C2GTalk." In this episode, he explores the concept of ecological civilisation, and how carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation modification approaches aimed at altering the climate might be considered in this framework.

This interview was recorded on February 25, 2021, and is available with interpretation into 中文, Español, and Français.

Finding harmony between man and nature is essential as we tackle the climate crisis, said Professor Pan Jiahua in an interview with C2GTalk. In this episode, he explores the concept of ecological civilization, and how carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation modification approaches aimed at altering the climate might be considered in this framework.

Pan Jiahua is professor of economics and director at the Institute of Ecocivilization Studies at Beijing University of Technology. He was elected in 2018 as member of the academic board of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In 2020, he was appointed by the UN secretary-general as one of the 15 members of the Independent Group of Scientists for drafting the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023. Professor Pan is also editor-in-chief of the Chinese Journal of Urban & Environmental Studies, and a member of the China National Expert Panel on Climate Change and the National Foreign Policy Advisory Group, and advisor to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. He has edited and authored over 300 papers, articles and books in English and Chinese, and was lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III 3rd, 4th, and 5th Assessment Reports on Mitigation.

For more, including an edited transcript, please go to C2G's website.

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