We can restore the Earth's climate if we want to – and we should

We can restore the earth's climate if we want to -- and we should (part of the Stanford EE380 Computer Systems Colloquium)

David Henkel-Wallace is a 30+ year valley veteran, hands-on technologist, and entrepreneur. He has worked on everything, pioneered open source and Internet companies. In 2021 he co-founded Blue Dot Change to remove anthropogenic methane from the atmosphere

[Abstract] We are all busy engineering the planet to make it inhospitable to most species, including us. Although there has been plenty of scientific work on addressing these problems, with few exceptions actual public policy has ranged from indifference to kicking the problem down the road. This talk is on the subject of climate restoration, which might even be achievable within the next few decades if public will would support it.

The first half of this talk will be on climate restoration, or repair: what are the biggest problems and what are some plans to address them. The second half will zoom in on the problem of atmospheric methane and what our team is working on to address it specifically.

Livestreamed at 4PM Pacific Wednesday, January 26th. Use the link at http://ee380.stanford.edu which will be available at 3:45PM or so. If you miss the livestream, it will be available later on YouTube on the Stanford EE380 channel and on Stanford Canvas. While you are at it, you might consider joining the EE380 announcement mailing list.