Podcast appearances and mentions of simon nicholson

Earlier this week the IPCC released its report on climate mitigation. It recommended enormous funding levels to deploy renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions from power generation while suggesting more funding still to research and invent the technologies needed to decarbonize other emitting sectors. Under any future scenario, carbon removal is necessary to limit warming. Any pathway that leads to 1.5 degrees of warming, and nearly all that lead to 2 degrees of warming, include large-scale use of forestry, BECCS, and DAC. The report finds that a wide range of stakeholders will need to move fast to deploy high levels of many different types of negative emissions approaches. Joining Radhika on this episode to discuss this 3000-page report is Simon Nicholson, the Co-Director of the American University Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy. Simon and Radhika take a look at the recommendations mean, how the report finds CDR scale-up might be achieved, and what are some of the implications for businesses, governments, and civil society? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carbonremovalnewsroom/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carbonremovalnewsroom/support

This episode we're looking at the potential philosophical problem behind implementing carbon removal strategies. Could they inadvertently cause industries to stop trying to curb emissions in the first place? Would this be like a get-out-of-jail-free card for people? American University's Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy Co-director Simon Nicholson helps explore this thorny topic, along with Klaus Lackner, the director for the Center of Negative Carbon Emissions at Arizona State University.

When it comes to curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the words decarbonize and carbon negativity get bandied about. To help dissect what those mean, Talib chatted with Simon Nicholson, an associate professor in the School of International Service at American University and the director of the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy. Gaurab Chakrabarti is the CEO and co-founder of Solugen, a company that uses plant-powered technology to produce molecules more sustainably than traditional chemical companies. It also happens to be completely carbon negative.

Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Nicholson are the co-creators of the climate video game Survive the Century, a choose-your-own-adventure style game where you make decisions about how to cover the climate crisis as the editor in chief of the most influential newspaper in the world. The game's third co-creator, Christopher Trisos, unfortunately wasn't able to join us. I found this game to be really helpful for putting real climate scenarios into context, giving me a much better idea of the real implications of, say, a 1.5ºC warming scenario versus a 2ºC scenario. Plus, the headlines the game generates can be pretty hilarious. I hope you enjoy this discussion of Survive the Century. Survive the Century Website: https://survivethecentury.net/ Stories for Earth: Transcript: https://storiesforearth.com/2021/08/03/interview-survive-the-century/ Support us through Patreon or a one-time donation: https://storiesforearth.com/support-us/ Rewilding Our Stories Discord server: https://discord.gg/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGmH6FisTges9AzQlfbg-hg Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stories4earth Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiesforearth/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

“If solar radiation management were done well—that is, the science is right, the engineering is right, and the policy and governance frameworks around all of the stuff work—then solar radiation management could be a really important, positive contribution to humanity’s responding to climate change,” says Simon Nicholson, associate professor at American University’s School of International Service and co-founder of the Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment in this week’s Friday Podcast. “But, there are all kinds of risks associated with this endeavor.” Solar radiation management (SRM) denotes a set of ideas about responding to climate change by reflecting solar energy back into space before that energy can be captured by greenhouse gases and cause temperatures to rise. Proposed SRM techniques include stratospheric aerosol injection (introducing reflective particles, like sulphur dioxide, into the stratosphere) and marine cloud brightening. SRM could enter the scene very quickly, bringing massive and far-reaching implications with them, says Nicholson. “We’re talking about potentially intervening in the climate system in a way that drastically reduces global average temperatures in a very short span of time, which could have massive positive implications, but could also, if mishandled, have massive negative implications.” Although scientists say it will likely be a couple of decades before SRM technologies are ready to deploy, avoiding the potential downsides of SRM will require anticipatory governance to shape SRM research and manage its deployment. “[I]t's much better to try and shape something like this on the front end than to respond to it when it's suddenly in the world,” says Nicholson. While a coordinated, well-designed international effort is not impossible, it is more likely that SRM initiatives will be more scattered throughout the world, says Nicholson. The Australian Government is already experimenting marine cloud brightening to cool the area around the Great Barrier Reef, which has been severely impacted by higher temperatures. There have also been efforts in the United States to begin outdoor experimentation on stratospheric aerosol injection. Without anticipatory planning that helps to shape the research on solar radiation management and its eventual deployment, people will respond to these experiments as they emerge, says Nicholson, resulting in a “co-creation of a scientific research agenda that's more expansive, and at the same time, governance apparatus around them." SRM has remained on the fringes of conversations about climate change, in part due to concerns that even conversations about its potential might distract politicians from taking action to properly mitigate climate change. Indeed, SRM is no silver bullet, says Nicholson. Solar radiation management only dampens the temperature signal. If greenhouse gases continue to be released into the atmosphere, as soon as you stop the solar radiation management, the warming will continue. “Solar radiation management would be just one small piece, alongside all of the other things that need to be done,” he says. Even so, SRM research is already underway, and excluding it from climate discussions will not change this, says Nicholson. “Whatever one thinks about solar radiation management as a good or bad idea, the governance challenge still remains.”

This podcast episode is about a review of a book entitled "Young Houdini : The Demon Curse" by Simon Nicholson.

A wide range of interesting things this week - most of the links are below. Please send any comments and ideas to reviewer2geo@gmail.com or tweet us @reviewer2geo or me Clare @clare_nomad_geo or @geoengineering1 Intervention in the Earth's systems: Geoengineering https://diplomacy21-adelphi.wilsoncenter.org/geoengineering-intervention-atmosphere A report by Delphi and the Wilson centre with essays on solar geoengineering from Simon Nicholson https://twitter.com/simonnicholson4 and Oliver Morton https://twitter.com/Eaterofsun Oliver Morton Article https://diplomacy21-adelphi.wilsoncenter.org/article/geopolitical-challenges-geoengineering-and-geoengineerings-challenge-geopolitics "Foreign Policy IS Climate Policy" https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/uploads/documents/21st_century_diplomacy_report_spread.pdf Scientists are exploring ways to use mineral waste from mines to pull huge amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/06/1009374/asbestos-could-be-a-powerful-weapon-against-climate-change-you-read-that-right/ CO2 Sequestration in Mine Tailings https://www.mdru.ubc.ca/projects/co2-sequestration/ Eruptions & Emissions cause changes in ocean carbon sinks A new model explains why the ocean’s capacity to take up carbon was reduced on a decadal scale, by accounting for reduced pCO2 emissions and ocean state changes due to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. https://eos.org/editor-highlights/eruption-and-emissions-take-credit-for-ocean-carbon-sink-changes#.X3yG88CrTDY.twitter Using CaO- and MgO-rich Industrial Waste Streams for Carbon Sequestration Joshuah Stolaroff, Gregory Lowry, and David Keith. 2005. “Using CaO- and MgO-rich Industrial Waste Streams for Carbon Sequestration.” Energy Conversion and Management, 46, Pp. 687-699. -David keith commenting that theya re worth pursuing but not huge Unnatural climate solutions? Nature Climate Change volume 10, pages98–99(2020) Rob Bellamy on why the hype around ‘natural’ climate solutions threatens us all. His new paper is with Shannon Osaka. Abstract: Framing solutions to climate change as natural strongly influences their acceptability, but what constitutes a ‘natural’ climate solution is selected, not self-evident. We suggest that the current, narrow formulation of natural climate solutions risks constraining what are thought of as desirable policy options. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-019-0661-z

In this podcast Simon Nicholson an Assistant Professor in the School of International Service Contact is interviewed by Nerina Finetto and Francis Sealey about climate change and whether we will be able to meet the target set by the International Panel on Climate Change to reduce carbon emissions sufficiently to keep temperature rise below 1.5 degrees by the end of the century. We know climate change is happening and we will have to adapt but are the measures to mitigate climate change and its impact enough or do we need more drastic measures like geo engineering. And if we do how safe is that and what are the unintended consequences. We also discuss how scientists communicate their concerns to both politicians and the general public so that the issues are understood clearly --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

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Play advocates often talk about the importance of open ended play, open ended play materials and having play be child led instead of adult led. There is a popular theory called Loose Parts was developed by Simon Nicholson in 1971. He wrote a paper entitled “How NOT to cheat children”. The “loose parts” he talks about are the materials that children can play with, and they can be used in a variety of ways to encourage creativity, experimentation and invention. This type of play is also perfect for practicing flexible thinking and for seeing someone else’s point of view. The same materials/prompts can lead to very different creations. For open-ended playdate ideas, take a listen!If you want to hear my thoughts on why I love playdates, iisten to episode 15 of the Calm and Connected podcast here.Need some tips for a successful playdate? Listen to episode 17 of the Calm and Connected podcast here.Want more playdate ideas? You’re in luck, I’ve got the Ultimate Playdate Guide to help you!If you like this podcast, please subscribe and you’ll get notified when new episodes launch.Want to help others find us? Share this podcast with others, and rate and review us where you listen to the podcast.If you prefer video, we also have a video version of the podcast available on YouTube!

Hello. This is the 6th episode of the Bristol Men in Early Years Podcast. Today we’re joined by Ben Tawil, Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and joint director of Ludicology - wherein he provides training and offers research to those involved in children’s play. We talk about a host of things, including: Field of free action (maximising children’s play opportunity), play as relegated to recreation (not development), features of play and how to facilitate them in settings, observations without criteria, Simon Nicholson and The Theory of Loose Parts, Liz Wood and criticising EYFS criteria, male experience of working with children, mixed age groups and more.   http://ludicology.com https://twitter.com/ludicology?lang=en

Finding Loose Parts!   15+ Ways to Find Inexpensive Loose Parts http://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com/2018/02/15-ways-to-find-inexpensive-loose-parts.html   Article: Loose Parts in a Museum Setting Summary: http://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com/2017/09/loose-parts-in-museum-setting-article.html   Quote: “Children learn most readily and easily in a laboratory-type environment where they can experiment, enjoy and find out things for themselves.”  Simon Nicholson     Loose Parts Books: http://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com/2016/04/loose-parts-books.html Rosie Revere, Engineer: http://amzn.to/2BOFWva (aff link) Beautiful Stuff: http://amzn.to/2HLDy8L (aff link)   Another book we really liked is Rosie Revere, Engineer. Rosie is a girl who is always squirreling away odds and ends for her engineering projects as a young girl. I can relate to this as my 7-year-old's eyes get so big when he finds a new object to add to his stash. He most recently discovered duct tape (Thanks, Cory and Holly) and is in heaven! Rosie's aunt is Rosie the Riveter whose only regret is not flying, so Rosie the younger sets out to make a flying machine. However, the machine falls flat.  I loved this quote on the page, "With each perfect failure, they all stand and cheer, but none quite as proudly as Rosie Revere." Rosie soon appreciated that we learn from mistakes and can use them to inform future projects. I love all the bits and baubles combined for creations.   Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LoosePartsPlay/ Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LoosePartsPlay/ Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/InsideOutsideMichiana/ Loose Parts Nature Play Website: http://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com

This week our topic is the Theory of Loose Parts. I wanted to start out with this basic theory as it is fundamental to our journey, both with loose parts and when we are exploring nature.   Resources Mentioned   Blog Post—The Theory of Loose Parts http://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-theory-of-loose-parts.html   Transformed inside nature learning space: https://www.facebook.com/Mrs-Sandys-Family-Child-Care-448258251882967/   Quote: " In any environment, both the degree of inventiveness and creativity, and the possibility of discovery, are directly proportional to the number and kind of variables in it." –Simon Nicholson   Book: Not a Box (aff link): http://amzn.to/2CfdvDK   Right Brained Mom—Brandon Jarvis https://www.facebook.com/rightbrainedmom/ https://rightbrainedmom.com/   Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LoosePartsPlay/ Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LoosePartsPlay/ Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/InsideOutsideMichiana/ Loose Parts Nature Play Website: http://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com

In this podcast postscript, Simon Nicholson goes into detail about the array of climate engineering technologies being researched.

When the Paris Agreement set an ambitious goal of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the negotiators put climate engineering on the table, says Simon Nicholson, professor at American University in this week’s episode of Backdraft. Once the purview of science fiction, a majority of the models run by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) required large-scale use of climate engineering technologies to keep additional warming below 2 degrees. “Nobody who was arguing for that 1.5 degree target at Paris was thinking in their heads we should start shooting sulfate particles into the atmosphere,” says Nicholson. They were looking at the science and recognizing that without aggressive action a lot of people will suffer. But, says Nicholson, it’s not clear that the target is attainable through traditional mitigation alone. “The entire conversation is in some ways an unintended consequence of not doing enough. Very few people want to talk about doing climate engineering. The reason you get a growing number of scientists and policymakers [discussing climate engineering], is because the situation is getting pretty desperate.” There are two types of climate engineering technologies – solar radiation management and carbon dioxide removal. While carbon dioxide removal tends to be slow-acting and expensive, solar radiation management is fast-acting and seemingly cheap. “One thing to really pay attention to is that each of the technologies has its own risk profile,” says Nicholson, the co-founder of the Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment. “We have to parse them out and discuss them one by one.” Both technologies have significant environmental, political and social, and existential implications. For example, bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), a carbon dioxide removal technology used in the IPCC modeling, would require an immense industrial infrastructure to capture carbon and move it to storage. There would be massive changes in land use, which could generate political and social conflicts. Determining who gets a voice in the decision-making process will be extremely complicated and could increase the vulnerability of already vulnerable communities, says Nicholson. While faster-acting and less expensive than carbon removal technologies like BECCS, solar radiation management technologies, like stratospheric aerosol injection, could have devastating environmental consequences. “Even if we get it right, there is potential for downsides,” says Nicholson. “The biggest problem is the social and political transformation that’s needed so that long-term human beings and the way that we live are compatible with ecological realities,” says Nicholson. “Solar radiation is not a fix… And yet, one could imagine politicians and other actors try to sell it as a fix.” Currently, there is no formal governance system overseeing climate engineering, and Nicholson suggests that this may be an even bigger hurdle than even the environmental impacts. A successful climate intervention would require at least a couple hundred years to achieve a significant decrease in temperature, and stopping an intervention prematurely could lead to a spike in warming. “How do you build a system of governance that lasts across multiple centuries?” he asks. “It might not be the technological challenges that sink something like stratospheric aerosol injection; it may be that the political conversation is just too tough. We just can’t find a way to put together a governance arrangement that’s robust enough that the world community buys it.” “Although negotiators didn’t intend for this to be the case, now we’re kind of locked into a conversation where climate engineering is on the table,” says Nicholson. “If these [technologies] do start to come onto the table, then they can’t be used as cover for inaction. And that is perhaps the biggest political challenge in this space.”

Episode 1509 has nothing to do with brussel sprouts except for the fact that Eric, David and our special guest, Simon Nicholson do not like them. Jenn likes them if they are roasted in the oven, in case you were wondering. This week, we are joined by Simon Nicholson from across the pond. We talk operators plus Java, Java Verified and give you a weekly event pass down from where in the world we all have bee and/or will be soon. . As usual, we tackle some of our favorite things like boxes, music and books. Tune in..you might just hear what has Jenn cracking up uncontrollably.