Thread by @DKeithClimate

1/6 I am thrilled to announce that I have moved to @UChicago to lead a new initiative on Climate Systems Engineering. See news story. This thread addresses some obvious questions.

news.uchicago.edu/story/david-ke…

2/6 Q1-Why does this matter? The UChicago initiative is distinct in that it started with a wide-ranging faculty consultative process that led to a strategic choice by university leadership to pursue research in this area.

3/6 Efforts at other institutions have been driven bottom-up by a faculty member who advocated for research on this topic, often against resistance. The launch of the UChicago initiative thus serves as yet another mark of how work on solar geoengineering is maturing.

4/6 Q2-What is Climate Systems Engineering? It's the intersection of Climate Systems Science and Systems Engineering. Participants will decide the mix of topics as the initiative matures.

5/6 Initial foci include solar geoengineering; aspects of carbon removal such as ocean alkalinity that, like SRM, demand a broad understanding of earth system science; and local interventions to reduce glacial melting.

6/6 Q3-What about Harvard? I am very proud of what we built. A diverse group of faculty across the university are now keen on SRM research. Harvard's Solar Geoengineering Research Program has $$$. My hope & expectation is that it thrives as part of the Salata Insitute.

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