Professor Peter Eisenberger

Professor Graciela Chichilnisky

Seminar: Sucking CO2 Out of Thin Air: Global Thermostat – A Carbon Negative Solution

Monday 15th October 2012

Time:  11:30-13:00

Location: Oxford Martin School

Summary

Professor Peter Eisenberger and Professor Graciela Chichilnisky are the co-founders and managing directors of Global Thermostat – a company which is developing technology to capture carbon dioxide from ambient air. A seminar exploring the engineering aspects and the impacts such a technology would have on global climate negotiations will take place in the seminar room at the Oxford Martin School between 11:30 and 13:00 on Monday 15 October.

Peter Eisenberger is Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University and will be talking about the engineering aspects of Global Thermostat’s work. Graciela Chichilnisky is Distinguished Visiting Professor, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China and will be talking about the clean technology and global climate negotiation impacts of Global Thermostat’s work.