10:45am - 12:30pm
Symposium

Atmospheric Water Harvesting as a Form of Environmental Modification: What Are the Ethical, Legal, and Philosophical Limits?

Panel 4

Damien Delorme, Mara Tignino, Catherine Larrère & Gérald Hess
The Quest for Atmospheric Water
10:45am - 12:30pm
    Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Moderator: Damien Delorme

    Abstract

    Technologies that alter the environment profoundly challenge our relationship with nature. This panel explores the ethical, religious, and legal limits of manipulating nature and its implications for societies and ecosystems.

    Panel 4

    Mara Tignino: Between Lawful and Unlawful: Environmental Modification in Public International Law;
    Catherine Larrère: Taking Without Giving Anything in Return: The Limits of Manipulating Nature;
    Gérald Hess: The Ethics of Environmental Modification.

    Speaker(s)

    Damien Delorme

    First Assistant Professor, University of Lausanne; Lecturer, University of Geneva

    Mara Tignino

    Assistant Professor, University of Geneva; Scientific Director, Geneva Water Hub

    Catherine Larrère

    Professor Emerita, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

    Gérald Hess

    Lecturer and Research Fellow, University of Lausanne

    Events

    Opening & Introduction
    Laurence Boisson de Chazournes & Thomas Römer

    Symposium
    2:15 - 2:30pm

    Atmospheric water: a natural fact, a scientific reality, a legal void
    Guillaume Guez Maillard, Damien Delorme, Mme Marine Lanet, Philippe Borgeaud & Stéphanie Kpenou

    Symposium
    2:30 - 4:15pm

    Controlling Atmospheric Water: Historical, Economic, and Political Issues
    Mara Tignino, Matteo Bächtold, Etienne de L’Estoile, James Rodger Fleming & Christina Leb

    Symposium
    4:30 - 6:15pm

    The Use of Atmospheric Water: Applications and Regulations
    Matteo Bächtold, Mitiku Gabrehiwot Tesfaye, Clément Moussé, Guillaume Guez Maillard & Camille Letoublon

    Symposium
    8:45 - 10:30am

    Atmospheric Water Harvesting as a Form of Environmental Modification: What Are the Ethical, Legal, a…
    Damien Delorme, Mara Tignino, Catherine Larrère & Gérald Hess

    Symposium
    10:45am - 12:30pm

    Concluding Remarks
    Laurence Boisson de Chazournes & Thomas Römer

    Symposium
    12:30 - 1:00pm

    See also

    Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, chair Avenir Commun Durable
    Thomas Römer, chair The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts
    The Quest for Atmospheric Water