CMI Annual Report 2022

21 st Annual Meeting
attendees in London
listen attentively.
In 2022, “Climate science showed surprisingly alarming
information about the nearness of a couple tipping points ….
while unprecedented extreme weather made climate denial
even more untenable,” said Pacala.
Research discussed during the annual meeting focused on a
wide variety of subjects including infrastructure for hydrogen
and carbon capture and storage, policies to achieve net-zero in
representative countries, and an exploration of land-based
climate solutions that can help solve both climate and
biodiversity problems. The research highlights section
presented CMI research on extreme weather, interactions
between cooling from cloud formation and reforestation or
afforestation, carbon dioxide storage in basalt formations,
carbon capture materials and methane emissions from
wetlands. Lord Adair Turner captivated the dinner audience
by discussing technological possibilities and barriers along the
path to net-zero.
In addition, Pacala announced the recipients of two awards
named in honor of Robert H. Socolow, emeritus professor of
mechanical and aeronautical engineering at Princeton and
CMI co-director from 2000 – 2019.
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Carbon Mitigation Initiative Twenty-second Year Report 2022