欧洲对外行动局负责气候外交的大使马克-范赫克伦（Marc Vanheukelen）在接受 "C2GTalk "采访时说，如果世界无法应对减缓气候变化的挑战，那么在国际范围内对改变气候的方法（如改变太阳辐射）进行反思是非常重要的。但这些方法不应成为 "不作为的托辞"。
This interview was recorded on May 25, 2021, and is available with interpretation into 中文, Español, and Français.
It is important to reflect internationally on climate-altering approaches such as Solar Radiation Modification, in case the world is not capable of meeting the mitigation challenge, says Marc Vanheukelen the European External Action Service’s ambassador at large for climate diplomacy during a C2GTalk interview. But these approaches should not become an "alibi for inaction."
International governance will be needed, but strategically it is best not to move too quickly, but rather first familiarize smaller groups with these ideas, at the expert level, and then to start moving these ideas gradually up the policy ladder as discussions gain traction.
Marc Vanheukelen is "hors classe" adviser and ambassador at large for climate diplomacy at the EU’s External Action Service. From 2015 till 2019 he was the EU ambassador to the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. Prior to his ambassadorial posting, Vanheukelen was director in DG TRADE (European Commission) responsible for sustainable development, economic partnership agreements, and agri-food and fisheries, preceded by his role as head of cabinet for former EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht. He has also served as head of cabinet to the former Belgian minister for foreign affairs.
For more, including an edited transcript, please go to C2G's website.
