Contemporary climate mitigation efforts primarily focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while comparatively little attention is given to the management of excess heat already stored within Earth’s systems, particularly the oceans, which absorb the majority of anthropogenic thermal energy. This paper proposes the Peaceful™ Planet Heat Harvesting Framework, a systems‑level, non‑extractive approach to supporting planetary heat regulation by harvesting, redirecting, and productively reusing excess heat through existing, widely deployed technologies. The framework reframes heat not as an adversary but as an energy imbalance requiring regulation rather than suppression. Building on established principles of Earth system science, thermodynamics, and public‑health informed systems thinking, the approach emphasizes distributed, reversible, and locally adaptive interventions that complement rather than replace emissions reduction efforts. The proposal explicitly avoids geoengineering methods involving atmospheric manipulation or solar radiation management. By conceptualizing the planet as a dynamic heat‑balance system and aligning human infrastructure with natural heat flows, the Peaceful™ Planet Heat Harvesting Framework offers a novel pathway for reducing thermal stress on planetary systems while generating social, economic, and health co‑benefits. This paper is presented as a conceptual foundation intended to invite modeling, pilot studies, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Terri Costiff (Tue,) studied this question.