Geoengineering our Climate?

Ethics, Politics, and Governance
Herausgeber: Blackstock, Jason J.; Low, Sean

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

If the detrimental impacts of human-induced climate change continue to mount, technologies for geoengineering our climate - i.e. deliberate modifying of the Earth's climate system at a large scale - are likely to receive ever greater attention from countries and societies worldwide. Geoengineering technologies could have profound ramifications for our societies, and yet agreeing on an international governance framework in which even serious research into these planetary-altering technologies can take place presents an immense international political challenge. In this important book, a diverse collection of internationally respected scientists, philosophers, legal scholars, policymakers, and civil society representatives examine and reflect upon the global geoengineering debate they have helped shape. Opening with essays examining the historic origins of contemporary geoengineering ideas, the book goes on to explore varying perspectives from across the first decade of this global discourse since 2006. These essays methodically cover: the practical and ethical dilemmas geoengineering poses; the evolving geoengineering research agenda; the challenges geoengineering technologies present to current international legal and political frameworks; and differing perceptions of geoengineering from around the world. The book concludes with a series of forward looking essays, some drawing lessons from precedents for governing other global issues, others proposing how geoengineering technologies might be governed if/as they begin to emerge from the lab into the real world. This book is an indispensable resource for scientists, activists, policymakers, and political figures aiming to engage in the emerging debate about geoengineering our climate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 483g
• ISBN-13: 9781849713740
• ISBN-10: 184971374X
• Artikelnr.: 33824315

Autorenporträt

Jason J. Blackstock is the founding head of the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Public Policy at University College London. Sean Low is a research associate at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Geoengineering Our Climate: An Emerging Discourse Jason J. Blackstock
and Sean Low, Part I: Historical Context, 2. Philosophy of Technology and
Geoengineering Dane Scott, 3. Geoengineering and the Sacred: A Brief
History in Four Characters Bronislaw Szerscynski, 4. A History of Weather
and Climate Control James Rodgers Fleming, 5. Nitrogen Geoengineering
Oliver Morton, Part II: Contemporary Framings, 6. Can Emergency
Geoengineering Really Prevent Climate Tipping Points? Timothy M. Lenton,
7. The Economics of Climate Engineering Juan B. Moreno-Cruz, Katharine L.
Ricke and Gernot Wagner, 8. Framing Geoengineering Assessments Rob Bellamy,
9. Public Perceptions of Geoengineering Rose Cairns, 10. Geoengineering and
the Inexact Science of Communication, Jeff Tollefson, 11. 'This is God's
Stuff We're Messing With': Geoengineering as a Religious Issue Wylie Carr,
12. The Ethical Dimensions of Geoengineering: Solar Radiation Management
through Sulphate Particle Injection Nancy Tuana, Part III: Geoengineering
Experiments: Early Days, 13. The Early Evolution of Climate Engineering
Research Mark G. Lawrence and Paul J. Crutzen, 14. Use of Models, Analogs
and Field-tests for Geoengineering Research Alan Robock and Ben Kravitz,
15. Past Forays into SRM Field Research and Implications for Future
Governance Jack Doughty, 16. Village Science Meets Global Discourse: The
Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation's Ocean Iron Fertilization Experiment
Holly Jean Buck, 17. Capturing the Imagination: Prospects for Direct Air
Capture as a Climate Measure Duncan McLaren, Part IV: Existing Institutions
and Emerging Frameworks, 18. The Emergence of the Geoengineering Debate
Within the IPCC Arthur Petersen, 19. The International Legal Framework for
Climate Engineering Jesse Reynolds, 20. Why the UNFCCC and CBD Should
Refrain from Regulating Solar Climate Engineering Jesse Reynolds 21. Solar
Geoengineering and the Problem of Liability Joshua B. Horton, Andy Parker
and David Keith Part V: National, Regional and Sectoral Perspectives 22.
Managing Climate Risks in Africa: The Role of Geoengineering Mulugeta
Mengist Ayalew and Florent Gasc, 23. A Chinese Perspective on Solar
Geoengineering Weili Weng and Ying Chen. 24. Climate Engineering and Small
Island States: Panacea or Catastrophe? Penehuro Fatu Lefale and Cheryl Lea
Anderson. 25. Strange Bedfellows: Climate Engineering Politics in the
United States Simon Nicholson and Michael Thompson. 26. Geoengineering and
the Humanitarian Challenge: What Role for the Most Vulnerable? Pablo
Suarez, Bidisha Banerjee and Janot Mendler de Suarez 27. Opposition to
Geoengineering: There's no Place like H.O.M.E. ETC Group. 28. Is Solar
Geoengineering a US National Security Risk? Chad Briggs. Part VI:
Geoengineering Governance: From Research to the Real World 29. Research
Ethics and Geoengineering, David R. Morrow, Robert E. Kopp and Michael
Oppenheimer. 30. A Commentary on the Oxford Principles Tim Kruger. 31.
Environmental Institutions, International Research Programmes, and Lessons
for Geoengineering Research Arunabha Ghosh. 32. The Solar Radiation
Management Governance Initiative: Advancing the International Governance of
Geoengineering Research Alex Hanafi and Steven P. Hamburg. 33. Foresight in
Climate Engineering Johannes Gabriel and Sean Low. 34. Towards the
Anticipatory Governance of Geoengineering Rider W. Foley, David H. Guston
and Daniel Sarewitz. 35. Geoengineering Our Climate into the Future Sean
Low and Jason J. Blackstock