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1 online resource (315 pages) |
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The Earthscan Science in Society Ser |
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Earthscan Science in Society Ser
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Cover; Half Title; Series Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Acronyms and abbreviations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Geoengineering our climate: An emerging discourse; Working Paper Series and Other Resources; Governance Scoping Initiatives (operational in 2018); Research Programs (operational in 2018); Research Programs (completed); Part I: Historical context; Introduction; Chapter 2: Philosophy of technology and geoengineering; Technological progressivism; Technological pessimism; Technological "pragmatism." |
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ConclusionNotes; Chapter 3: Geoengineering and the sacred: A brief history in four characters; From harmony to dominance; From inside to outside; From moral to technical action; From active to passive matter; Chapter 4: A history of weather and climate control; Lessons from history for weather and climate engineering; Chapter 5: Nitrogen geoengineering; Fixing the nitrogen cycle; Lessons for climate geoengineering; Part II: Contemporary framings; Introduction; Note; Chapter 6: Can emergency geoengineering really prevent climate tipping points?; Chapter 7: The economics of climate engineering |
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Fast, cheap, and imperfectEconomic tools to analyse SRM; Rogue actor, rational portfolio, and worst-case insurance; From incredible to seemingly inevitable?; Chapter 8: Framing geoengineering assessments; Chapter 9: Public perceptions of geoengineering; Chapter 10: Geoengineering and the inexact science of communication; Journalists look for a story; Often scientists, not science, make the "news"; From complexity and nuance, to headlines and column inches; Another way?; Chapter 11: "This is God's stuff we're messing with": Geoengineering as a religious issue; Notes |
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Chapter 12: The ethical dimensions of geoengineering: Solar radiation management through sulphate particle injectionIntroduction; Projected SPI impacts on temperature, precipitation, and society; The question of justice and differential impacts; The question of intentionality; The question of risk and uncertainty; The question of testing; Political risks of SPI research and testing; Conclusion: the centrality of ethics for SPI; Acknowledgements; Notes; Part III: Geoengineering experiments: Early days; Introduction; Geoengineering experiments; Note |
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Chapter 13: The early evolution of climate engineering researchOcean (iron) fertilisation; Articles published in Climatic Change in 2006; Community-wide multi-model studies; Outlook -- how will climate engineering science evolve further?; Notes; Chapter 14: Use of models, analogues, and field tests for geoengineering research; Climate models; Natural and anthropogenic analogues; Field tests (outdoor experiments); The relationship between geoengineering research and climate science; Summary; Acknowledgements; Notes |
| Summary |
If the detrimental impacts of human-induced climate change continue to mount, technologies for geoengineering our climate - i.e. deliberate modifying ofthe 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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Chapter 15: Past forays into SRM field research and implications for future governance |
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Print version record |
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Environmental geotechnology.
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Environmental geotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Climate change mitigation.
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Climate change mitigation -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Climate change mitigation
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Environmental geotechnology
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Low, Sean
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| ISBN |
9781135053901 |
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1135053901 |
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