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1 online resource (229 pages) |
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The Earthscan Science in Society Series |
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Earthscan Science in Society Series
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notation; Acronyms; 1. Contextualising geoengineering; Something new under the sun; The rhetoric; Climate intervention; Geoengineering; The numbers; The carbon cycle; The energy budget; Prediction; Systems thinking; Boundary issues; Book structure; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2. Geoengineering -- the technologies and their 'times'; Geoengineering -- a summary of the current technology options; CDR technologies; SRM technologies |
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Spatiality and temporality of geoengineering technologiesThe 'times' of geoengineering; Social implications; Appendix: Biochar: resources to sequester 1PgCyr-1; Notes; References; 3. The limits of reductionism; Climate change as a problem; The Enlightenment Project; Predict and provide; Wickedness; Reflexive modernisation; Postnormal science; Critical theory; Summary of relational approaches; Conclusion; Notes; References; 4. Systems thinking; Systems thinking; From reductionism to systems thinking; Panarchy; Panarchy and collective action; Systems theory in the social sciences |
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From systemic resilience to policy robustnessClimate change and systems thinking; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5. Geoengineering and uncertainty; Risk, uncertainty and surprise; Certainty and truth; Aggregation of risks, uncertainties and surprises; Managing risk and embracing uncertainty; Economics and uncertainty; CAS theory, uncertainty and geoengineering; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6. Geoengineering -- complexity in policymaking; Case studies of systems thinking in public policy; Geoengineering policy advice; Summary of policymakers' documents; To predict or not to predict? |
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ConclusionNotes; References; 7. Reframing geoengineering from solution to contribution; Framing -- geoengineering as the solution to our problems; Framing -- geoengineering as an emergency response; Framing -- geoengineering as an adjunct; The complexity approach to governance; Governance as an obstacle to progress; Conclusion; Notes; References; 8. Geoengineering Governance Network (GGN); Managing the downside; The role of governance; Subsidiarity; The baby and the bathwater; Geoengineering Governance Network (GGN); Objections to the Geoengineering Governance Network (GGN) |
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GGN -- legitimacy and credibilityConclusion; Notes; References; 9. Drawing the threads together; Usurping the future; The emergence of systems thinking; Conclusion; Notes; References; Epilogue; Note; References; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Environmental geotechnology.
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Climate change mitigation.
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Environmental policy.
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environmental policy.
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Climate change mitigation
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Environmental geotechnology
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Environmental policy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315732404 |
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1315732408 |
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