Geoengineering/Climate Engineering
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The concept of climate engineering (CE, also: geoengineering) is discussed as a “plan B” against climate change. This makes CE an alternative to low-carbon energy approaches which help to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and therefore... more
Geoengineering is a proposed response to anthropogenic global warming (AGW). Conventionally it consists of two strands: Solar Radiation Management (SRM), which is fast-acting, incomplete but inexpensive, and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR),... more
Vor dem Hintergrund der Diskussion um Anthropozän und Klimawandel zeichnet der Band die historische Veränderung atmosphärischer Erscheinungen im Bezug auf sich wandelnde Erkenntnisverfahren nach. Die Beiträge des Bandes konfrontieren die... more
Despite (or perhaps reflecting) widespread awareness of its ambiguity, the term ‘geoengineering’ has in recent years become massively more prominent. Academic, policy and civil society circles routinely use this term to describe, support... more
This white paper resulted from a risk dialogue project with climate scientists and experts on the subject of climate engineering – conducted by the neutral and independent Risk-Dialogue Foundation St. Gallen between April 2016 and March... more
Fears of a moral hazard effect deterring mitigation have dogged solar radiation management (SRM) research since before 2006. Researchers have debated the significance and relevance of this concern from multiple disciplines and... more
[1] Cirrus clouds, thin ice clouds in the upper troposphere, have a net warming effect on Earth's climate. Consequently, a reduction in cirrus cloud amount or optical thickness would cool the climate. Recent research indicates that by... more
Among proposed mechanisms for counteracting global warming through solar radiation management is the deliberate injection of sea salt acting via marine cloud brightening and the direct effect of sea-salt aerosols. In this study, we show... more
Various parts of the world have " dimmed " and " brightened " at times, as measured by surface solar radiation records, and some of that is clearly related to pollution patterns. But new data suggest an additional mechanism is at work.... more
The presence of experts holding patents and simultaneously providing policy advice on areas where they hold patents pose several normative questions. Through a comparative study of several IPCC reports, this article documents the scope of... more
https://iiraorg.com/2019/09/01/for-a-critical-theory-of-the-anthropocene/ The ‘Anthropocene’ concept was initially launched as a lens for understanding the destructive power of humanity on nature and as a warning concerning the... more
Proposed ways of governing climate engineering have most often been supported by narrowly framed and unreflexive appraisals and processes. This article explores the governance implications of a Deliberative Mapping project that, unlike... more
Przy wprowadzaniu każdej nowej technologii potrzebny jest czas na jej adaptację, naukę i testowanie ewentualnych konsekwencji, zarówno zamierzonych, jak i tych zaskakujących i niepożądanych. Często mogą one wystąpić w obszarach odległych... more
The possibility of altering the world's climate through intentional stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI)—or indeed through any other solar radiation management (SRM) technology—brings with it not just a new technology for humans to... more
In the face of global risks carried by climate engineering (CE, or geoengineering) technologies, little research has been done on questions of responsibility. CE is understood as the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the planetary... more
The climate geoengineering is already inevitable to avoid imminent global climate disasters. Even extremely cautious approach is not enough for any grand-scale practices of climate geoengineering as we never understand the complex global... more
Geoengineering (deliberate climate modification) is a possible way to limit Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) (Shepherd, 2009; National Research Council, 2015). Solar Radiation Management geoengineering (SRM) offers relatively... more
Most scenarios on instruments limiting global warming in line with the 1.5 °C temperature limit of the Paris Agreement rely on overshooting the emissions threshold, thus requiring the application of negative emission technologies later... more
This study explores sense-making about climate engineering among lay focus group participants in Japan, New Zealand, the USA and Sweden. In total, 23 qualitative focus group interviews of 136 participants were conducted. The analyses... more
Simulations from a multi-model ensemble for the RCP4.5 climate change scenario for the 21st century, and for two solar radiation management (SRM) schemes (stratospheric sulfate injection (G3), SULF and marine cloud brightening by sea salt... more
It is increasingly recognised that meeting the obligations set out in the Paris Agreement on climate change will not be physically possible without deploying large-scale techniques for either removing greenhouse gases already in the... more
Some ‘high-level’ scientific pronouncements have assumed stewardship of climate geoengineering in the absence of other agents. This is dangerous, as effects on the Indian monsoons will show.
Even after researching the effects of climate change on ecosystems for 15 years, I had to put down my morning coffee and take a deep breath at the news earlier this spring that much of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet is sure to collapse,... more
Policy advisors and research institutions increasingly emphasize the “need to understand the possibilities, limitations, and potential side effects” of so-called climate interventions. Understanding the impacts of climate engineering (CE)... more
Mechanical systems technologies for climate geoengineering
Non-mechanical systems technologies for climate geoengineering
Non-mechanical systems technologies for climate geoengineering
Integrated assessment models (IAMs) treat the global climate and the global economy as two coupled parts of a single hybrid system, and can be used to construct policy portfolios that reflect a wide variety of social and scientific values... more
This is the introduction to a forthcoming (2016) special issue of Environmental Values, on the ethics of climate engineering.
The special issue is co-edited with Christian Baatz and Harald Stelzer.
The special issue is co-edited with Christian Baatz and Harald Stelzer.
A new geoengineering scheme (”air-CCS in the remote regions”) is proposed to assure the long-term safety of the carbon storage and to overcome the energy penalty for the carbon capture and injection. Because of the concentration of... more
The latest emissions data from the International Energy Agency suggest that our current methods for dealing with climate change have not worked. This means we will have to adapt to climate change, for example by selecting crops more... more
tradotto da Pablo Rossi Orts
Che ruoli giocano le (critiche alle) teorie del complotto nei dibattiti contemporanei riguardanti le tecnologie emergenti? Esempi del 5G e della geoingegneria.
Che ruoli giocano le (critiche alle) teorie del complotto nei dibattiti contemporanei riguardanti le tecnologie emergenti? Esempi del 5G e della geoingegneria.
Aerosols in the stratosphere, artificial trees or spraying sea water to whiten clouds – many consider climate engineering essentially to be a range of technologies designed to either extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or reflect... more
Nation states need to incentivize negative emissions technologies if they are to take the decarbonization of whole energy systems seriously. This incentivization must account for public values and interests in relation to which... more