Muraca, Barbara; Neuber, Frederike (2017): Viable and convivial technologies. Considerations on Climate Engineering from a degrowth perspective
Muraca, Barbara; Neuber, Frederike (2017): Viable and convivial technologies. Considerations on Climate Engineering from a degrowth perspective. In: Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.159
“This paper articulates a critical analysis of Climate Engineering technologies from a point of view situated within the degrowth discourse. In the first part two approaches discussed within the degrowth debate are presented: the concept of viability based on a biophysical perspective and the concept of conviviality based on a socio-cultural approach. In a second step formalized arguments from the point of view of applied ethics are articulated and applied to three Climate Engineering Technologies: Sulfate Aerosol Injection, Bio-energy with Carbon Capture and Storage, and Afforestation. In a third step, an extended version of the trade-off argument about mitigation versus Climate Engineering solution is discussed from a degrowth perspective: accordingly, within the current dominant growth paradigm, climate engineering technologies might lead to reduced mitigation efforts.”