Social sicence study. „But what captures my interest, of course, is the „science communication“ significance of the „yes we can–with more technology“ theme.“
Students magazine article about economics and moral hazard of CE. „Funding geoengineering is a morally hazardous insurance policy. Life on earth bears the cost if things go wrong.“
„An ad hoc committee will conduct a technical evaluation of a limited number of proposed geoengineering techniques, including examples of both solar radiation management (SRM) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) techniques, and comment generally on the potential impacts of deploying these technologies, including possible environmental, economic, and national security concerns.„
„The authorities are increasing their cloud-seeding ambitions in response to drought, but many experts are sceptical about the benefits“
Interview with Clive Hamilton. „As geoengineering advocates talk up the “technofix” approach to climate change, governments may start intervening unilaterally in earth’s systems, says Clive Hamilton“
Spears, Bryan M.; Dudley, Bernard; Reitzel, Kasper; Rydin, Emil (2013): Geo-Engineering in Lakes—A Call for Consensus. In: Environ. Sci. Technol., DOI 10.1021/es401363w
„Unlike proposals for atmospheric manipulations, geo-engineering in lakes and reservoirs using phosphorus(P)-removing materials has been implemented at a global scale as a eutrophication management tool for decades, in the absence of scientific consensus on its use.“
Morgan, M. Granger; Nordhaus, Robert R.; Gottlieb, Paul (2013): Needed: Research Guidelines for Solar Radiation Management. In: Issues in Science [&] Technology (Spring).
„As this approach to geoengineering gains attention, a coordinated plan for research will make it possible to understand how it might work and what dangers it could present.“
Hanafi, Alex; Hamburg, Steven P. (2013): The Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative: Advancing the International Governance of Geoengineering Research. Opinion Article (‘Geoengineering Our Climate?’ Working Paper and Opinion Article Series, 1).
„The most difficult issues lie in the areas of ethics, politics, and governance.[nbsp] As communities and policymakers around the world face the risks presented by a rapidly changing climate, understanding the scientific, ethical, and governance issues at the core of geoengineering research will be critical to making informed decisions about response options.“
„Jason Blackstock, John Steinbruner and Armond Cohen examine the arguments for, and challenges presented by, the prospect of geoengineering the climate.“
„Students at Macalester and citizens around the world need to get informed and make a conscious effort to think critically about these issues so that they can engage in a citizen-level discussion before the door opens to riskier geoengineering projects.“
