Geoengineering: Gambling with GAIA
Report by the ETC Group (2010).
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Report by the ETC Group (2010).
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„This study investigates means of transporting quantities geoengineering payload to altitude and releasing it at specified release rates.“
Conference report with policy recommendations.
„NERC carried out a public dialogue on geoengineering to assess public opinion on how future research relating to the subject should be directed, conducted and communicated.“
From the House of Commons – Science and Technology Commitee: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence.
Launder, Brian Edward; Thompson, John Michael Tutill (Hg.) (2010): Geo-engineering climate change. Environmental necessity or Pandora‘s box? Cambridge.
„The first book to present a critical appraisal of the geo-scale engineering interventions proposed as potential measures to counter the devastation of run-away global warming.“
„The Oxford Geoengineering Programme will use primary research to examine the engineering processes and associated risks of schemes to geoengineer the Earth’s climate in the context of these key scientific, ethical and governance questions. The Programme aims to establish Oxford as the pre-eminent centre in the United Kingdom and internationally for the integrated study of geoengineering.“
Principles for regulation of CE. „In this memorandum, we present a set of draft principles for the conduct of geoengineering research, which we suggest as a framework to act as a starting point for the collaborative development of international regulation.“
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Often cited report on CE supported by many important scientists.
Bickel, Eric; Lane, Lee (2009): An Analysis of Climate Engineering as a Response to Climate Change. Copenhagen Consensus Center. Frederiksberg (Analysis Paper).
„This paper offers a preliminary and exploratory assessment of the potential benefits and costs of climate engineering (CE). We examine two families of CE technologies, solar radiation management (SRM) and air capture (AC), under three emissions control environments: no controls, optimal abatement, and limiting temperature change to 2°C.“
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