„One of the key primary reasons against geoengineering is seen as the risk associated with tinkering with the atmosphere for fear of creating unexpected side effects. The argument goes like this: the coupled atmosphere ocean system is highly complex. Therefore, it is impossible to attempt to alter one facet of the system to combat climate change without inadvertently disrupting some other part of the system.“
„Why science-fiction writers find it so hard to discuss climate tech.“
„Wherever you stand on geoengineering — whether you think it’s our only chance of survival or[nbsp]a fast track to extinction — we should[nbsp]at least consider the idea. As I argued last year, just[nbsp]studying geoengineering[nbsp]could[nbsp]teach us a lot about the climate and just talking about it could ease some lingering political tensions around climate change.“
German popular science magazine on CE.
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„Geoengineering has fomented plenty of controversy as a means of[nbsp]avoiding the risks of climate change. As the argument goes, long-term plans to mitigate climate change, such as the agreement reached at the COP21 talks in Paris last month, cannot happen fast enough to prevent this global warming car-crash from occurring.“
Wissenburg, Marcel (2016): The Anthropocene and the body ecologic. In Philipp H. Pattberg, Fariborz Zelli (Eds.): Environmental politics and governance in the anthropocene. Institutions and legitimacy in a complex world. New York: Routledge (Routledge research in global environmental governance), pp. 15–30.
Book chapter with some references to geoenginering/CE.
„It’s not about implementing a scheme to cool the planet tomorrow—it’s about giving future generations the information they need to make a smart choice.“
„An interactive simulation of one possible scenario.“
Effiong, Utibe; Neitzel, Richard L. (2016): Assessing the direct occupational and public health impacts of solar radiation management with stratospheric aerosols. In Environmental health : a global access science source 15 (1), p. 7–7. DOI 10.1186/s12940-016-0089-0.
„We speculate on possible health impacts of exposure to one promising SRM material, barium titanate, using knowledge of similar nanomaterials. We also explore current regulatory efforts to minimize exposure to these toxicants. Our analysis suggests that adverse public health impacts may reasonably be expected from SRM via deployment of stratospheric aerosols.“
Vogler, John (2015): Climate Change in World Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Book with a short chapter on CE.
