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Peer-reviewed Publications

Zhe, Liu; Ying, Chen (2015): Impacts, risks, and governance of climate engineering

Zhe, Liu; Ying, Chen (2015): Impacts, risks, and governance of climate engineering. In Advances in Climate Change Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.accre.2015.10.004[nbsp]

„This manuscript provides an overview of several aspects of climate engineering, including its definition, its potential impacts and risk, and its governance status. The overall conclusion is that China is not yet ready to implement climate engineering.“

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Peer-reviewed Publications

Heutel, Garth; et al. (2015): Climate Engineering Economics

Heutel, Garth; Moreno-Cruz, Juan; Ricke, Katharine (2015): Climate Engineering Economics. Cambridge, MA (NBER Working Paper Series, 21711).

„This article reviews and evaluates the nascent literature on the economics of climate engineering. […] We review the science and engineering characteristics of these technologies and analyze the implications of those characteristics on economic policy design. We discuss optimal policy and carbon price, inter-regional and inter-generational equity issues, strategic interaction in the design of international environmental agreements, and the sources of risk and uncertainty surrounding these technologies.“

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Peer-reviewed Publications

Hourdequin, Marion (2015): The ethics of geoengineering

Hourdequin, Marion (2015): The ethics of geoengineering. In The Philosophers‘ Magazine (71), pp.[nbsp]44–50. DOI: 10.5840/tpm201571101[nbsp]

„What is distinctive about contemporary climate change is that it is human caused. significant in magnitude, and exceptionally rapid in relation to past climatic shifts. Not only does this pose challenges to human society; it is transforming ecosystems and outpacing the ability of individual species to adapt to changing conditions.“

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Media

dpa international: Plan B: Hacking the climate

„In a laboratory in the US Pacific north-west, scientists are working on what could one day become a new, and controversial, weapon to fight global warming: clouds. Misting ocean clouds with saltwater could multiply the water droplets inside, the theory goes, „brightening“ clouds to make them reflect more sunlight away from the earth.“

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