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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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19.11.2015

# Peer-reviewed Publications

The Conversation: Blocking out the sun won’t fix climate change – but it could buy us time

„Could we directly engineer the climate and refreeze the poles? The answer is probably yes, and it could be a cheap thing to achieve – maybe costing only a few billion dollars a year. But doing this – or even just talking about it – is controversial.“

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19.11.2015

# Media

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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19.11.2015

# Peer-reviewed Publications

Tech Insider: Bill Nye says bubbling air into Earths oceans might save the planet from ourselves

„In the chat, Nye said he believes that geoengineering — a family of techniques to hack the environment — could be a game-changer for combating climate change.“

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19.11.2015

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Energy Post: Interview Hoesung Lee, new Chairman IPCC: “There is enormous value in carbon capture and storage”

„The new chairman of the IPCC, Hoesung Lee, wants to interact more with the energy industry. […] ‚The Fifth Assessment Report found that limited evidence was available to assess solar radiation management and carbon dioxide removal and their impact on the climate system.'“

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19.11.2015

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Scientific American: Meeting a Global Carbon Limit Is Cheaper Than Avoiding One

„Even with innovation and scaling up, we may at some point have to deploy “direct-air capture” technology, which pulls carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. That would be expensive, but Klaus Lackner, an engineering professor at Arizona State University, is confident that the cost could be brought down to $30 a ton with volume manufacturing.“

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19.11.2015

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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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19.11.2015

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BBC: Science Cafe. Geoengineering

„Adam Walton and guests discuss one of the more radical and controversial suggestions for preventing global warming, geoengineering the planet’s atmosphere and climate.“

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19.11.2015

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Science News: Geoengineering is world’s last hope, new book argues

On Oliver Morton’s book. „The Planet Remade, journalist Oliver Morton presents the need for a real-life “Greenfinger” to cool the planet. Curbing humankind’s fossil fuel habit within the next few decades is just too tall an order considering today’s lackluster energy alternatives, he argues.“

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15.11.2015

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