Wong, Pak-Hang (2014): Distributive Justice, Geoengineering and Risks (CGG Working Papers, 017).
„In this paper, I argue that the discussions on distributive justice in geoengineering should not be outcome-based. Instead, it should be risk-based.“
Nightingale, Paul; Cairns, Rose C. (2014): The Security Implications of Geoengineering. Blame, Imposed Agreement and the Security of Critical Infrastructure (CGG Working Papers, 018).
„From a security perspective SRM is costly, ungovernable, and raises security concerns of a sufficient magnitude to make it a non-viable policy option.“
Response to Newsweek article. „The media likes geoengineering stories because they are clickbait involving all sorts of eye-popping science fiction (non)solutions to climate change that don’t actually require anything of their readers (or humanity) except infinite credulousness. And so Newsweek informs us that adorable ants might solve the problem or maybe phytoplankton can if given Popeye-like superstrength with a diet of iron or, as we’ll see, maybe we humans can, if we allow ourselves to be turned into hobbit-like creatures.“
Baum, Seth D. (2014): The great downside dilemma for risky emerging technologies. In Phys. Scr. 89 (12), p. 128004–128004. DOI 10.1088/0031-8949/89/12/128004.
„This article discusses the great downside dilemma posed by the decision of whether or not to use these technologies. The dilemma is: use the technology, and risk the downside of catastrophic failure, or do not use the technology, and suffer through life without it.“
„That’s why a small cadre of scientists are pressing harder for radical geoengineering solutions — such as[nbsp]spraying particles at high altitude to mimic the cooling effect of volcanoes, or tinkering with clouds to alter how they reflect solar radiation. In a just-published article[nbsp]in the prestigious scientific journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, geoengineering advocates discuss what would be the first series of field trials for what they term “solar radiation management–that is, reducing the heating effect of the sun’s rays, without modifying the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.“
„If we can’t—or won’t—curb our use of polluting energy systems, and climate change gets so bad that it threatens human life on Earth, are there ways we can use our planet’s own systems to reverse the damage we’ve done to avoid doomsday?“
Schiermeier, Quirin (2014): Climate tinkerers thrash out a plan. In Nature 516 (7529), pp. 20–21. DOI 10.1038/516020a.
„Not one, however, has garnered much enthusiasm in environmental or political spheres. The idea of tinkering with the planet smacks of scientific hubris, and many are worried about unintended consequences. Climate scientists are concerned, for example, that adding sulphate to the stratosphere might reduce rainfall in some regions and worsen ozone depletion.“
Look ahead (2014). In Nature 516 (7529), p. 8–8. DOI 10.1038/516008a.
„The irony in discussions about climate engineering is that, while society considers its merits, the process itself is already in full swing. With vast amounts of heat-trapping molecules released each day into the atmosphere, humans are deliberately altering the planet’s climate in unpredictable ways.“
Anshelm, Jonas; Hansson, Anders (2014): The Last Chance to Save the Planet? An Analysis of the Geoengineering Advocacy Discourse in the Public Debate. In Environmental Humanities 5, pp. 101–123.
„In this paper, we aim to improve our understanding of the public discourse on geoengineering in mass media. We focus on how various storylines and metaphors are interrelated in mass media, constituting a general discourse favouring more research into and testing or deployment of geoengineering.“
„Radical geoengineering solutions to climate change could become a necessity as scientists look to reverse the effects of global warming. That’s according to Dr Hugh Hunt, a Cambridge academic and member of the SPICE project, which is looking to simulate the cooling effect of volacanos by injecting tiny water particles into the atmosphere, said he was „terrified“ of his own technology.“
