CO₂-removal News

Cairns, Rose C. (2014): Climate geoengineering: issues of path-dependence and socio-technical lock-in

Cairns, Rose C. (2014): Climate geoengineering: issues of path-dependence and socio-technical lock-in. In WIREs Clim Change, pp. n/a. DOI 10.1002/wcc.296.

„With regard to climate geoengineering, there are concerns that geoengineering technologies might contribute so-called ‘carbon lock-in’, or become irreversibly ‘locked-in’ themselves.“

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Tilmes, S.; et al. (2014): A new Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) experiment designed for climate and chemistry models

Tilmes, S.; Mills, M. J.; Niemeier, U.; Schmidt, H.; Robock, A.; Kravitz, B. et al. (2014): A new Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) experiment designed for climate and chemistry models. In Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss. 7 (4), pp. 5447–5464. DOI 10.5194/gmdd-7-5447-2014.

A new Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) experiment „G4 specified stratospheric aerosols“ (short name: G4SSA) is proposed to investigate the impact of stratospheric aerosol geoengineering on atmospheric composition, climate, and the environment.

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Gawel, Erik (2014): Environmental policy through climate engineering?

Gawel, Erik (2014): Environmental policy through climate engineering? Edited by Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ Discussion Papers, 16).

„The question is: Are such climate-engineering efforts a viable environmental policy option? And can they serve, at the very least, as the ultima ratio if all other efforts to stave off climate change fail?“

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Blackstock, Jason; et al. (Eds.) (2015): Geoengineering our Climate? Science, ethics, politics and law

Blackstock, Jason; Miller, Clark A.; Rayner, Steve (Eds.) (2015): Geoengineering our Climate? Science, ethics, politics and law. London: Earthscan (The earthscan science in society series).

„In this important book, a collection of experts from the domains of science, science policy, politics, law, governance, ethics and civil society provide the essential foundation on which the debate can be built.“

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CEC 14 Blog: The Anthropocene: An Engineered Age?

By Christoph Rosol. „The Anthropocene Project was established to experiment with novel and transdisciplinary reflection on, and approaches to, issues that define the Anthropocene – the ‘age of humankind’. Among these issues, climate engineering epitomises the complex interplay of the ‘artificial’ and the ‘natural’.“

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Kniebes, Carola; et al. (2014): Informed and Uninformed Opinions on New Measures to Address Climate Change

Kniebes, Carola; Merk, Christine; Pönitzsch, Gert; Rehdanz, Katrin; Schmidt, Ulrich (2014): Informed and Uninformed Opinions on New Measures to Address Climate Change. Edited by Kiel Earth Institut. Kiel (Working Paper, 1936).

„Our paper provides empirical evidence on the public perception of two different CE measures, namely, stratospheric sulphate injection (SSI) and afforestation, as well as CCS-S.“

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