Parson, E. A.; Keith, D. W. (2013): End the Deadlock on Governance of Geoengineering Research. In: Science 339 (6125), pp. 1278–1279. DOI 10.1126/science.1232527
„Can scientifi c self-regulation control small-scale research, or is governmental regulation needed?“
„Recognising as does the STEPS Centre, the importance of complexity, dynamism and path-dependent trajectories in coupled human and environmental systems, the project is seeking to identify the most appropriate pathways for governance under divergent perspectives and contexts.“
Scientist’s/engineer’s blog reviewing CE. „I think we should start serious research on geoengineering schemes, including actual experiments, not just calculations and simulations. I think we should do this with an open mind about whether we’ll decide that these schemes are good ideas or bad.“
„The world may need to turn to geoengineering in order to tackle climate change effectively, scientists think – and that would raise a whole lot of tricky questions.“
Discussion with Peter Singer and Clive Hamilton, available as video and audio. „In this edition – two ethicists on the moral hazard of geoengineering from the Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne.“
Column with economic analogies as path dependencies.
Methods of stopping desertification. „“Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert,” begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk“
Comment by Bill Sweet.
Sea urchins capture CO2. „Experts at Newcastle University, UK, discovered that sea urchins use nickel particles to convert carbon dioxide from the ocean into the harmless mineral, calcium carbonate.“
„In this edited version of last week’s Lunchbox/Soapbox address, Clive Hamilton argues that the potential risks of this meddling are enormous: disrupting the food chain, damaging the ozone layer, loss of monsoon rains in Asia – the list goes on.“
