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Climate Change Geoengineering : Philosophical Perspectives, Legal Issues, and Governance Frameworks

By Burns , Wil C. G.; Strauss , Andrew L.

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9781107023932, 9781107275195
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3584815 bytes)
Pages
330\330
Topic
Geology
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2015-08-14 13:48:16
Climatic changes Environmental engineering Law and

Description

The international community is not taking the action necessary to avert dangerous increases in greenhouse gases. Facing a potentially bleak future, the question that confronts humanity is whether the best of bad alternatives may be to counter global warming through human-engineered climate interventions. In this book, eleven prominent authorities on climate change consider the legal, policy and philosophical issues presented by geoengineering. The book asks: when, if ever, are decisions to embark on potentially risky climate modification projects justified? If such decisions can be justified, in a world without a central governing authority, who should authorize such projects and by what moral and legal right? If states or private actors undertake geoengineering ventures absent the blessing of the international community, what recourse do the rest of us have?

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