Engineering and Governing the Climate

Ethical and Political Issues

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Av Xavier Landes

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Geoengineering increasingly appears to be crucial for future climate policies. Societies and governments throughout the world have so far failed to sufficiently curb greenhouse gas emissions necessary for averting dramatic global warming and climate change. This book introduces readers to the concepts and methods of climate engineering by presenting the techniques and risks, as well as the political and ethical issues. This timely text tackles topics such as arguments for and against altering the climate on purpose, the uncertainties of those technologies, the hurdles of international coordination, and the duties towards future generations. Landes engages with global cases, encompassing reforestation efforts; prevention of runaway planetary warming; and avoidance of climate catastrophe. Distinctive features of the book include:Situating climate engineering within the context of the AnthropoceneSetting up an evaluative framework used for assessing climate engineering methods thoroughly from three angles: feasibility, permissibility, and, preferabilityA taxonomy of the different methods of climate engineering: carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management, each with dedicated chaptersA structured and critical review of the different justifications for and oppositions to climate engineering R&D as well as deploymentEngineering and Governing the Climate: Ethical and Political Issues is an essential read for all those working in environmental studies, climate policy, and building a sustainable future.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-03-29
Mått150 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt376 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieKey Issues in Climate Change and Sustainability: Ethics, Politics and Policy
Antal sidor274
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781538145616

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Xavier Landes is an associate professor at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. In addition, he has held positions at Université de Montréal, University of Toronto, and Copenhagen University. Landes's areas of expertise are political and moral philosophy. He has published on various topics such as multiculturalism, the welfare state, public insurance, and happiness. Climate change and climate alteration constitute his current focuses of research and teaching.

AcknowledgementsAbbreviations and AcronymsIntroduction: Climate Change and Alteration in the AnthropoceneHow Accurate is Geoengineering Denomination?Intensifying Climate ConcernsWould Climate Engineering Announce a New Era?Anthropocene ControversiesThe Onset of the Anthropogenic InfluenceMitigation, Adaptation, and Climate EngineeringRationale and Structure of the BookChapter 1: What is Climate Engineering?DeliberateLarge-ScaleCountering Anthropogenic Climate ChangeIs Climate Engineering Reducible to Conventional Climate Policy?CDR and MitigationSRM and AdaptationChapter 2: An Evaluative FrameworkHow to Evaluate Climate Engineering?FeasibilityTechnological MaturityScalabilityEfficiencyPermissibilityIntrinsic Moral ValueRisks and UncertaintyDistributive JusticeProcedural JusticeSocial AcceptabilityIntergenerational JusticeRegulation and GovernancePreferabilityComplicating FactorsA Glimpse into Comparative PrinciplesTechnological Difference and Moral Non-EquivalenceChapter 3: Climate Engineering Methods I: Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)What is CDR?Land-Based Carbon Sinks EnhancementLand Management and Ecosystem RestorationLand SequestrationLand Enhanced WeatheringOcean-Based Carbon Sinks EnhancementOcean Enhanced WeatheringOcean PumpsMacroalgae CultivationFully Engineered Carbon SinksCarbon Capture and Storage/Sequestration (CCS)Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage/Sequestration (BECCS)Direct Air Capture and Storage/Sequestration (DACS)CDR: A General AssessmentFeasibilityPermissibilityPreferabilityChapter 4: Climate Engineering Methods II: Solar Radiation Management (SRM)What is SRM?Surface Albedo ModificationUrban Surface Brightening (USB)Crop AlbedoTropospheric InterventionsMarine Cloud Brightening (MCB)Cirrus Cloud Thinning (CCT)Stratospheric InterventionsSpace-Based InterventionsSRM: A General AssessmentFeasibilityPermissibilityPreferabilityChapter 5: Engineering the Climate: Arguments and ObjectionsMitigation Gap and NecessityThe Distinction Between Research and DeploymentReasons for the Distinction (and in Support of Research)Reasons Against the Distinction (and Research)Governing ResearchJustifications for Climate EngineeringObjections to Climate EngineeringEfficiency ObjectionsPrecautionary ObjectionsCapture ObjectionsPolitical ObjectionsMoral CorruptionConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author

I learned a great deal from reading this groundbreaking book. Geoengineering has been something of a taboo subject among environmentalists for many years, based on the desire to avoid distracting attention away from carbon abatement, which remains the first-best response to the problem of climate change. Considering the current warming trajectory, however, it seems inevitable that we will at some point need to take second-best options more seriously. Landes provides an invaluable guide to this emerging set of issues, describing the technological options and the normative concerns they raise with exemplary clarity.