1. The Justice and Legitimacy of Geoengineering.
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Gardiner, Stephen and McKinnon, Catriona
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ENVIRONMENTAL engineering ,ORGANIZATIONAL legitimacy ,SOLAR radiation management ,EFFECT of human beings on climate change ,JUSTICE ,CLIMATE change denial ,PROCEDURAL justice - Abstract
Geoengineering is often defined as the 'deliberate large scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change' (The Royal Society, [11], p. 1).[1] The two main approaches currently being discussed are reflecting sunlight away from the planet (solar radiation management, or SRM), or sucking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and then storing or processing them (carbon dioxide removal, or CDR). CDR is already assumed as part of the majority of IPCC scenarios for achieving the internationally agreed target of two degrees Celsius (Smith et al., [12]) and could form a significant part of the policy portfolio for tackling climate change, if the technology proves to be scalable, effective, and affordable. Taken together with the previous special issue, they demonstrate the need for ongoing engagement from experts in ethics and political philosophy with the geoengineering debate, and the value of such engagement. Climate change, climate engineering, and the "global poor": What does justice require?. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2020
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