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The Governance of Solar Geoengineering

Managing Climate Change in the Anthropocene
Buch | Hardcover
250 Seiten
2019
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-16195-5 (ISBN)
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It appears possible to reduce climate change by blocking a small portion of incoming sunlight. This 'solar geoengineering' is receiving increasing attention but poses its own risks and is controversial. Drawing from law, political science, and economics, this volume explores how solar geoengineering is, could, and should be governed.
Climate change is among the world's most important problems, and solutions based on emission cuts or adapting to new climates remain elusive. One set of proposals receiving increasing attention among scientists and policymakers is 'solar geoengineering', (also known as solar radiation modification) which would reflect a small portion of incoming sunlight to reduce climate change. Evidence indicates that this could be effective, inexpensive, and technically feasible, but it poses environmental risks and social challenges. Governance will thus be crucial. In The Governance of Solar Geoengineering, Jesse L. Reynolds draws on law, political science, and economics to show how solar geoengineering is, could, and should be governed. The book considers states' incentives and behavior, international and national law, intellectual property, compensation for possible harm, and non-state governance. It also recommends how solar geoengineering could be responsibly researched, developed, and - if appropriate - used in ways that would improve human well-being and ensure sustainability.

Jesse L. Reynolds is an Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, as well as an associate researcher at Universiteit Utrecht and a research affiliate at Harvard University, Massachusetts. He has degrees from Tilburg University; the University of California, Berkeley; and Hampshire College, and has been a US Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results Graduate Fellow and a Fulbright Scholar.

1. Introduction; 2. Climate change and solar geoengineering; 3. Solar geoengineering and emissions abatement; 4. International relations; 5. International law: legal norms, principles, custom, and organizations; 6. International law: the climate and atmosphere; 7. International law: human rights; 8. International law: other agreements; 9. US law; 10. Nonstate governance; 11. Nonstate actors and intellectual property; 12. International compensation and liability; 13. A path forward; 14. Conclusion.

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Zusatzinfo 1 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 154 x 230 mm
Gewicht 600 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht
ISBN-10 1-107-16195-9 / 1107161959
ISBN-13 978-1-107-16195-5 / 9781107161955
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