This thorough and accessible text introduces readers to the topic of climate engineering. Landes defines key concepts, presents the major methods and techniques, proposes an evaluative framework for judging whether to embark upon a specific interventions, and reviews the main ...
This thorough and accessible text introduces readers to the topic of climate engineering. Landes defines key concepts, presents the major methods and techniques, proposes an evaluative framework for judging whether to embark upon a specific interventions, and reviews the main ...
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.
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Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction: Climate Change and Alteration in the Anthropocene How Accurate is Geoengineering Denomination? Intensifying Climate Concerns Would Climate Engineering Announce a New Era? Anthropocene Controversies The Onset of the Anthropogenic Influence Mitigation, Adaptation, and Climate Engineering Rationale and Structure of the Book Chapter 1: What is Climate Engineering? Deliberate Large-Scale Countering Anthropogenic Climate Change Is Climate Engineering Reducible to Conventional Climate Policy? CDR and Mitigation SRM and Adaptation Chapter 2: An Evaluative Framework How to Evaluate Climate Engineering? Feasibility Technological Maturity Scalability Efficiency Permissibility Intrinsic Moral Value Risks and Uncertainty Distributive Justice Procedural Justice Social Acceptability Intergenerational Justice Regulation and Governance Preferability Complicating Factors A Glimpse into Comparative Principles Technological Difference and Moral Non-Equivalence Chapter 3: Climate Engineering Methods I: Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) What is CDR? Land-Based Carbon Sinks Enhancement Land Management and Ecosystem Restoration Land Sequestration Land Enhanced Weathering Ocean-Based Carbon Sinks Enhancement Ocean Enhanced Weathering Ocean Pumps Macroalgae Cultivation Fully Engineered Carbon Sinks Carbon Capture and Storage/Sequestration (CCS) Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage/Sequestration (BECCS) Direct Air Capture and Storage/Sequestration (DACS) CDR: A General Assessment Feasibility Permissibility Preferability Chapter 4: Climate Engineering Methods II: Solar Radiation Management (SRM) What is SRM? Surface Albedo Modification Urban Surface Brightening (USB) Crop Albedo Tropospheric Interventions Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB) Cirrus Cloud Thinning (CCT) Stratospheric Interventions Space-Based Interventions SRM: A General Assessment Feasibility Permissibility Preferability Chapter 5: Engineering the Climate: Arguments and Objections Mitigation Gap and Necessity The Distinction Between Research and Deployment Reasons for the Distinction (and in Support of Research) Reasons Against the Distinction (and Research) Governing Research Justifications for Climate Engineering Objections to Climate Engineering Efficiency Objections Precautionary Objections Capture Objections Political Objections Moral Corruption Conclusion Bibliography About the Author
Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction: Climate Change and Alteration in the Anthropocene How Accurate is Geoengineering Denomination? Intensifying Climate Concerns Would Climate Engineering Announce a New Era? Anthropocene Controversies The Onset of the Anthropogenic Influence Mitigation, Adaptation, and Climate Engineering Rationale and Structure of the Book Chapter 1: What is Climate Engineering? Deliberate Large-Scale Countering Anthropogenic Climate Change Is Climate Engineering Reducible to Conventional Climate Policy? CDR and Mitigation SRM and Adaptation Chapter 2: An Evaluative Framework How to Evaluate Climate Engineering? Feasibility Technological Maturity Scalability Efficiency Permissibility Intrinsic Moral Value Risks and Uncertainty Distributive Justice Procedural Justice Social Acceptability Intergenerational Justice Regulation and Governance Preferability Complicating Factors A Glimpse into Comparative Principles Technological Difference and Moral Non-Equivalence Chapter 3: Climate Engineering Methods I: Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) What is CDR? Land-Based Carbon Sinks Enhancement Land Management and Ecosystem Restoration Land Sequestration Land Enhanced Weathering Ocean-Based Carbon Sinks Enhancement Ocean Enhanced Weathering Ocean Pumps Macroalgae Cultivation Fully Engineered Carbon Sinks Carbon Capture and Storage/Sequestration (CCS) Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage/Sequestration (BECCS) Direct Air Capture and Storage/Sequestration (DACS) CDR: A General Assessment Feasibility Permissibility Preferability Chapter 4: Climate Engineering Methods II: Solar Radiation Management (SRM) What is SRM? Surface Albedo Modification Urban Surface Brightening (USB) Crop Albedo Tropospheric Interventions Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB) Cirrus Cloud Thinning (CCT) Stratospheric Interventions Space-Based Interventions SRM: A General Assessment Feasibility Permissibility Preferability Chapter 5: Engineering the Climate: Arguments and Objections Mitigation Gap and Necessity The Distinction Between Research and Deployment Reasons for the Distinction (and in Support of Research) Reasons Against the Distinction (and Research) Governing Research Justifications for Climate Engineering Objections to Climate Engineering Efficiency Objections Precautionary Objections Capture Objections Political Objections Moral Corruption Conclusion Bibliography About the Author
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