Geoengineering our Climate?: Ethics, Politics and Governance (The Earthscan Science in Society Series)

About the AuthorJason Blackstock is the Head of Department and Senior Lecturer of Science and Global Affairs of the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) at University College London, UK.Sean Low is a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany.

This includes an appreciation of the precedents for governing transboundary/global issues and how far lessons learnt from these precedents can be applied to the special case of geoengineering. Agreeing on a governance framework in which even serious research into geoengineering technologies can take place presents an immense international political challenge. This book provides an indispensable resource for scientists, activists, policymakers and political figures aiming to engage in the geoengineering debate.. Geoengineering - the planetary scale engineering of the climate system - is expected to receive increasingly serious consideration by states seeking ways to manage the most dangerous risks of climate change. Opening with an introduction to geoengineering and the main technological options currently on the table, the book the

Jason Blackstock is the Head of Department and Senior Lecturer of Science and Global Affairs of the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) at University College London, UK.Sean Low is a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany.