{"id":269,"date":"2022-09-06T15:37:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/?page_id=269"},"modified":"2022-11-01T12:58:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T12:58:54","slug":"4-8-what-about-geoengineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/endnotes\/what-weve-done-about-it\/4-8-what-about-geoengineering\/","title":{"rendered":"4.8 What about Geoengineering?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Niclas H\u00e4llstr\u00f6m<\/a>, Jennie C. Stephens<\/a> and Isak Stoddard<\/a><\/p>\n

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    \nthe injection of aerosols into the stratosphere could disrupt monsoons<\/q> Jones, A. C., et al., \u2018Impacts of hemispheric solar geoengineering on tropical cyclone frequency\u2018<\/cite>, Nature Communications<\/span>, 8, 2017: 1382, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-017-01606-0<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nif \u2026 the sun-dimming aerosols were to stop<\/q> Pierrehumbert, R., and Mann, M., \u2018Some say we can \u201csolar-engineer\u201d ourselves out of the climate crisis. Don\u2019t buy it\u2019<\/cite>, Guardian<\/span>. 22 April 2021, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/apr\/22\/climate-crisis-emergency-earth-day<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nsuch technologies cannot be managed equitably and safely<\/q> See \u2018We call for an international non-use agreement on solar geoengineering\u2019<\/cite>, Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement, https:\/\/www.solargeoeng.org\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nglobal systems of governance that could function without failure<\/q> Stephens, J. C., et al., \u2018The dangers of mainstreaming solar geoengineering: a critique of the National Academies report\u2019<\/cite>, Environmental Politics<\/span>, 18 October 2021, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09644016.2021.1989214<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \ndeepening today\u2019s inequities \u2026 and escalating the risk of wars<\/q> Stephens, J. C., et al., \u2018The risks of solar geoengineering research\u2019<\/cite>, Science<\/span>, 372 (6547), 2021: 1161, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.abj3679<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nthe UN Convention on Biological Diversity<\/q> \u2018Climate-related geoengineering and biodiversity\u2019<\/cite>, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, 23 March 2017, https:\/\/www.cbd.int\/climate\/geoengineering\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nvested interests mainstreaming the idea of geoengineering<\/q> Stephens, J. C., and Surprise, K., \u2018The hidden injustices of advancing solar geoengineering research\u2019<\/cite>, Global Sustainability<\/span>, 3, 2020: Article e2, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/sus.2019.28<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nSuggesting that geoengineering is a \u2018plan B\u2019<\/q> See for example Pierrehumbert, R., \u2018There is no plan B for dealing with the climate crisis\u2019<\/cite>, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists<\/span>, 75 (5), 2019: 215\u201321, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00963402.2019.1654255<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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