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Engineering the climate : the ethics of solar radiation management /

Engineering the Climate: The Ethics of Solar Radiation Management is a wide-ranging and expert analysis of the ethics of the intentional management of solar radiation. This book will be a useful tool for policy-makers, a provocation for ethicists, and an eye-opening analysis for both the scientist a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Preston, Christopher J. (Christopher James), 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, [Md.] : Lexington Books, c2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Extraordinary Ethics of Solar Radiation Management; Present and Future Generations; 1 Geoengineering, Solidarity, and Moral Risk; 2 Might Solar Radiation Management Constitute a Dilemma?; 3 Domination and the Ethics of Solar Radiation Management; Marginalized, Vulnerable, and Voiceless Populations; 4 Indigenous Peoples, Solar Radiation Management, and Consent; 5 Solar Radiation Management and Vulnerable Populations; 6 Solar Radiation Management and Nonhuman Species; Moral Hazards and Hidden Benefits; 7 The World That Would Have Been.
  • 8 Climate Remediation to Address Social Development ChallengesEthics of Framing and Rhetoric; 9 Insurance Policy or Technological Fix? The Ethical Implications of Framing Solar Radiation Management; 10 Public Concerns about the Ethics of Solar Radiation Management; The Cultural Milieu; 11 The Setting of the Scene; 12 Between Babel and Pelagius; 13 Making Climates; Bibliography; Index; Contributors.