1st Edition
An International Legal Framework for Geoengineering Managing the Risks of an Emerging Technology
By Haomiao Du
Copyright 2018
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
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Geoengineering provides new possibilities for humans to deal with dangerous climate change and its effects but at the same time creates new risks to the planet. This book responds to the challenges geoengineering poses to International Law by identifying and developing the rules and principles that are aimed at controlling the risks to the environment and human health arising from geoengineering... Read more
Introduction
Part I – Background
Chapter 1 Political And Scientific Aspects Of Geoengineering
Part II – Applying Contemporary International Law To Geoengineering
Chapter 2 Contemporary International Law And Geoengineering – A General Approach
Chapter 3 Contemporary International Law And Geoengineering – A Technique-By-Technique Approach
Part III Towards Better Governance
Chapter 4 Main Scenarios of the Future of Geoengineering Governance
Chapter 5 Balancing the Risk of Climate Change against Geoengineering – Controlling Environmental Risk and Coping with Scientific Uncertainty
Conclusion
Biography
Haomiao Du is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Twente, the Netherlands
