1st Edition

The Ethics of “Geoengineering” the Global Climate Justice, Legitimacy and Governance

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

In the face of limited time and escalating impacts, some scientists and politicians are talking about attempting "grand technological interventions" into the Earth’s basic physical and biological systems ("geoengineering") to combat global warming. Early ideas include spraying particles into the stratosphere to block some incoming sunlight, or "enhancing" natural biological systems to withdraw... Read more

Introduction: Geoengineering, Political Legitimacy and Justice

Stephen M. Gardiner, Catriona McKinnon and Augustin Fragnière

1. The Tollgate Principles for the Governance of Geoengineering: Moving Beyond the Oxford Principles to an Ethically More Robust Approach

Stephen M. Gardiner and Augustin Fragniere

2. Climate Change, Climate Engineering, and the "Global Poor": What Does Justice Require?

Marion Hourdequin

3. Indigeneity in Geoengineering Discourses: Some Considerations

Kyle Whyte

4. Recognitional Justice, Climate Engineering, and the Care Approach

Christopher Preston and Wylie Carr

5. Institutional Legitimacy and Geoengineering Governance

Daniel Edward Callies

6. Legitimacy and Non-Domination in Solar Radiation Management Research

Patrick Taylor Smith

7. Toward Legitimate Governance of Solar Geoengineering Research: A Role for Sub-State Actors

Sikina Jinnah, Simon Nicholson and Jane Flegal

8. Fighting risk with risk: solar radiation management, regulatory drift, and minimal justice

Jonathan Wolff

9. The Panglossian politics of the geoclique

Catriona McKinnon

10. Democratic authority to geoengineer

Holly Lawford-Smith

11. A mission-driven research program on solar geoengineering could promote justice and

legitimacy

David R. Morrow

12. Geoengineering the climate and ethical challenges: what we can learn from moral emotions and art

Sabine Roeser, Behnam Taebi and Neelke Doorn

Biography

Stephen M. Gardiner is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington, Seattle, and is author of A Perfect Moral Storm: the Ethical Challenge of Climate Change and Debating Climate Ethics, as well as many articles on climate justice and the ethics of geoengineering.

Catriona McKinnon is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Exeter, author of Climate Change and Future Justice and numerous articles on climate ethics and justice.

Augustin Fragnière is a trained philosopher and environmental scientist, who has published on climate ethics, geoengineering and sustainability theory.