> It's ironically amusing that though we can't get funding for any real > experiments (not just simulations) in these fields, the lawyers pile on > already, following the ethicists.
On one hand it's amusing. On the other hand, it's an indication that the world ain't as simple as it first appears. Benjamin Hale Assistant Professor/Graduate Director (ENVS) Philosophy and Environmental Studies University of Colorado, Boulder Tel: 303 735-3624; Fax: 303 735-1576 http://www.practicalreason.com http://cruelmistress.wordpress.com Ethics, Policy & Environment > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gregory Benford > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 7:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: geoengineering > Subject: Re: [geo] Call for Papers: CCLR Special Issue on Climate Change > Geoengineering & the Law | Teaching Climate/Energy Law & Policy > > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Andrew Lockley > <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org/call-for-papers-cclr-special-issue-o > > n-climate-change-geoengineering-the-law/ > > > > Call for Papers: CCLR Special Issue on Climate Change Geoengineering & > > the Law > > > > Posted on November 29, 2012 by Wil Burns > > > > Call for Papers: The Law and Climate Geoengineering > > > > Carbon & Climate Law Review > > > > A Journal on Climate Regulation and the Carbon Market [CCLR] > > > > Carbon & Climate Law Review is welcoming abstracts for a special issue > > on The Law and Climate Geoengineering, scheduled for publication in > > March 2013, and for which I will serve as Editor. > > > > Overview > > > > The feckless response of the world community to addressing burgeoning > > levels of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions has led to > > increasingly alarming predictions of temperatures rises of as much as > > 4-6C above pre-industrial levels by the end of this century, with > > potentially catastrophic implications for natural ecosystems and human > > institutions. This has led to growing support in many sectors for > > climate geoengineering options, defined broadly by the UK's Royal > > Society as "the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the planetary > > environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change." While > > proponents hail climate geoengineering as either a "magic bullet," or > > at the very least, a "bridge" to a decarbonized economy, a number of > > recent studies have indicated that many of these schemes could pose > > serious environmental, economic and health risks in many regions of > > the world, invoking issues of equity, potential liability for damages > > and the role of risk assessment under conditions of high uncertainty. > > Moreover, it is far from clear whether existing domestic or > > international institutions are adequate to govern either research and > > development of geoengineering options or potential deployment. This > > issue seeks to address the role of national and international law in > > addressing these critical issues.The journal is particularly > > interested in pieces in the following areas:Case studies of the > > effectiveness of current efforts to regulate climate geoengineering at > > the international level, including within the framework of the > > Convention on Biological Diversity and the London Convention;The > > potential role of non-environmental regimes in climate geoengineering > > governance, e.g. human rights and trade;Pertinent domestic laws and > > regulations to govern geoengineering research and development and/or > > deployment;Operationalization of the precautionary principle in the > > context of climate geoengineering > > > > Abstracts of 150-250 words should be sent to [email protected] by 15 > > December 2012. Authors will be informed by 22 December 2012 on the > > outcome of the initial review process. 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