Poster's note : Below I've taken the liberty of presenting Steve's email in the format familiar to list users. Both papers are linked, with abstracts presented.
Direct link to Steve's full paper (PDF) http://www.phil.washington.edu/POV/documents/GardinerDesperationArgumentFINAL.pdf The Desperation Argument for Geoengineering Stephen M. Gardiner University of Washington Geoengineering has been roughly defined as “the intentional manipulation of planetary systems at a global scale” (Keith 2000; Schelling 1996). This definition is neither as precise nor as informative as some would like. Nevertheless, we can fix ideas by focusing on the most prominent current proposal, which is to inject sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere to deflect incoming radiation and so cool the Earth's surface. This is a paradigm case: if anything counts as geoengineering, stratospheric sulfate injection (hereafter SSI) does. Claire's abstract below: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8802617 Situating and Abandoning Geoengineering: A Typology of Five Responses to Dangerous Climate Change Clare Heyward University of Oxford Geoengineering, the “deliberate, large-scale manipulation of the planetary environment in order to counteract anthropogenic climate change” (Shepherd et al. 2009, 1), is attracting increasing interest. As well as the Royal Society, various scientific and government organizations have produced reports on the potential and challenge of geoengineering as a potential strategy, alongside mitigation and adaptation, to avoid the vast human and environmental costs that climate change is thought to bring (Blackstock et al. 2009; GAO 2010; Long et al. 2011; Rickels et al. 2011). “Geoengineering” covers a diverse range of proposals conventionally divided into carbon dioxide removal (CDR) proposals and solar radiation management (SRM) proposals. This article argues that “geoengineering” should not be regarded as a third category of response to climate change, but should be disaggregated. Technically, CDR and SRM are quite different and discussing them together under the rubric of geoengineering can give the impression that all the technologies in the two categories of response always raise similar challenges and political issues when this is not necessarily the case. However, CDR and SRM should not be completely subsumed into the preexisting categories of mitigation and adaptation. Instead, they can be regarded as two parts of a five-part continuum of responses to climate change. To make this case, the first section of this article discusses whether geoengineering is distinctive, and the second situates CDR and SRM in relation to other responses to climate change. On 9 January 2013 17:26, Steve Gardiner <stephengardin...@gmail.com> wrote: > A couple of papers on geoengineering (one by Clare Heyward and one by me) > have just been published as part of symposium on climate justice. I am told > that they are available free for 30 days. > > Clare Heyward, 'Situating and Abandoning Geoengineering: A Typology of Five > Responses to Dangerous Climate Change' > > http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8802617 > > Stephen Gardiner, 'The Desperation Argument for Geoengineering': > > http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8802614 > > My paper is also permanently available, with lots of others, on my > departmental website: > > http://www.phil.washington.edu/people_gardiner.htm > > Best wishes to all, > > Steve > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
