Document Type

Monograph

Publication Date

11-6-2021

Publication Title

Climate Geoengineering: Science, Law and Governance

First Page

93

Last Page

109

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72372-9_4

Abstract

As climate conditions worsen and mitigation efforts continue to fall short, the likelihood increases that States or other international actors will look to geoengineering technologies for a remedy. The most basic of these methods, such as planting trees or sequestering carbon underground, can take place within sovereign territory. However, there are also many types of geoengineering that could be deployed in the global commons. This means that their impact would clearly be felt beyond one specific State or region, and, with certain approaches, such as stratospheric aerosol injection, likely worldwide. These commons-based geoengineering (CBG) technologies are largely untested and, in almost all cases, speculative. This leaves considerable uncertainty about the results of deployment. It also provides an opportunity for States to make deliberate, prospective choices in policies that maximize the global common good.

Comments

This is the accepted manuscript version of a book/chapter that has been accepted for publication and is subject to Springer’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72372-9_4

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