A Case for Climate Engineering - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Case for Climate Engineering write by David Keith. This book was released on 2013-09-20. A Case for Climate Engineering available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A leading scientist argues that we must consider deploying climate engineering technology to slow the pace of global warming. Climate engineering—which could slow the pace of global warming by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere—has emerged in recent years as an extremely controversial technology. And for good reason: it carries unknown risks and it may undermine commitments to conserving energy. Some critics also view it as an immoral human breach of the natural world. The latter objection, David Keith argues in A Scientist's Case for Climate Engineering, is groundless; we have been using technology to alter our environment for years. But he agrees that there are large issues at stake. A leading scientist long concerned about climate change, Keith offers no naïve proposal for an easy fix to what is perhaps the most challenging question of our time; climate engineering is no silver bullet. But he argues that after decades during which very little progress has been made in reducing carbon emissions we must put this technology on the table and consider it responsibly. That doesn't mean we will deploy it, and it doesn't mean that we can abandon efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But we must understand fully what research needs to be done and how the technology might be designed and used. This book provides a clear and accessible overview of what the costs and risks might be, and how climate engineering might fit into a larger program for managing climate change.
Can Science Fix Climate Change?
Can Science Fix Climate Change? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Can Science Fix Climate Change? write by Mike Hulme. This book was released on 2014-06-04. Can Science Fix Climate Change? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem. Political solutions have so far had little impact. Some scientists are now advocating the so-called 'Plan B', a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by reflecting more sunlight back to space, creating a thermostat in the sky. In this book, Mike Hulme argues against this kind of hubristic techno-fix. Drawing upon a distinguished career studying the science, politics and ethics of climate change, he shows why using science to fix the global climate is undesirable, ungovernable and unattainable. Science and technology should instead serve the more pragmatic goals of increasing societal resilience to weather risks, improving regional air quality and driving forward an energy technology transition. Seeking to reset the planet’s thermostat is not the answer.
Climate Engineering and the Law
Climate Engineering and the Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Climate Engineering and the Law write by Michael B. Gerrard. This book was released on 2018-04-12. Climate Engineering and the Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first book to focus on the legal aspects of climate engineering, making recommendations for future laws and governance.
A Case for Climate Engineering
A Case for Climate Engineering - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Case for Climate Engineering write by David Keith. This book was released on 2013-10-04. A Case for Climate Engineering available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A leading scientist argues that we must consider deploying climate engineering technology to slow the pace of global warming. Climate engineering—which could slow the pace of global warming by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere—has emerged in recent years as an extremely controversial technology. And for good reason: it carries unknown risks and it may undermine commitments to conserving energy. Some critics also view it as an immoral human breach of the natural world. The latter objection, David Keith argues in A Scientist's Case for Climate Engineering, is groundless; we have been using technology to alter our environment for years. But he agrees that there are large issues at stake. A leading scientist long concerned about climate change, Keith offers no naïve proposal for an easy fix to what is perhaps the most challenging question of our time; climate engineering is no silver bullet. But he argues that after decades during which very little progress has been made in reducing carbon emissions we must put this technology on the table and consider it responsibly. That doesn't mean we will deploy it, and it doesn't mean that we can abandon efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But we must understand fully what research needs to be done and how the technology might be designed and used. This book provides a clear and accessible overview of what the costs and risks might be, and how climate engineering might fit into a larger program for managing climate change.
A Case for Climate Engineering
A Case for Climate Engineering - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Case for Climate Engineering write by David W. Keith. This book was released on 2013. A Case for Climate Engineering available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A leading scientist argues that we must consider deploying climate engineering technology to slow the pace of global warming.
