Dear all, I have finally summoned the courage to submit my master research paper, "Geoengineering in a climate emergency: Exploring governance pathways and pitfalls," for consideration by this group. If it is never going to be read by anyone, what was the point?
The paper was completed in January as the last component of an M.A. in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. It's a fast moving field but I hope it's still relevant. I included the abstract below. You can find the paper here: http://egede-nissen.com/publications/Egede-Nissen--MRP--Geoengineering_in_a_climate_emergency.pdf I'm looking forward to hear your praise, blame, questions, suggestions and points of disagreement, and I will try to respond as quickly as I can. Cheers, Bjornar Abstract: Geoengineering has been advanced as a possible emergency option to sudden and disruptive climate change—a climate emergency. This paper advances the nascent geoengineering governance discourse, looking specifically on issues and challenges relating to how geoengineering can be used as a remedial option in case of a climate emergency. The main contribution of this paper is the examination of six potential governance alternatives for geoengineering, assessed according to three fundamental characteristics that the paper argues any geoengineering regime must evince, to wit, holism, adaptability and legitimacy. Using path-dependency theory, it further explores how the current parochialism and fragmentation in global governance could affect the long-term development of the geoengineering discourse, before finally looking at how unilateral geoengineering could result from a global discourse on catastrophic climate change gone astray. High levels of complexity, risk and uncertainty are inherent in both climate change and geoengineering and present substantial obstacles in the development of geoengineering governance. The fundamental question of this paper is how we can foster robust and resilient governance and responses for climate change and other environmental problems. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
