Mitigation, Adaptation or Climate Engineering? Guy P. Brasseur / Claire Granier Guy P. Brasseur is of the Climate Service Center, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, Hamburg, Germany. Claire Granier is of the UPMC University Paris 06, UMR8190, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, Paris, France; and CIRES, University of Colorado and NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA. The authors are grateful for the support of the ACCENT-Plus European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement no. 265119, and of the FP7 PEGASOS project, under Grant Agreement 265148. The authors would also like to acknowledge Paul Bowyer for his useful comments on the Article.
Citation Information: Theoretical Inquiries in Law. Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 1–20, ISSN (Online) 1565-3404, ISSN (Print) , DOI: 10.1515/til-2013-003, January 2013 Publication History: Published Online: 2013-01-01 Abstract Concerns about climate change have led to the development of legal frameworks, including national regulations and international protocols to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases. Current mitigation measures, however, may not be sufficient to limit global warming to an average of 2°C since the pre-industrial period. Other approaches may therefore be required, including adaptation measures and climate engineering initiatives. Only a few legal frameworks are available to regulate adaptation initiatives and to constrain climate engineering approaches whose potential side-effects are not always sufficiently well known. This Article provides a brief overview of scientific progress made to better assess climate change and addresses possible societal responses, including the mitigation, adaptation and climate engineering strategies. It provides a brief summary of current knowledge about expected climate change as a basis for the definition of future international climate policies and associated legal frameworks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
