Much better stated, but I would also add that there are a wider range of possible interventions than are usually discussed, and drawing major conclusions from looking at too small a set of possibilities seems to me like choosing a path to take without considering all the possible routes.
Mike On 8/11/13 4:25 PM, "Andrew Lockley" <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1107023939 > > Climate Change Geoengineering: Philosophical Perspectives, Legal Issues, and > Governance Frameworks:Amazon:Books > > Product Description > > The international community is not taking the action necessary to avert > dangerous increases in greenhouse gases. Facing a potentially bleak future, > the question that confronts humanity is whether the best of bad alternatives > may be to counter global warming through human-engineered climate > interventions. In this book, eleven prominent authorities on climate change > consider the legal, policy and philosophical issues presented by > geoengineering. The book asks: when, if ever, are decisions to embark on > potentially risky climate modification projects justified? If such decisions > can be justified, in a world without a central governing authority, who should > authorize such projects and by what moral and legal right? If states or > private actors undertake geoengineering ventures absent the blessing of the > international community, what recourse do the rest of us have? > > Book Description > > In this book, eleven prominent authorities on climate change consider the > legal, policy and philosophical issues presented by geoengineering. The book > asks: when, if ever, are decisions to embark on climate modification projects > justified? If they are justified, in a world without a central governing > authority, who should authorize such projects and by what moral and legal > right? > > About the Author > > Dr Wil Burns is the Associate Director of the Energy Policy and Climate > Program at The Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. He also serves as > the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy > and as Co-Chair of the International Environmental Law Committee of the > American Branch of the International Law Association. He is also the former > Co-Chair of the International Environmental Law Interest Group of the American > Society of International Law, and Chair of the International Wildlife Law > Interest Group of the Society. He has held academic appointments at Williams > College, Colby College, Santa Clara University School of Law, and the Monterey > Institute of International Studies, Middlebury College. Prior to becoming an > academic, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs for the > State of Wisconsin, and worked in the non-governmental sector for twenty > years, including as Executive Director of the Pacific Center for International > Studies.Andrew Strauss is the Associate Dean for Faculty Research and > Development and a Professor of Law at Widener University School of Law. > Professor Strauss is co-author of the fourth edition of International Law and > World Order, and his articles have appeared in international journals such as > Foreign Affairs, the Harvard Journal of International Law and the Stanford > Journal of International Law. He has been a Visiting Professor at the > University of Notre Dame Law School and taught on the law faculties of the > National University of Singapore and Rutgers Camden Law School. In addition, > he has been a lecturer at the European Peace University in Austria, served as > the Director of the Geneva/Lausanne International Law Institute and the > Nairobi International Law Institute and been an Honorary Fellow at New York > University School of Law's Center for International Studies. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
