Dear Colleague:
This is the official solicitation for open peer commentaries for the Summer issue of Ethics, Policy, and Environment (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cepe). For this next issue, 17.2, we have selected two related Target Articles, both on solar radiation management. The first is by David Morrow (U of Alabama, Birmingham), titled "Starting a flood to stop a fire? Some moral constraints on solar radiation management." Here is the abstract: Abstract: Solar radiation management (SRM), a form of climate engineering, would reduce the amount of sunlight absorbed by the Earth to offset the effects of increased greenhouse gas concentrations. To encourage support for SRM research, advocates argue that SRM may someday be needed to reduce the risks from climate change. This paper examines the implications of two moral constraints-the Doctrine of Doing and Allowing and the Doctrine of Double Effect-on this argument for SRM. The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing, and perhaps the Doctrine of Double Effect, shows that the argument is weaker than it appears. The second is by Toby Svoboda (Fairfield U) and Peter Irvine (Potsdam), titled "Ethical and Technical Challenges in Compensating for Harm Due to Solar Radiation Management Geoengineering." Here is that abstract: Abstract: As a response to climate change, geoengineering with solar radiation management (SRM) has the potential to result in unjust harm. Potentially, this injustice could be ameliorated by providing compensation to victims of SRM. However, establishing a just SRM compensation system faces severe challenges. First, there is scientific uncertainty in detecting particular harmful impacts and causally attributing them to SRM. Second, there is ethical uncertainty regarding what principles should be used to determine responsibility and eligibility for compensation, as well as determining how much compensation ought to be paid. Significant challenges loom for crafting a just SRM compensation system. We are now soliciting approximately 5-10 open commentaries in response to either of the two articles. Potential commentators will be invited to write short 750-1500 word responses which will be published simultaneously with the target articles. If you would like to be considered as a peer commentator for this article or for some future article, please contact our managing editor, Clinton Herget: ethicspolicyenvironm...@gmail.com to have your name added to our list. Please explain in the e-mail that you would like to be considered as a peer commentator, and specify if this particular article is one that may interest you, in which case, Clinton will send an advance version of the article back to you. For this article, we would like to have you submit a short summary of your proposed Open Peer Commentary (no more than 150 words) by 5:00 pm, MST, Wednesday, Mar 26. If your peer commentary is selected, you will then have until Wednesday, Apr 16 to submit your full commentary. Moreover, please also consider submitting a suitable article to EPE as a potential target or feature article. If you are not familiar with the unique format of our journal, feel free to read more about us here: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cepe. Sincerely, Benjamin Hale Co-Editor with Andrew Light (who is on temporary leave from the journal) Benjamin Hale Associate Professor <http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy> Philosophy Department and <http://envs.colorado.edu/> Environmental Studies Program Director of Graduate Studies Environmental Studies Program 1333 Grandview, UCB 0488 University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309 Tel: 303 735-3624; Fax: 303 735-1576 Personal homepage: <http://www.practicalreason.com/> http://www.practicalreason.com ComET: <http://environmentalthought.com/> http://environmentalthought.com/ Personal blog: <http://cruelmistress.wordpress.com/> http://cruelmistress.wordpress.com Co-Editor: <http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cepe> Ethics, Policy & Environment Vice-President/President-elect, International Society for Environmental Ethics: <http://enviroethics.org/> http://enviroethics.org/ <http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/center> Center for Values and Social Policy (Philosophy) <http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/> Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (CIRES) -- 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 geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
