Dr. Reynolds cc list:
1. Thanks for a new and useful view on (mostly) the SRM part of
Climate Engineering (CE) - and especially making the whole paper available to
us without a paywall. I fought it well reasoned and well written.
2. In your nice useful discussions of insurance, I was hoping for a
few sentences on crop insurance - as possibly related to biochar as a CDR
approach. I conclude that CE approaches that do not require insurance or
lessened insurance should be preferred; would you agree?
3. I found no mention of "ocean acidification" in your paper and so
wonder how you feel this common concern might influence your final conclusions.
We interested in CDR use this as a/the primary reason for needing CDR
(independent of whether SRM is needed).
4. Here is the final paragraph of the concluding section, which seems
to summarize the paper well (where MH and RC are defined in your paper's title
- given below - Moral Hazard and Risk Compensation.)
"We should not assume that the CE MH-RC concern is warranted and that any
substitution of climate engineering for mitigation would be negative. Even in
the cases of the potential mechanisms which might cause deleterious mitigation
reduction--mechanisms which go beyond the scope of the CE MH-RC concern and
which are also present in many other policy choices-- we should not assume that
optimal mitigation is always the victim. Policy should be rationally designed
and based upon the central goal of minimizing net climate risks to humans and
the environment in accordance with society's preferences. I assert that those
who argue that consideration of and research into climate engineering should be
restricted due to the CE MH-RC concern have the burden to demonstrate that such
effects are likely and would be harmful, and that humans and the environment
would be better protected by foregoing this option. Until then, this concern
should not be grounds for restricting or prohibiting climate engineering
research.
5. Dr. Reynold's paper was attached to the following.
Ron
On Sep 16, 2014, at 3:01 AM, J.L. Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:
> The link to my paper (below) on "A Critical Examination of the Climate
> Engineering Moral Hazard and Risk Compensation Concern" is inactive. I
> removed it from SSRN and Berkeley Press Digital Works because it has been
> accepted for publication and there is a 12 month embargo against hosting it
> on such sites. I attach the paper here.
>
> By the way, the journal in which it will be published--The Anthropocene
> Review--is a relatively new multidisciplinary title on Sage. The editors
> appear keen on publishing papers on climate engineering.
> http://anr.sagepub.com/
>
> -Jesse
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Jesse L. Reynolds
> European and International Public Law
> Tilburg Sustainability Center
> Tilburg University, The Netherlands
> Book review editor, Law, Innovation, and Technology
> email: [email protected]
> http://works.bepress.com/jessreyn/
> http://twitter.com/geoengpolicy
>
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Lockley
> Sent: 16 September 2014 09:09
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