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Climate emergencies do not justify engineering the climate

Jana Sillmann, Timothy M. Lenton, Anders Levermann, Konrad Ott, Mike Hulme,
François Benduhn & Joshua B. Horton

Nature Climate Change 5, 290–292 (2015) doi:10.1038/nclimate2539
Published online 25 March 2015

Current climate engineering proposals do not come close to addressing the
complex and contested nature of conceivable 'climate emergencies' resulting
from unabated greenhouse-gas emissions.

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Affiliations
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research — Oslo, Pb.
1129 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway
Jana Sillmann
Earth System Science, College of Life and Environmental Sciences,
University of Exeter, Laver Building (Level 7), North Parks Road, Exeter
EX4 4QE, UK
Timothy M. Lenton
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegraphenberg A3, 14473
Potsdam, Germany
Anders Levermann
Institute for Physics and Astronomy, Potsdam University, Campus Golm, Haus
28, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
Anders Levermann
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Kiel University, Leibnizstrasse 6, 24118
Kiel, Germany
Konrad Ott
Department of Geography, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK
Mike Hulme
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Berliner Strasse 130, 14467
Potsdam, Germany
François Benduhn
Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Box 117, Cambridge,
Massachusetts 02138, USA
Joshua B. Horton

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J.S. initiated and structured this Commentary. All authors contributed to
the content and writing.

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Correspondence to: Jana Sillmann

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