Poster's note : undated, so I've no idea if this is forthcoming, current or historic
http://ipsc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php/Jobs/548/0/ Geoengineering: The Social and Ethical Issues ABSTRACT Since the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), responses to address climate change have until recently fallen within two major groups of strategies (IPCC 2007): mitigation measures, which comprise all human activities to reduce emissions or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, and adaptation measures, which include any adjustments made to natural or human systems in response to actual or expected impacts of climate change, with the aim of moderating harm or exploiting beneficial opportunities. Over the last few years, however, geoengineering, or the ‘deliberate large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system in order to moderate global warming’ (The Royal Society 2009, 1), has attracted increasing attention among strategies to limit the impact and consequences of climate change. The understanding of the physical science basis of geoengineering is still limited, and there are still major uncertainties concerning the impacts these technologies might have on human and natural systems. Thus, there is widespread agreement on the need to consider the far-reaching ethical and social questions that geoengineering proposals entail. In this context, the main objective of this project is to develop an analytical framework that can contribute to a better understanding of the social and ethical issues raised by geoengineering technologies. It is expected that this framework can be used as the basis for further analysis with a view to developing and implementing appropriate governance mechanisms to steer both geoengineering research and deployment -- 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/d/optout.
