Poster's note : in contrast to the arguments presented here, I'm currently working on a paper discussing no-governance models of geoengineering control http://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/338853
Engineered Dependency: The Threat of Forced Choice through Plutocratic Influence in Geoengineereing and Climate Change Gool, V.J. van (2016) Faculty of Humanities Theses Abstract Anthropogenic climate change is likely to have dire consequences for our environment. As UNFCCC intentions to limit the increase of the global mean temperature to 2°C become increasingly improbable through the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions alone, geoengineering techniques are gaining in attention. Large-scale implementation of such techniques would necessarily require centralised coordination, thereby risking top-down control over means that affect the environment as a whole. In the absence of clearly defined structures of regulation, the current, largely void, governance of geoengineering could well compound the dependency of individuals unable to exert influence over geoengineering. Alongside other players, wealthy individuals who finance the research and development of various geoengineering technologies, procure an ability to influence the commissioning of these, as well as the discussion surrounding climate change. While their influence over such matters is of a relatively arbitrary nature, it creates a very real dependency for others that, even when the possibility for exercising influence is not acted upon, can curtail the freedom of others to control their behaviours through unforced choice. Combining a republican concern for the possibility of domination with the Gewirthian notion of agency, basic conditions for agency can be found imperil by geoengineering. Therefore, cause is found for individuals to object to it in its current form. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
