Don't these have to be compared to GE "benefits", both human and environmental?
From: Andrew Lockley <[email protected]>
To: geoengineering <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 7:29 AM
Subject: [geo] Geoengineering: rights, risks and ethics : Journal of Human
Rights and the Environment
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/jhre/8-1/jhre.2017.01.06.xml
Geoengineering: rights, risks and ethics
Sam Adelman
Keywords: geoengineering; solar radiation management; carbon dioxide removal;
human rights; moral hazard; risk
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Abstract
This article discusses arguments that manipulating the Earth's climate may
provoke unforeseen, unintended and uncontrollable consequences that threaten
human rights. The risks arise from both main types of geoengineering: solar
radiation management (SRM) techniques and carbon dioxide removal (CDR). SRM
creates particular risks because it is difficult to test on a wide scale and
may not be capable of being recalled after deployment. Adequate, enforceable
governance structures do not currently exist to assess and regulate the risks
of climate engineering, not least whether such technologies can be terminated
in the absence of significant emissions reductions. This article is divided
into six sections. After the opening introductory section, section 2 discusses
the links between climate change and human rights. It briefly outlines the
range of rights, including procedural rights, that might be violated by
geoengineering. This is followed, in section 3, by an evaluation of the risks
of SRM and CDR. The fourth section discusses debates on the ethics of
geoengineering. Section 5 critiques hubristic faith in technological solutions.
The final section examines the governance of geoengineering and the extent to
which international environmental law and human rights law might be used to
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