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Solar radiation management geoengineering and strict liability for ultrahazardous activitiesYou are here - UTAS Home <http://www.utas.edu.au/> - - Research <http://www.utas.edu.au/research> - - eCite <http://ecite.utas.edu.au/> - - Item Citation [image: Article has an altmetric score of 4] <https://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=ecite.utas.edu.au&citation_id=45220525> Brent, KA, Solar radiation management geoengineering and strict liability for ultrahazardous activities, Global Environmental Change and Innovation in International Law, Cambridge University Press, N Craik, CSG Jefferies, SL Seck, T Stephens (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 161-179. ISBN 9781108526081 (2018) [Research Book Chapter] <http://ecite.utas.edu.au/127184/1/127184%20-%20Solar%20radiation%20management%20geoengineering.pdf> PDF <http://ecite.utas.edu.au/127184/1/127184%20-%20Solar%20radiation%20management%20geoengineering.pdf> Pending copyright assessment - Request a copy <http://ecite.utas.edu.au/rmdb/ecite/q/ecite_request/58524> 401Kb Official URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/global-enviro... <https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/global-environmental-change-and-innovation-in-international-law/solar-radiation-management-geoengineering-and-strict-liability-for-ultrahazardous-activities/071A5783F050FE452AD84744B9988D05> DOI: doi:10.1017/9781108526081.010 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108526081.010> Abstract Proposals to develop solar radiation management (SRM) geoengineering call into question the capacity of international law to govern innovative new technologies. Geoengineering is ‘the deliberate large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system, in order to moderate global warming’.1 Solar radiation management proposals are intended to offset global temperatures rises resulting from climate change by reflecting a small percentage of incoming solar radiation (sunlight).2 The most prominent proposal, stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), is to deposit aerosols into the stratosphere to reflect or scatter light away from the Earth, mimicking the cooling effect produced by large volcanic eruptions.3 Stratospheric aerosol injection is promising in that it could rapidly reduce global temperatures for a fraction of the cost of conventional mitigation strategies.4 However, SAI deployment is likely to have detrimental transboundary and global environmental side effects.5 It is therefore important that SAI is governed at an international level, but at present there are no international agreements that *specifically* address SAI research or deployment. Item Details Item Type: Research Book Chapter Keywords: geoengineering, international law, liability, no-harm rule, ultrahazardous activities, custom Research Division: Law and Legal Studies <http://ecite.utas.edu.au/rmdb/ecite/q/ecite_view_subject_for/18> Research Group: Law <http://ecite.utas.edu.au/rmdb/ecite/q/ecite_view_subject_for/1801> Research Field: Environmental and Natural Resources Law <http://ecite.utas.edu.au/rmdb/ecite/q/ecite_view_subject_for/180111> Objective Division: Environment <http://ecite.utas.edu.au/rmdb/ecite/q/ecite_view_subject_seo/96> Objective Group: Climate and Climate Change <http://ecite.utas.edu.au/rmdb/ecite/q/ecite_view_subject_seo/9603> Objective Field: Climate and Climate Change not elsewhere classified <http://ecite.utas.edu.au/rmdb/ecite/q/ecite_view_subject_seo/960399> Author: Brent, KA <http://ecite.utas.edu.au/rmdb/ecite/q/ecite_view_author/40772> (Dr Kerryn Brent) ID Code: 127184 Year Published: 2018 Deposited By: Law Deposited On: 2018-07-16 Last Modified: 2018-07-19 Downloads: 0 -- 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.
