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LILI FUHR Head of the International Environmental Policies Division, Heinrich Böll Foundation <http://sdg.iisd.org/guest-authors/lili-fuhr/>5 March 2019 SHARE THIS <http://www.twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsdg.iisd.org%2Fcommentary%2Fguest-articles%2Fgeoengineering-at-unea-4-why-the-sdgs-require-a-governance-debate-based-on-precaution-rights-and-fairness%2F&text=Geoengineering+at+UNEA-4%3A+Why+the+SDGs+Require+a+Governance+Debate+Based+on+Precaution%2C+Rights+and+Fairness> <http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsdg.iisd.org%2Fcommentary%2Fguest-articles%2Fgeoengineering-at-unea-4-why-the-sdgs-require-a-governance-debate-based-on-precaution-rights-and-fairness%2F> <https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsdg.iisd.org%2Fcommentary%2Fguest-articles%2Fgeoengineering-at-unea-4-why-the-sdgs-require-a-governance-debate-based-on-precaution-rights-and-fairness%2F> Geoengineering at UNEA-4: Why the SDGs Require a Governance Debate Based on Precaution, Rights and Fairness Photo by Ivetta Gerasimchuk | IISD STORY HIGHLIGHTS Geoengineering threatens global peace and security, and some technologies have significant potential to be weaponized. Research – and common sense – demonstrate clearly that the SDGs are overwhelmingly in conflict with geoengineering and its effects, particularly in being contrary to strengthening resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters, food security, sustainability and safety. When governments at UNEA-4 discuss a resolution on geoengineering, they need to ensure that they build on the existing consensus decisions of other UN bodies on that matter. Setting aside the false promise of geoengineering and focusing on both accelerating the energy transition and truly protecting and restoring our ecosystems so that they can act as carbon sinks, is the safest and surest way to confront the climate crisis. -- 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.
