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https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/913651/summary *Authors* Duncan McLaren *Citations*: McLaren, Duncan. "Governing Emerging Solar Geoengineering: A Role for Risk-Risk Evaluation?" Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, vol. 24 no. 2, 2023, p. 234-243. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/gia.2023.a913651. *30 November 2023* Abstract In the face of rapid global heating, ideas of solar geoengineering are receiving increased attention. Yet the governance of such risky emerging technologies is poorly explored. Here I examine how the risks involved in solar geoengineering might be assessed in the context of climate risks in two different models of risk management: the technocratic, and the securitized. I show that neither model alone provides a sufficient foundation for a meaningful ‘risk-risk’ assessment, and suggest a need for better defined, yet broad scope, symmetric assessments using worst-case as well as idealised scenarios, taking into account risks in research and development as well as deployment, and considering the social distribution of risks. I conclude that effective anticipatory and ethical risk assessment may usefully supplement, but cannot replace democratic political judgements on responses to climate change. *Source: Georgetown Journal of International Affairs* -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAHJsh9964zPAW%2BEdvmaKZEGFeWWTm5UmE2odbkGOsLzg_R2y9w%40mail.gmail.com.
