The Panglossian politics of the geoclique
McKinnon, C
Date: 20 November 2019
Journal
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Publisher DOI
Abstract
Solar radiation management (SRM) – a form of geoengineering – creates a risk of
‘termination shock’. If SRM were to be stopped abruptly then temperatures could rise very
rapidly with catastrophic impacts. Two prominent geoengineering researchers have recently
argued that the risk of termination shock could be minimised through the ...
Solar radiation management (SRM) – a form of geoengineering – creates a risk of
‘termination shock’. If SRM were to be stopped abruptly then temperatures could rise very
rapidly with catastrophic impacts. Two prominent geoengineering researchers have recently
argued that the risk of termination shock could be minimised through the adoption of
‘relatively simple’ policies. This paper shows their arguments to be premised on heroically
optimistic assumptions about the prospects for global cooperation and sustained trust in an
SRM deployment scenario. The paper argues that worst case scenarios are the right place to
start in thinking about the governance of SRM.
Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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