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Author Preston, Christopher J. (Christopher James), 1968-

Title Engineering the climate : the ethics of solar radiation management / Christopher J. Preston
Published Lanham, [Md.] : Lexington Books, c2012

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 267 p.)
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Extraordinary Ethics of Solar Radiation Management; Present and Future Generations; 1 Geoengineering, Solidarity, and Moral Risk; 2 Might Solar Radiation Management Constitute a Dilemma?; 3 Domination and the Ethics of Solar Radiation Management; Marginalized, Vulnerable, and Voiceless Populations; 4 Indigenous Peoples, Solar Radiation Management, and Consent; 5 Solar Radiation Management and Vulnerable Populations; 6 Solar Radiation Management and Nonhuman Species; Moral Hazards and Hidden Benefits; 7 The World That Would Have Been
8 Climate Remediation to Address Social Development ChallengesEthics of Framing and Rhetoric; 9 Insurance Policy or Technological Fix? The Ethical Implications of Framing Solar Radiation Management; 10 Public Concerns about the Ethics of Solar Radiation Management; The Cultural Milieu; 11 The Setting of the Scene; 12 Between Babel and Pelagius; 13 Making Climates; Bibliography; Index; Contributors
Summary Engineering the Climate: The Ethics of Solar Radiation Management is a wide-ranging and expert analysis of the ethics of the intentional management of solar radiation. This book will be a useful tool for policy-makers, a provocation for ethicists, and an eye-opening analysis for both the scientist and the general reader with interest in climate change
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-253) and index
Notes English
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Subject Solar radiation -- Management
Solar radiation -- Moral and ethical aspects
Climatic changes.
climate change.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
Climatic changes
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021678772
ISBN 9780739175415
0739175416
1299733166
9781299733169
0739175408
9780739175408