Climate Change: A Coordinated Strategy Could Focus Federal Geoengineering Research and Inform Governance Efforts

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By Frank Rusco
Year: 2010
Pages: 70
Binding Paperback
ISBN 9781437941838

Product Code: 1437941834

Description

Policymakers have raised questions about geoengineering (GE) -- large-scale deliberate interventions in the earth's climate system to diminish climate change or its impacts -- and its role in a broader strategy of mitigating and adapting to climate change. Most GE proposals fall into 2 categories: carbon dioxide removal, which would remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and solar radiation management, which would offset temperature increases by reflecting sunlight back into space. This report examined: (1) the state of GE science; (2) federal involvement in GE; and (3) the views of experts and federal officials about the extent to which federal laws and international agreements apply to GE, and any governance challenges. A print on demand pub.

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