Climate Technologies as Emergency Solutions The role(s) of International Law

• Main Author: Blickle, Pascal (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Geneva Graduate Institute Publications 2022
• Series: eCahiers de l'Institut
• Subjects: Conservation of the environment; risks; international security agenda; climate change; ecological damage; geoengineering; climate engineering
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This paper discusses large-scale technologies, which are proposed as emergency solutions for avoiding catastrophic climate change. Their use is highly controversial, notably because of risks of large-scale environmental damage and the danger of distracting from other climate policies. Some of these...