Ethical Aspects of Climate Engineering

• Hovedforfatter: Betz, Gregor (auth)
• Andre forfattere: Cacean, Sebastian (auth)
• Format: Electronisk Book Chapter
• Sprog: engelsk
• Udgivet: Karlsruhe KIT Scientific Publishing 2012
• Serier: KIT Scientific Publishing
• Fag: Conservation of the environment; climate engineering; geoengineering; climate ethics; argument map
• Online adgang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This study investigates the ethical aspects of deploying and researching into so-called climate engineering methods, i.e. large-scale technical interventions in the climate system with the objective of offsetting anthropogenic climate change. The moral reasons in favour of and against R&D into a...