Can Science Fix Climate Change? A Case Against Climate Engineering (original) (raw)

2014

Abstract

""Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem. Political solutions have so far had little impact. Some scientists are now advocating the so-called ‘Plan B’, a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by reflecting more sunlight back to space, creating a thermostat in the sky. In this book, Mike Hulme argues against this kind of hubristic techno-fix. Drawing upon a distinguished career studying the science, politics and ethics of climate change, he shows why seeking to control global climate this way is undesirable, ungovernable and unattainable. Rather than seeking to solve climate change this way, Hulme proposes a re-framing of what is problematic about a changing climate. Science and technology should instead serve the more pragmatic goals of increasing societal resilience to weather risks, improving regional air quality and driving forward an energy technology transition. This ‘climate pragmatism’ offers a more plausible, affective and equitable response to climate change than does an illusory global thermostat. ""

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