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The New Indian Express: Green warriors turn to engineering to save the Earth

Article about opportunities of CE. "Taking centre stage in this context is geoengineering, which, after mitigation and adaptation, is the third strategy to evolve in the struggle to counter global warming."

20.05.2013

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Vuuren, Detlef P.; Stehfest, Elke (2013): If climate action becomes urgent: the importance of response times for various climate strategies

Vuuren, Detlef P.; Stehfest, Elke (2013): If climate action becomes urgent: the importance of response times for various climate strategies. In Climatic Change. DOI 10.1007/s10584-013-0769-5.

"A key question for climate policy in general, but even more in the case a rapid response is needed, is: what are the characteristic response times of the response options, such as rapid mitigation or solar radiation management (SRM)?"

06.05.2013

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Tagesspiegel: Angela Merkel must save the environment again (German)

German newspaper article about climate politics with a few reporting paragraphs on the Workshop: Religious and Spiritual Perspectives on Climate Engineering.

01.05.2013

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chinadialogue: China could move first to geoengineer the climate

Interview with Clive Hamilton. "As geoengineering advocates talk up the “technofix” approach to climate change, governments may start intervening unilaterally in earth’s systems, says Clive Hamilton"

09.04.2013

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Brasseur, Guy P.; Granier, Claire (2013): Mitigation, Adaptation or Climate Engineering?

Brasseur, Guy P.; Granier, Claire (2013): Mitigation, Adaptation or Climate Engineering? In: Theoretical Inquiries in Law 14 (1), pp. 1–20, DOI: 10.1515/til-2013-003

"This Article provides a brief overview of scientific progress made to better assess climate change and addresses possible societal responses, including the mitigation, adaptation and climate engineering strategies."

25.03.2013

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Brent, Kerryn Anne; McGee, Jeffrey Scott (2012): The regulation of geoengineering: A gathering storm for international climate change policy?

Brent, Kerryn Anne; McGee, Jeffrey Scott (2012): The regulation of geoengineering: A gathering storm for international climate change policy? In: Air Quality and Climate Change 46 (4), pp. 22–27.

" We argue that there are two reasons for the rise of interest in geoengineering." 1. failing international climate negotiation, 2. advancement in CE technologies.

22.03.2013

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the guardian: Why geoengineering has immediate appeal to China

"Beijing wants to cut emissions without hindering growth and avert a revolt from a population under extreme climate stress"

22.03.2013

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Matzner, Nils (2013): Politics of Geoengineering (German with English Abstract)

Matzner, Nils (2013): Politik des Geoengineering. In: Selected Student Papers (3).

"This paper explores the political implications in the scientific geoengineering discourse."

Link (to German pdf)

Link (to the English abstract)

15.03.2013

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Parson, E. A.; Keith, D. W. (2013): End the Deadlock on Governance of Geoengineering Research

Parson, E. A.; Keith, D. W. (2013): End the Deadlock on Governance of Geoengineering Research. In: Science 339 (6125), pp. 1278–1279. DOI 10.1126/science.1232527

"Can scientifi c self-regulation control small-scale research, or is governmental regulation needed?"

10.01.2013

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Heyward, Clare (2013): Situating and Abandoning Geoengineering: A Typology of Five Responses to Dangerous Climate Change

Heyward, Clare (2013): Situating and Abandoning Geoengineering: A Typology of Five Responses to Dangerous Climate Change. In: APSC 46 (01), pp. 23–27. DOI 10.1017/S1049096512001436

"This article argues that “geoengineering” should not be regarded as a third category of response to climate change, but should be disaggregated."