11.05.2013

# New Publications

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Gardiner, Stephen M. (2013): Why geoengineering is not a ‘global public good’, and why it is ethically misleading to frame it as one

Gardiner, Stephen M. (2013): Why geoengineering is not a ‘global public good’, and why it is ethically misleading to frame it as one. In: Climatic Change. DOI 10.1007/s10584-013-0764-x

"This paper argues that the paradigm example of geoengineering—stratospheric sulfate injection (hereafter ‘SSI’)—does not fit the canonical technical definition of a global public good, and that more relaxed versions are unhelpful."

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10.10.2012

# Media

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the guardian: Big names behind US push for geoengineering

"A coalition representing the most powerful academic, military, scientific and corporate interests has set its sights on vast potential profits"

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29.02.2012

# New Publications

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Buck, Holly Jean (2012): Geoengineering: Re-making Climate for Profit or Humanitarian Intervention?

Jean Buck, Holly (2012): Geoengineering: Re-making Climate for Profit or Humanitarian Intervention? In: Development and Change 43 (1), S. 253–270.

Paper about funding and economics from a critical perspective.

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06.02.2012

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the guardian: Bill Gates backs climate scientists lobbying for large-scale geoengineering

"Other wealthy individuals have also funded a series of reports into the future use of technologies to geoengineer the climate"

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