July 2014

31.07.2014

# New Publications

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Matzner, Nils (2014): Responsibility and Governance of Climate Engineering

Matzner, Nils (2014): Responsibility and Governance of Climate Engineering. Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies. Alpen-Adria University. Graz, 06.05.2014.

From conference proceedings. "Is responsibility an adequately respond to the need for governance of CE?"

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31.07.2014

# Media

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WGC Blog: “Schrödinger’s SRM”

"“Schrödinger’s SRM”- Guest Post- Duncan McLaren -University of Lancaster"

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28.07.2014

# Calls & events

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News Review of Week 30 and Week 31

The news review of calendar week 29 and week 30 in 2014 is now available here.


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28.07.2014

# Media

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Practical Ethics Blog: Geoengineering: Lessons from Human Bioengineering

"There has been considerable debate and reflection on human bioengineering, human bioenhancement or genetic selection. Could the results of this reflection be of use in considering the ethics of geoengineering?"

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28.07.2014

# Media

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The Gaia Foundation: Clean Air, Soil and Water

Critical NGO article on CE.

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28.07.2014

# Political Papers

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Caviezel, Claudio; Revermann, Christoph (2014): Climate Engineering (TA report)

Caviezel, Claudio; Revermann, Christoph (2014): Climate Engineering. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag. Berlin (Arbeitsbericht, 159).

German parlamentary bureau for technology assessment (TAB) presents its report on CE.

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28.07.2014

# Projects

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Climate CoLab: Geoengineering (environmental and political risks)

"How can research into geoengineering be governed to limit its environmental and political risks?  [...] Assuming geoengineering research is going to be pursued, how can it be governed or regulated to limit its environmental and political risks, and to contribute to effective overall management of climate change and its impacts?"

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28.07.2014

# Media

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Living on Earth: Iron Fertilization

Podcast and article on iron fertilization. "Russ George is a California businessman with a big idea: you give him some money and he will seed the ocean with iron, causing phytoplankton to grow."

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28.07.2014

# New Publications

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Heyward, Clare (2014): Benefiting from Climate Geoengineering and Corresponding Remedial Duties: The Case of Unforeseeable Harms

Heyward, Clare (2014): Benefiting from Climate Geoengineering and Corresponding Remedial Duties: The Case of Unforeseeable Harms. In: J Appl Philos, S. n/a. DOI: 10.1111/japp.12075.

"This article proposes that, with some modification, the principle that agents should surrender benefits that have accrued to them from using geoengineering techniques, can be a good basis for such a scheme."

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28.07.2014

# Media

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WGC Blog: The Relevance of Ethics for Geoengineering Research

"The Relevance of Ethics for Geoengineering Research – Guest Post – Toby Svoboda, Fairfield University [...] But we should not ignore the ethical issues bound up with the justification and conduct of geoengineering research."

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