Union of Concerned Scientists (2020): Strengthening Public Input on Solar Geoengineering Research. What’s needed for decisionmaking on atmospheric experiments. Report.

"Although solar geoengineering would have many uncertain impacts and comes with risks, given the growing severity of climate impacts, they merit closer consideration. And as researchers are beginning to design atmospheric experiments to assess how effective and risky these methods are, informed public debate is needed over whether and how such research should proceed."

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"However, a roll out of the technology would be expensive and demand massive amounts of energy - which in itself could be a huge source of CO2 emissions."

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"It’s a sign that an idea that was once taboo is becoming more mainstream as the world continues on a dangerous course of polluting the atmosphere."

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Barben, Daniel; Matzner, Nils (2020): Anticipatory Governance of Climate Engineering. In Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Geoengineering. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.69.

"This article will discuss notions of anticipatory governance as developed in various institutional contexts concerned with assessing, funding, regulating, or conducting research and innovation. It will explore how notions of anticipatory governance have been transferred to the field of CE, in attempts at either shaping the course of CE-related research and innovation or at critically observing various CE-related governance endeavors by evaluating their capacities in anticipatorily governing research and technology development."

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