"While some people view geoengineering as a creative and responsible technological option that must be considered in the face of a climate emergency, critics see it as a hubristic attempt to gain full-scale mastery of the planet and play God."

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Honegger, Matthias; Derwent, Henry; Harrison, Nicholas; Michaelowa, Axel; Schäfer, Stefan (2018): Carbon Removal and Solar Geoengineering: Potential implications for delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals. Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative (C2G2). New York.

"C2G2, together with three partner organisations, worked with experts from over 20 countries to establish what we know, and what we don’t know, about how Carbon Removal and Solar Geoengineering technologies might affect the SDGs. Research indicates that at least three quarters of the SDGs would likely be affected in some way if large-scale Carbon Removal or Solar Geoengineering were to be deployed. Should they prove feasible, effective and desirable, these technologies might contribute to limiting the impact of climate change on the SDGs."

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Thomson, Giles; Newman, Peter (2016): Geoengineering in the Anthropocene through Regenerative Urbanism. In Geosciences 6 (4), p. 46–46. DOI 10.3390/geosciences6040046.

"To better define urban sustainability performance, we describe three horizons of green urbanism: green design, that seeks to improve upon conventional development; sustainable development, that is the first step toward a net zero impact; and the emerging concept of regenerative urbanism, that enables biosphere repair. Examples of green urbanism exist that utilize technology and design to optimize urban metabolism and deliver net positive sustainability performance. If mainstreamed, regenerative approaches can make urban development a major urban geoengineering force, while simultaneously introducing life-affirming co-benefits to burgeoning cities."

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About international dynamics of climate political options. "With efforts to halt climate change on life support, scientists are looking at some radical options to save our planet. But could the cure be worse than the disease?"

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