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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137091303321

Autore

Betz Gregor

Titolo

Ethical aspects of climate engineering / / by Gregor Betz [and] Sebastian Cacean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Karlsruhe : , : KIT Scientific Publishing, , 2012

ISBN

1000028245

2-8218-7434-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations

Collana

KIT Scientific Publishing.

Soggetti

Engineering - Climate

Environmental geotechnology

Ethics - Climate

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This study investigates the ethical aspects of deploying and researching into so-called climate engineering methods, i.e. large-scale technical interventions in the climate system with the objective of offsetting anthropogenic climate change. The moral reasons in favour of and against R&D into and deployment of CE methods are analysed by means of argument maps. These argument maps provide an overview of the CE controversy and help to structure the complex debate.