Can Science Fix Climate Change? / New Human Frontiers - Polity (ePub)
A Case Against Climate Engineering
(Sprache: Englisch)
Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem. Political solutions have so far had little impact. Some scientists are now advocating the so-called 'Plan B', a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by reflecting more sunlight back to...
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Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem. Political solutions have so far had little impact. Some scientists are now advocating the so-called 'Plan B', a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by reflecting more sunlight back to space, creating a thermostat in the sky.
In this book, Mike Hulme argues against this kind of hubristic techno-fix. Drawing upon a distinguished career studying the science, politics and ethics of climate change, he shows why using science to fix the global climate is undesirable, ungovernable and unattainable. Science and technology should instead serve the more pragmatic goals of increasing societal resilience to weather risks, improving regional air quality and driving forward an energy technology transition. Seeking to reset the planet's thermostat is not the answer.
In this book, Mike Hulme argues against this kind of hubristic techno-fix. Drawing upon a distinguished career studying the science, politics and ethics of climate change, he shows why using science to fix the global climate is undesirable, ungovernable and unattainable. Science and technology should instead serve the more pragmatic goals of increasing societal resilience to weather risks, improving regional air quality and driving forward an energy technology transition. Seeking to reset the planet's thermostat is not the answer.
Autoren-Porträt von Mike Hulme
Mike Hulme is Professor of Climate and Culture in theDepartment of Geography at King's College London. His 2009
Why We Disagree about Climate Change won The
Economist's 'Book of the Year Award'. He has
contributed to public debates in the UK and US, writing for The
Guardian and the Wall Street Journal. From 2000 to 2007
he was the Founding Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate
Change Research.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Mike Hulme
- 2014, 1. Auflage, 144 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0745685269
- ISBN-13: 9780745685267
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.06.2014
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