This article explores the potential contribution of the development of a code of conduct to serve as a near‐term governance instrument to guide the responsible conduct of geoengineering research. This idea is grounded in the observation that geoengineering research and development processes are emerging within a polycentric governance landscape. A key feature of such systems is the recognition of an overarching system of rules which, inter alia, set out the key objectives to be achieved. To this end, the article presents the results of a multi‐year, transdisciplinary study that seeks to identify and describe salient legal concepts, norms, and processes relevant to the geoengineering research governance, and discusses how the interpretation and application of these may be promoted through the adoption of a flexible, voluntary instrument promulgated by various state and non‐state actors operating at different levels.

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负责任的地球工程研究行为准则

本文探讨了行为守则的发展的潜在贡献，该行为守则可作为指导地球工程研究的负责任行为的近期治理工具。这个想法基于以下观察：地球工程研究和开发过程正在多中心治理环境中兴起。这种系统的关键特征是对规则总体体系的认可，该体系尤其列出了要实现的关键目标。为此，本文介绍了一项多年跨学科研究的结果，该研究旨在确定和描述与地球工程研究治理相关的重要法律概念，规范和流程，并讨论如何促进对这些概念，规范和过程的解释和应用。通过采用灵活的方式，