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The politics and governance of research into solar geoengineering
WIREs Climate Change ( IF 9.4 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-14 , DOI: 10.1002/wcc.707
Duncan McLaren ₁ , Olaf Corry ₂

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Research into solar geoengineering, far from being societally neutral, is already highly intertwined with its emerging politics. This review outlines ways in which research conditions or constructs solar geoengineering in diverse ways, including the forms of possible material technologies of solar geoengineering; the criteria and targets for their assessment; the scenarios in which they might be deployed; the publics which may support or oppose them; their political implications for other climate responses, and the international relations, governance mechanisms, and configurations of power that are presumed in order to regulate them. The review also examines proposals for governance of research, including suggested frameworks, principles, procedures, and institutions. It critically assesses these proposals, revealing their limitations given the context of the conditioning effects of current research. The review particularly highlights problems of the reproduction of Northern norms, instrumental approaches to public engagement, a weak embrace of precaution, and a persistent—but questionable—separation of research from deployment. It details complexities inherent in effective research governance which contribute to making the pursuit of solar geoengineering risky, controversial, and ethically contentious. In conclusion, it suggests a case for an explicit, reflexive research governance regime developed with international participation. It suggests that such a regime should encompass modeling and social science, as well as field experimentation, and must address not only technical and environmental, but also the emergent social and political, implications of research.

中文翻译：

太阳地球工程研究的政治与治理

太阳能地球工程学的研究远非社会中立，已经与新兴政治高度交织。这篇综述概述了研究条件或以多种方式构建太阳能地球工程的方式，包括太阳能地球工程可能的材料技术的形式；评估的标准和目标；可能部署它们的场景；可能支持或反对他们的公众；它们对其他气候对策以及国际关系，治理机制和权力配置的政治影响被认为是为了调节它们。审查还审查了治理研究的建议，包括建议的框架，原则，程序和机构。它严格地评估了这些建议，并根据当前研究的条件效应揭示了它们的局限性。审查特别强调了北方规范的复制，公众参与的工具性方法，对预防措施的弱性拥护以及研究与部署之间的持久性（但可疑）分离等问题。它详细介绍了有效的研究治理所固有的复杂性，这些复杂性促使人们对太阳能地球工程的追求具有风险性，争议性和道德争议性。总之，它提出了在国际参与下制定明确，反思性研究治理制度的理由。

更新日期：2021-04-23

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