In the face of unrelenting climate change and insufficient mitigation, experts are increasingly considering using geoengineering — carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management — to manipulate the Earth's climate. So far, most laypeople are unaware of geoengineering, and many are resistant to these technologies when told about them. A growing literature finds that these initial reactions are tied to psychological traits, beliefs, and identities including trust in the actors involved, political and social identities, beliefs about tampering with the natural world, and perceived trade-offs between geoengineering and alternative approaches. Finally, given the lack of existing knowledge of geoengineering, public acceptance is highly susceptible to how these technologies are framed, offering both risks and opportunities for climate communication.

面对无情的气候变化和不充分的缓解措施，专家们越来越多地考虑使用地球工程——二氧化碳去除和太阳辐射管理——来操纵地球气候。到目前为止，大多数外行人都不了解地球工程，而且许多人在被告知这些技术时会抗拒这些技术。越来越多的文献发现，这些最初的反应与心理特征、信念和身份相关，包括对所涉行为者的信任、政治和社会身份、对篡改自然世界的信念，以及地球工程和替代方法之间的权衡取舍。最后，鉴于缺乏现有的地球工程知识，公众接受度很容易受到这些技术的框架方式的影响，