Solar Geoengineering: Scientific, Legal, Ethical, and Economic Frameworks

[Andrew Lockley]

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-environ-102017-030032?fbclid=IwAR2XmPf1ltnb0ozFUogxsrFTvUMUtZxnclwELUwGJWHE0LVn_FGfyVoKD_A&journalCode=energy

Solar Geoengineering: Scientific, Legal, Ethical, and Economic Frameworks

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Vol. 44:- (Volume publication date October 2019) 

Review in Advance first posted online on July 26, 2019. (Changes may still occur before final publication.) 

https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-102017-030032

Jane A. Flegal,1 Anna-Maria Hubert,2,3 David R. Morrow,4,5 and Juan B. Moreno-Cruz6

1School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA

2Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada

3Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PN, United Kingdom

4Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA

5Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA

6School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada; email: juan.mor...@uwaterloo.ca

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Abstract

Solar geoengineering research in the social sciences and humanities has largely evolved in parallel with research in the natural sciences. In this article, we review the current state of the literature on the ethical, legal, economic, and social science aspects of this emerging area. We discuss issues regarding the framing and futures of solar geoengineering, empirical social science on public views and public engagement, the evolution of ethical concerns regarding research and deployment, and the current legal and economic frameworks and emerging proposals for the regulation and governance of solar geoengineering.

Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Environment and Resources Volume 44 is October 17, 2019. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.