Reflections on COVID-19 Adaptive Responses: Lessons for Solar Geoengineering Engagement as a Climate Intervention Strategy

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https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.31920/2978-3305/2025/v1n2a5

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Authors: Hosea Olayiwola Patrick

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https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-aa_ajges_v1_n2_a5

‎Abstract

The discourse on geoengineering applications as a climate intervention strategy has encountered significant opposition across various spheres. The central argument of the ongoing discourse emphasizes the need for more research, as the implications of solar geoengineering applications are largely unknown. While the debates raise issues of justice, equity, and governance, an underlying argument is how geoengineering engagement, from local to global, should be adapted in the future. Using a systematic desktop review methodology, the paper provides a descriptive overview of the local and international responses to COVID-19, as well as possible lessons for climate interventions to consider. While this paper does not equate, in any form or shape, a global health pandemic like COVID-19 with solar geoengineering, the rationale is to examine the extent to which vertical and horizontal global and local reactions, as well as public opinions, influence policy response and actions for COVID-19 adaptation and coping mechanisms as a possible lesson for solar geoengineering engagement. It concludes that, as a lesson for effective climate intervention, there is a need to develop strategic partnerships among various stakeholders, create alignment between research objectives and community needs and peculiarities, consider the ethics of practice, and develop a monitoring and governance framework to avoid possible excesses by stakeholders.

Source: Sabinet