Geoengineering, climate change and ecological security - Matt McDonald

[Andrew Lockley]

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09644016.2022.2113606?journalCode=fenp20

Is it possible to imagine the deployment of geoengineering in the service of ecological security? Ecological security––a concern with the resilience of ecosystems––appears to caution against forms of intervention that might serve to change and/or undermine the functionality of ecosystems. Yet ecosystem functionality is already challenged by processes associated with climate change, and some degree of climate change is already locked in. This paper examines this challenging but important issue. After defining ecological security and noting varied forms of geoengineering, the paper explores the opportunities for––and challenges of––imagining geoengineering in the service of ecological security, especially in the context of solar radiation management. While arguing that it is possible to conceive a role for geoengineering in the service of ecological security, this must be contingent on extensive research supporting deployment and must be tempered by restraint and a commitment to precaution, humility, reflexivity and dialogue. 

[Robert Tulip]

Ecological security is part of climate security, which also includes the human security dimensions of climate change.

 

Climate security can link to military security, by creating opportunities for peaceful international cooperation to build confidence and trust.

 

Cooling the poles is a climate goal that would improve ecological and human security.

 

Robert Tulip

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