Deliberating stratospheric aerosols for climate geoengineering and the SPICE project : Nature Climate Change

[Andrew Lockley]

http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1807.html

Deliberating stratospheric aerosols for climate geoengineering and the SPICE project

Nick Pidgeon, Karen Parkhill, Adam Corner & Naomi Vaughan

Nature Climate Change (2013) doi:10.1038/nclimate1807
Received 30 April 2012 
Accepted 18 December 2012 
Published online 14 April 2013

Abstract
Increasing concerns about the narrowing window for averting dangerous climate change have prompted calls for research into geoengineering, alongside dialogue with the public regarding this as a possible response. We report results of the first public engagement study to explore the ethics and acceptability of stratospheric aerosol technology and a proposed field trial (the Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE) 'pipe and balloon' test bed) of components for an aerosol deployment mechanism. Although almost all of our participants were willing to allow the field trial to proceed, very few were comfortable with using stratospheric aerosols. This Perspective also discusses how these findings were used in a responsible innovation process for the SPICE project initiated by the UK's research councils.

[Fred Zimmerman]

This is a perverse result, eh?  GE trials ok, but not what is arguably the most effective technique. 

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