Arctic Sea Ice Decline and Geoengineering Solutions: Cascading Security and Ethical Considerations
Climate change is generating sufficient risk for nation-states and citizens throughout the Arctic to warrant potentially radical geoengineering solutions. Currently, geoengineering solutions such as surface albedo modification or aerosol deployment are in the early stages of testing and development....
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7885dca213f148b5bf2cc58b3874cb94 2023-05-15T13:10:58+02:00 Arctic Sea Ice Decline and Geoengineering Solutions: Cascading Security and Ethical Considerations Alec P. Bennett Troy J. Bouffard Uma S. Bhatt 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/challe13010022 https://doaj.org/article/7885dca213f148b5bf2cc58b3874cb94 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/13/1/22 https://doaj.org/toc/2078-1547 doi:10.3390/challe13010022 2078-1547 https://doaj.org/article/7885dca213f148b5bf2cc58b3874cb94 Challenges, Vol 13, Iss 22, p 22 (2022) geoengineering securitization ethics climate change arctic security risk governance Technology T Science (General) Q1-390 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/challe13010022 2022-12-31T03:14:51Z Climate change is generating sufficient risk for nation-states and citizens throughout the Arctic to warrant potentially radical geoengineering solutions. Currently, geoengineering solutions such as surface albedo modification or aerosol deployment are in the early stages of testing and development. Due to the scale of deployments necessary to enact change, and their preliminary nature, these methods are likely to result in unforeseen consequences. These consequences may range in severity from local ecosystem impacts to large scale changes in available solar energy. The Arctic is an area that is experiencing rapid change, increased development, and exploratory interest, and proposed solutions have the potential to produce new risks to both natural and human systems. This article examines potential security and ethical considerations of geoengineering solutions in the Arctic from the perspectives of securitization, consequentialism, and risk governance approaches, and argues that proactive and preemptive frameworks at the international level, and especially the application of risk governance approaches, will be needed to prevent or limit negative consequences resulting from geoengineering efforts. Utilizing the unique structures already present in Arctic governance provides novel options for addressing these concerns from both the perspective of inclusive governance and through advancing the understanding of uncertainty analysis and precautionary principles. Article in Journal/Newspaper albedo Arctic Climate change Sea ice Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Challenges 13 1 22 |
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Climate change is generating sufficient risk for nation-states and citizens throughout the Arctic to warrant potentially radical geoengineering solutions. Currently, geoengineering solutions such as surface albedo modification or aerosol deployment are in the early stages of testing and development. Due to the scale of deployments necessary to enact change, and their preliminary nature, these methods are likely to result in unforeseen consequences. These consequences may range in severity from local ecosystem impacts to large scale changes in available solar energy. The Arctic is an area that is experiencing rapid change, increased development, and exploratory interest, and proposed solutions have the potential to produce new risks to both natural and human systems. This article examines potential security and ethical considerations of geoengineering solutions in the Arctic from the perspectives of securitization, consequentialism, and risk governance approaches, and argues that proactive and preemptive frameworks at the international level, and especially the application of risk governance approaches, will be needed to prevent or limit negative consequences resulting from geoengineering efforts. Utilizing the unique structures already present in Arctic governance provides novel options for addressing these concerns from both the perspective of inclusive governance and through advancing the understanding of uncertainty analysis and precautionary principles. |
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Arctic Sea Ice Decline and Geoengineering Solutions: Cascading Security and Ethical Considerations |
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