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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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2078-1547/13/1/22/ 2023-08-20T03:59:18+02:00 Arctic Sea Ice Decline and Geoengineering Solutions: Cascading Security and Ethical Considerations Alec P. Bennett Troy J. Bouffard Uma S. Bhatt 2022-05-25 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/challe13010022 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/challe13010022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Challenges; Volume 13; Issue 1; Pages: 22 geoengineering securitization ethics climate change arctic security risk governance Text 2022 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/challe13010022 2023-08-01T05:10:10Z 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. Text albedo Arctic Climate change Sea ice MDPI Open Access Publishing 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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