Arctic Climate Interventions
The melting of the Arctic poses enormous risks both to the Arctic itself and to the global climate system. Conventional climate change policies operate too slowly to save the Arctic, so unconventional approaches need to be considered, including technologies to refreeze Arctic ice and slow the meltin...
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ftunivcam:oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/310255 2024-01-14T10:03:29+01:00 Arctic Climate Interventions Bodansky, Daniel Hunt, Hugh 2020-08 application/pdf https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/310255 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.57344 eng eng Brill http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718085-bja10035 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARINE AND COASTAL LAW https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/310255 doi:10.17863/CAM.57344 Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Arctic geoengineering climate change Article 2020 ftunivcam https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.57344 2023-12-21T23:26:12Z The melting of the Arctic poses enormous risks both to the Arctic itself and to the global climate system. Conventional climate change policies operate too slowly to save the Arctic, so unconventional approaches need to be considered, including technologies to refreeze Arctic ice and slow the melting of glaciers. Even if one believes that global climate interventions, such as injecting aerosols into the stratosphere to scatter sunlight, pose unacceptable risks and should be disqualified from consideration, Arctic interventions differ in important respects. They are closer in kind to conventional mitigation and adaptation and should be evaluated in similar terms. It is unclear whether they are feasible and would be effective in saving the Arctic. But given the importance of the Arctic, they should be investigated fully. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository Arctic |
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The melting of the Arctic poses enormous risks both to the Arctic itself and to the global climate system. Conventional climate change policies operate too slowly to save the Arctic, so unconventional approaches need to be considered, including technologies to refreeze Arctic ice and slow the melting of glaciers. Even if one believes that global climate interventions, such as injecting aerosols into the stratosphere to scatter sunlight, pose unacceptable risks and should be disqualified from consideration, Arctic interventions differ in important respects. They are closer in kind to conventional mitigation and adaptation and should be evaluated in similar terms. It is unclear whether they are feasible and would be effective in saving the Arctic. But given the importance of the Arctic, they should be investigated fully. |
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