This book offers the first comprehensive social science perspective on geoengineeringtechnologies that deliberately intervene in Earths systems to counter climate change. It examines the political, legal, economic, and societal dimensions of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and Solar Radiation Modification (SRM), combining SWOT analyses with regional perspectives from Africa and the Asia-Pacific.
Contributors illuminate the urgent governance, ethical, and geopolitical challenges that arise when states and societies confront the risk versus risk dilemma: unchecked climate change versus potentially disruptive interventions.
Offering clear insights into emerging regulatory debates and global power dynamics, the volume provides scholars, policymakers, and practitioners with tools to engage in informed and responsible decision-making.
A timely guide to one of the 21st centurys most controversial climate strategies, it helps readers navigate the politics of turning Earths thermostat down.
Part I. Introducing GE.
Chapter
1. Introduction: Turning Earths
thermostat down - but how? The politics of Geoengineering. Perspectives from
the Social Sciences (Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Christina Giannopapa, Ntorina Antoni).-
Chapter
2. A SWOT Analysis for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) (Valeria Pinna,
Leonora Burnik, Laure-Marine Vioujard, and Editors).
Chapter
3. A SWOT
Analysis for Solar Radiation Management (SRM) (Valeria Pinna, Leonora Burnik,
Laure-Marine Vioujard, and Editors).- Part II. International political and
legal aspects.-Chapter
4. Governing Carbon Dioxide Removal and Solar
Radiation Modification (Joshua Horton).
Chapter
5. Asia-Pacific perspectives
on Solar Geoengineering (Masahiro Sugiyama).
Chapter
6. African Union and
Geoengineering: The potential role of human rights (Ademola Oluborode
Jegede).
Chapter
7. Reflections on Geoengineering and Biodiversity (Perses
Bilimoria).
Chapter
8. Geoengineering and International Law (Alla
Pozdnakova).
Chapter
9. Geoengineering and the Global Commons - What role
for Ecocide Law? (Anna Maddrick).
Chapter
10. Geoengineering and outer space
- policy and legal considerations (Anthi Koskina and Manolis Plionis).- Part
III. Societal and public aspects.-Chapter
11. Geoengineering and public
value: Towards a global climate sensibility (Rick Wylie).
Chapter
12. Public
engagement with Geoengineering: emerging technologies, experimentation and
the climate crisis (António Carvalho).
Chapter 13. Geoengineering extended:
Terraforming on Celestial Bodies (Chris Pak).
Kai-Uwe Schrogl is Special Advisor at the European Space Agency (ESA) and Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen, with expertise in international technology policy, space law, and the governance of geoengineering. He previously served as ESAs Chief Strategy Officer and as Director of the European Space Policy Institute. Author of over 150 publications, he currently serves as President of the International Institute of Space Law.
Christina Giannopapa is Head of the Executive Directors Office at the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). She previously held senior advisory roles at ESA and the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance. Her work focuses on space security, innovation, and the governance of emerging technologies. She has published more than 80 works and co-edited the Handbook on Space Security.
Ntorina Antoni is Postdoctoral researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology, specializing in innovation ecosystems and strategic management. She coordinates EU-funded innovation projects and previously worked as a legal and policy analyst at ESA. She holds advanced law degrees in international, European, and aerospace law.
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