Ethical Aspects of Climate Engineering

This study investigates the ethical aspects of deploying and researching into so-called climate engineering methods, i.e. large-scale technical interventions in the climate system with the objective of offsetting anthropogenic climate change. The moral reasons in favour of and against R&D into a...

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Main Author: Betz, GregorCacean, Sebastian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2012
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