1. Introduction; 2. Climate change and solar geoengineering; 3. Solar geoengineering and emissions abatement; 4. International relations; 5. International law: legal norms, principles, custom, and organizations; 6. International law: the climate and atmosphere; 7. International law: human rights; 8. International law: other agreements; 9. US law; 10. Nonstate governance; 11. Nonstate actors and intellectual property; 12. International compensation and liability; 13. A path forward; 14. Conclusion.
Solar geoengineering could reduce climate change, but poses risks. This volume explores how it is, could, and should be governed.
Jesse L. Reynolds is an Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, as well as an associate researcher at Universiteit Utrecht and a research affiliate at Harvard University, Massachusetts. He has degrees from Tilburg University; the University of California, Berkeley; and Hampshire College, and has been a US Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results Graduate Fellow and a Fulbright Scholar.
'Reynolds has written the go-to guide to solar geoengineering
governance. Sober, balanced, and comprehensive - essential reading
for proponents and skeptics alike.' Daniel Bodansky, Arizona State
University
'As we encounter increasingly severe climate change impacts, the
world is likely to consider solar geoengineering. This book lays
out governance considerations that the technologies would
instigate. As Reynolds suggests, we should pay attention to these
issues, including the necessary norm building and international
cooperation, sooner rather than later.' Jane Long, former Associate
Director for Energy and Environment, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
'Some forms of solar geoengineering (also known as solar radiation
modification) would require unprecedented international governance.
As interest rises in these technologies, governments and non-state
actors should address the governance challenge now, before events
potentially overtake. Reynolds' book is a timely contribution to a
more informed global discussion.' Janos Pasztor, Executive Director
of the Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative and
former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Climate
Change
'Reynolds writes in an excellent, accessible style and provides a
full overview of the relevant literature. His interdisciplinary
approach, combining political science, law and economics is a
welcome departure from the many 'singlediscipline' approaches to
geoengineering'. Axel Michaelowa, Environmental Politics
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