Geoengineering Discourse Confronting Climate Change
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Geoengineering Discourse Confronting Climate Change
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Author : Brynna Jacobson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-07-07
Geoengineering Discourse Confronting Climate Change written by Brynna Jacobson and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-07 with Political Science categories.
Geoengineering, the idea of addressing climate change through large-scale technological projects, stands out among contested technologies in the degree to which its scope of possibilities and its premise are characterized by global existential risks. Despite controversy, this field has been shifting toward mainstream consideration. Geoengineering Discourse Confronting Climate Change: The Move from Margins to Mainstream in Science, News Media, and Politics examines the trajectory of geoengineering through critical discourse analysis of three key genres: science policy reports, news journalism, and congressional hearings. Brynna Jacobson explores how reports from distinguished scientific societies have constructed certain notions of legitimacy around geoengineering, how narratives within news coverage have reflected and shaped the public discourse and understanding of geoengineering, and how geoengineering has garnered political support from both major political parties in the United States. Through analysis of discursive conventions within these genres, the author reveals the evolution of notions of normalcy, legitimacy, and imperative around the field of geoengineering.
The Ethics Of Geoengineering The Global Climate
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Author : Stephen M. Gardiner
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-09-10
The Ethics Of Geoengineering The Global Climate written by Stephen M. Gardiner and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-10 with Political Science categories.
In the face of limited time and escalating impacts, some scientists and politicians are talking about attempting "grand technological interventions" into the Earth’s basic physical and biological systems ("geoengineering") to combat global warming. Early ideas include spraying particles into the stratosphere to block some incoming sunlight, or "enhancing" natural biological systems to withdraw carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at a higher rate. Such technologies are highly speculative and scientific development of them has barely begun. Nevertheless, it is widely recognized that geoengineering raises critical questions about who will control planetary interventions, and what responsibilities they will have. Central to these questions are issues of justice and political legitimacy. For instance, while some claim that climate risks are so severe that geoengineering must be attempted, others insist that the current global order is so unjust that interventions are highly likely to be illegitimate and exacerbate injustice. Such concerns are rarely discussed in the policy arena in any depth, or with academic rigor. Hence, this book gathers contributions from leading voices and rising stars in political philosophy to respond. It is essential reading for anyone puzzled about how geoengineering might promote or thwart the ends of justice in a dramatically changing world. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journals: Ethics, Policy & the Environment and Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.
Geoengineering Persuasion And The Climate Crisis
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Author : Ehren Helmut Pflugfelder
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2022-12-13
Geoengineering Persuasion And The Climate Crisis written by Ehren Helmut Pflugfelder and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A rhetorical exploration of an underexamined side of climate change—the ongoing research into and development of geoengineering strategies Geoengineering, Persuasion, and the Climate Crisis: A Geologic Rhetoric exposes the deeply worrying state of discourse over geoengineering—the intentional manipulation of the earth’s climate as means to halt or reverse global warming. These climate-altering projects, which range from cloud-whitening to carbon dioxide removal and from stratospheric aerosol injection to enhanced weathering, are all technological solutions to more complex geosocial problems. Geoengineering represents one of the most alarming forms of deliberative discourse in the twenty-first century. Yet geoengineering could easily generate as much harm as the environmental traumas it seeks to cure. Complicating these deliberations is the scarcity of public discussion. Most deliberations transpire within policy groups, behind the closed doors of climate-oriented startups, between subject-matter experts at scientific conferences, or in the disciplinary jargon of research journals. Further, much of this conversation occurs primarily in the West. Ehren Helmut Pflugfelder makes clear how the deliberative rhetorical strategies coming from geoengineering advocates have been largely deceptive, hegemonic, deterministic, and exploitative. In this volume, he investigates how geoengineering proponents marshal geologic actors into their arguments—and how current discourse could lead to a greater exploitation of the earth in the future. Pflugfelder’s goal is to understand the structure, content, purpose, and effect of these discourses, raise the alarm about their deliberative directions, and help us rethink our approach to the climate. In highlighting both the inherent problems of the discourses and the ways geologic rhetoric can be made productive, he attempts to give “the geologic” a place at the table to better understand the roles that all earth systems continue to play in our lives, now and for years to come.
Geoengineering Our Climate
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Author : Jason J. Blackstock
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-09-04
Geoengineering Our Climate written by Jason J. Blackstock and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-04 with Technology & Engineering categories.
If the detrimental impacts of human-induced climate change continue to mount, technologies for geoengineering our climate – i.e. deliberate modifying of the Earth's climate system at a large scale – are likely to receive ever greater attention from countries and societies worldwide. Geoengineering technologies could have profound ramifications for our societies, and yet agreeing on an international governance framework in which even serious research into these planetary-altering technologies can take place presents an immense international political challenge. In this important book, a diverse collection of internationally respected scientists, philosophers, legal scholars, policymakers, and civil society representatives examine and reflect upon the global geoengineering debate they have helped shape. Opening with essays examining the historic origins of contemporary geoengineering ideas, the book goes on to explore varying perspectives from across the first decade of this global discourse since 2006. These essays methodically cover: the practical and ethical dilemmas geoengineering poses; the evolving geoengineering research agenda; the challenges geoengineering technologies present to current international legal and political frameworks; and differing perceptions of geoengineering from around the world. The book concludes with a series of forward looking essays, some drawing lessons from precedents for governing other global issues, others proposing how geoengineering technologies might be governed if/as they begin to emerge from the lab into the real world. This book is an indispensable resource for scientists, activists, policymakers, and political figures aiming to engage in the emerging debate about geoengineering our climate.
The Social Construction Of Climate Change
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Author : Mary E. Pettenger
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-02-24
The Social Construction Of Climate Change written by Mary E. Pettenger and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-24 with Science categories.
Individuals, international organizations and states are calling for the world to confront climate change. Efforts such as the Kyoto Protocol have produced intractable disputes and are deemed inadequate. This volume adopts two constructivist perspectives - norm-centred and discourse - to explore the social construction of climate change from a broad, theoretical level to particular cases. The contributors contend that climate change must be understood from the context of social settings, and that we ignore at our peril how power and knowledge structures are generated. They offer a greater understanding of why current efforts to mitigate climate change have failed and provide academics and policy makers with a new understanding of this important topic.
Geoengineering S Move From Margins To Mainstream
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Author : Brynna A. Jacobson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Geoengineering S Move From Margins To Mainstream written by Brynna A. Jacobson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
The entrenchment of certain discursive strategies promotes public reception and political support for contested technologies, influencing the future prospects of the technology. Geoengineering, the idea of addressing climate change through large-scale technological projects, is a unique example of a contested emerging technology. It stands out in the degree to which both its scope of possibilities and its premise are characterized by global existential risks. Despite controversy due to inherent and perceived risks, this field has been shifting toward mainstream consideration. Drawing upon the concepts "politics of representation" and "the politics of unsustainability," this research applies critical discourse analysis to three genres of geoengineering discourse: science policy reports, journalism, and Congressional hearings. In particular, discursive strategies and trends recurrent in these genres construct notions of normalcy, legitimacy, and imperative around the notion of geoengineering. Science policy reports on geoengineering from distinguished and respected scientific societies have both reflected and promoted the mainstreaming of geoengineering. Discursive strategies used by scientists advocating support for geoengineering research construct legitimacy and contribute to the mainstreaming of geoengineering within scientific, political and public discourse. News coverage of geoengineering has increased since 2006, coinciding with important publications from the scientific community, with scientific publications used to indicate the mainstreaming of geoengineering as well as offering topical insight. Moreover, recurrent narratives within popular media contribute to the mainstreaming of geoengineering through presenting its trajectory as moving from fringe origins through serious consideration. As demonstrated through four congressional hearings on the subject, geoengineering has garnered political support from both major political parties in the United States, but for different reasons and with different interpretations of the role it might have to play in climate policy. Certain geoengineering researchers and advocates are particularly prolific and influential in affecting the deliberation and presentation of geoengineering within science publications, popular media, and policy discourse. These three genres of science policy reports, news media, and political hearings reinforce one another in reflecting and advancing the mainstreaming of geoengineering.
The Control Paradox
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Author : Ezio Di Nucci
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2020-12-04
The Control Paradox written by Ezio Di Nucci and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-04 with Political Science categories.
Is technological innovation spinning out of control? During a one-week period in 2018, social media was revealed to have had huge undue influence on the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the first fatality from a self-driving car was recorded. What’s paradoxical about the understandable fear of machines taking control through software, robots, and artificial intelligence is that new technology is often introduced in order to increase our control of a certain task. This is what Ezio Di Nucci calls the “control paradox.” Di Nucci also brings this notion to bear on politics: we delegate power and control to political representatives in order to improve democratic governance. However, recent populist uprisings have shown that voters feel disempowered and neglected by this system. This lack of direct control within representative democracies could be a motivating factor for populism, and Di Nucci argues that a better understanding of delegation is a possible solution.
Climate Change A Wicked Problem
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Author : Frank P. Incropera
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016
Climate Change A Wicked Problem written by Frank P. Incropera and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Business & Economics categories.
A pragmatic, no-holds-barred assessment of climate change, for anyone wishing to be fully informed on the topic.
The Ethics Of Nanotechnology Geoengineering And Clean Energy
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Author : Andrew Maynard
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-07-26
The Ethics Of Nanotechnology Geoengineering And Clean Energy written by Andrew Maynard and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-26 with Education categories.
Nanotechnology, clean technology, and geoengineering span the scale of human ingenuity, from the imperceptibly small to the unimaginably large. Yet they are united by a commonality of ethics that permeates how and why they are developed, and how the resulting consequences are managed. The articles in this volume provide a comprehensive account of current thinking around the ethics of development and use within each of the technological domains, and addresses challenges and opportunities that cut across all three. In particular, the collection provides unique insights into the ethics of ’noumenal’ technologies - technologies that are impossible to see or detect or conceive of with human senses or conventional tools. This collection will be of relevance to anyone who is actively involved with ensuring the responsible and sustainable development of nanotechnology, geoengineering or clean technology.
The Far Right Today
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Author : Cas Mudde
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2019-10-25
The Far Right Today written by Cas Mudde and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-25 with Philosophy categories.
The far right is back with a vengeance. After several decades at the political margins, far-right politics has again taken center stage. Three of the world’s largest democracies – Brazil, India, and the United States – now have a radical right leader, while far-right parties continue to increase their profile and support within Europe. In this timely book, leading global expert on political extremism Cas Mudde provides a concise overview of the fourth wave of postwar far-right politics, exploring its history, ideology, organization, causes, and consequences, as well as the responses available to civil society, party, and state actors to challenge its ideas and influence. What defines this current far-right renaissance, Mudde argues, is its mainstreaming and normalization within the contemporary political landscape. Challenging orthodox thinking on the relationship between conventional and far-right politics, Mudde offers a complex and insightful picture of one of the key political challenges of our time.