Climate Engineering and the Law: Regulation and Liability for Solar Radiation Management and Carbon Dioxide Removal - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107157277 ISBN 13: 9781107157279

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Climate change is increasingly recognized as a global threat, and is already contributing to record-breaking hurricanes and heat waves. To prevent the worst impacts, attention is now turning to climate engineering - the intentional large-scale modification of the environment to reduce the impact of climate change. The two principal methods involve removing some carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (which could consume huge amounts of land and money, and take a long period of time), and reducing the amount of solar radiation reaching the earth's surface, perhaps by spraying aerosols into the upper atmosphere from airplanes (which could be done quickly but is risky and highly controversial). This is the first book to focus on the legal aspects of these technologies: what government approvals would be needed; how liability would be assessed and compensation provided if something goes wrong; and how a governance system could be structured and agreed internationally.

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About the Authors

Michael B. Gerrard is a professor and Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, New York.

Tracy Hester is a Lecturer at the University of Houston Law Center.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107157277
• ISBN 13: 9781107157279
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Gerrard Michael B., Hester Tracy