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9780415732376 0415732379 Experiments in geoengineering - intentionally manipulating the Earth's climate to reduce global warming - have become the focus of a vital debate about responsible science and innovation. Drawing on three years of sociological research working with scientists onone of the world's first major geoengineering projects, thisbook examines the politics of experimentation. Geoengineering provides a test case for rethinking the responsibilities of scientists and asking how science can take better care of the futures that it helps bring about. This book gives students, researchers and the general reader interested in the place of science in contemporary society a compelling framework for future thinking and discussion., Geoengineering has become the focus of a vital debate about the intended and unintended consequences of innovation. This introduction to responsible innovation, as a new approach to governance, explains the broad sweep of technoscience that is brought under the umbrella of geoengineering." The possibility of exerting control over the global climate introduces profound social, political and ethical questions. The book explores these issues through the lens of the research project SPICE (Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering) one of the first major geoengineering studies worldwide, and one of the first to include an outdoor test of a technology for Solar Radiation Management the reflection of sunlight to cool the planet. The book uses the idea of experimentation to consider how and why research projects become controversial. It also introduces recent experiments in governance, involving new conversations with civil society and others, to explain science-in-society and suggest new ways forward. SPICE is not just a case study of geoengineering research in action. It is also a case study of responsible innovation in action. It illustrates broader dynamics that are of substantial relevance to both wider geoengineering debates and wider science and technology governance debates.The book discusses a full range of geoengineering issues including other cases of real-word experimentation, such as the Haida Gwaii ocean iron fertilisation experiment, and other expert assessments, such as those by the GAO and Bipartisan Policy Commission. This book takes a critical stance on existing assumptions about ethical issues and economics and thus gives students, researchers and the general reader interested in the place of science in contemporary society a compelling framework for future thinking and discussion., In recent years, experiments in geoengineering - intentionally manipulating the Earth's climate to reduce global warming - have become the focus of a vital debate about the intended and unintended consequences of innovation, raising profound social, political and ethical questions. This book explores these issues through the lens of the research project SPICE (Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering), one of the first major geoengineering studies worldwide which aims to put particles high into the atmosphere to cut the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface. Drawing on three years of sociological research working with the scientists investigating the idea of geoengineering, the book examines how experiments become controversial and why many are calling for the scientific community and civil society to rethink how we govern emerging technologies. It illustrates broader dynamics that are highly relevant to wider debates on science and technology governance and the responsibilities of scientists to take better care of the futures they help bring about. This book takes a critical stance on existing assumptions about ethical issues in science, giving students, researchers and the general reader interested in the place of science in contemporary society a compelling framework for future thinking and discussion., In recent years, experiments in geoengineering intentionally manipulating the Earth s climate to reduce global warming have become the focus of a vital debate about the intended and unintended consequences of innovation, raising profound social, political and ethical questions. This book explores these issues through the lens of the research project SPICE (Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering), one of the first major geoengineering studies worldwide which aims to put particles high into the atmosphere to cut the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth s surface. Drawing on three years of sociological research working with the scientists investigating the idea of geoengineering, the book examines how experiments become controversial and why many are calling for the scientific community and civil society to rethink how we govern emerging technologies. It illustrates broader dynamics that are highly relevant to wider debates on science and technology governance and the responsibilities of scientists to take better care of the futures they help bring about. This book takes a critical stance on existing assumptions about ethical issues in science, giving students, researchers and the general reader interested in the place of science in contemporary society a compelling framework for future thinking and discussion."
9780415732376 0415732379 Experiments in geoengineering - intentionally manipulating the Earth's climate to reduce global warming - have become the focus of a vital debate about responsible science and innovation. Drawing on three years of sociological research working with scientists onone of the world's first major geoengineering projects, thisbook examines the politics of experimentation. Geoengineering provides a test case for rethinking the responsibilities of scientists and asking how science can take better care of the futures that it helps bring about. This book gives students, researchers and the general reader interested in the place of science in contemporary society a compelling framework for future thinking and discussion., Geoengineering has become the focus of a vital debate about the intended and unintended consequences of innovation. This introduction to responsible innovation, as a new approach to governance, explains the broad sweep of technoscience that is brought under the umbrella of geoengineering." The possibility of exerting control over the global climate introduces profound social, political and ethical questions. The book explores these issues through the lens of the research project SPICE (Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering) one of the first major geoengineering studies worldwide, and one of the first to include an outdoor test of a technology for Solar Radiation Management the reflection of sunlight to cool the planet. The book uses the idea of experimentation to consider how and why research projects become controversial. It also introduces recent experiments in governance, involving new conversations with civil society and others, to explain science-in-society and suggest new ways forward. SPICE is not just a case study of geoengineering research in action. It is also a case study of responsible innovation in action. It illustrates broader dynamics that are of substantial relevance to both wider geoengineering debates and wider science and technology governance debates.The book discusses a full range of geoengineering issues including other cases of real-word experimentation, such as the Haida Gwaii ocean iron fertilisation experiment, and other expert assessments, such as those by the GAO and Bipartisan Policy Commission. This book takes a critical stance on existing assumptions about ethical issues and economics and thus gives students, researchers and the general reader interested in the place of science in contemporary society a compelling framework for future thinking and discussion., In recent years, experiments in geoengineering - intentionally manipulating the Earth's climate to reduce global warming - have become the focus of a vital debate about the intended and unintended consequences of innovation, raising profound social, political and ethical questions. This book explores these issues through the lens of the research project SPICE (Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering), one of the first major geoengineering studies worldwide which aims to put particles high into the atmosphere to cut the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface. Drawing on three years of sociological research working with the scientists investigating the idea of geoengineering, the book examines how experiments become controversial and why many are calling for the scientific community and civil society to rethink how we govern emerging technologies. It illustrates broader dynamics that are highly relevant to wider debates on science and technology governance and the responsibilities of scientists to take better care of the futures they help bring about. This book takes a critical stance on existing assumptions about ethical issues in science, giving students, researchers and the general reader interested in the place of science in contemporary society a compelling framework for future thinking and discussion., In recent years, experiments in geoengineering intentionally manipulating the Earth s climate to reduce global warming have become the focus of a vital debate about the intended and unintended consequences of innovation, raising profound social, political and ethical questions. This book explores these issues through the lens of the research project SPICE (Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering), one of the first major geoengineering studies worldwide which aims to put particles high into the atmosphere to cut the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth s surface. Drawing on three years of sociological research working with the scientists investigating the idea of geoengineering, the book examines how experiments become controversial and why many are calling for the scientific community and civil society to rethink how we govern emerging technologies. It illustrates broader dynamics that are highly relevant to wider debates on science and technology governance and the responsibilities of scientists to take better care of the futures they help bring about. This book takes a critical stance on existing assumptions about ethical issues in science, giving students, researchers and the general reader interested in the place of science in contemporary society a compelling framework for future thinking and discussion."