Journal article
Solar geoengineering and democracy
- Abstract:
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Some scientists suggest that it might be possible to reflect a portion of incoming sunlight back into space to reduce some of the impacts of climate change. Others argue that such solar radiation management (SRM) geoengineering is inherently incompatible with democracy. We draw the following claims from articulations of this argument: (1) that SRM would stretch democratic institutions to the breaking point; (2) that it would preclude opting out, which is essential to democracy; (3) that it wo...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Global Environmental Politics Journal website
- Volume:
- 18
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 5-24
- Publication date:
- 2018-06-28
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-02-17
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1536-0091
- ISSN:
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1526-3800
- Source identifiers:
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844030
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:844030
- UUID:
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uuid:49912b45-2d32-4dd5-98dc-7ed854b4f1d0
- Local pid:
- pubs:844030
- Deposit date:
- 2018-04-24
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- Copyright holder:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- This is the author acceoted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press at: 10.1162/glep_a_00466
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