An International Legal Framework for Geoengineering: Managing the Risks of an Emerging Technology

ISBN-13: 9780367888787 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 264 str.

Haomiao Du

Opis

This book responds to the challenges geoengineering poses to International Law by identifying and developing the rules and principles aimed at controlling the risks to the environment and human health arising from geoengineering activities, without neglecting the contribution that geoengineering could make in preventing dangerous climate change.

Spis treści

Introduction

Part I – Background

Chapter 1 Political And Scientific Aspects Of Geoengineering

Part II – Applying Contemporary International Law To Geoengineering

Chapter 2 Contemporary International Law And Geoengineering – A General Approach

Chapter 3 Contemporary International Law And Geoengineering – A Technique-By-Technique Approach

Part III Towards Better Governance

Chapter 4 Main Scenarios of the Future of Geoengineering Governance

Chapter 5 Balancing the Risk of Climate Change against Geoengineering – Controlling Environmental Risk and Coping with Scientific Uncertainty

Conclusion

O autorze

Haomiao Du is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Twente, the Netherlands