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International governance of solar radiation management: does the ENMOD Convention deserve a closer look?
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McGee, J and Brent, K and McDonald, J and Heyward, C, International governance of solar radiation management: does the ENMOD Convention deserve a closer look?, Carbon and Climate Law Review, 14, (4) pp. 294-305. ISSN 2190-8230 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.21552/cclr/2020/4/8
Abstract
Anthropogenic climate change has warmed the planet to over 1°C above pre-industrial
levels. The biophysical and social impacts of this warming are taking hold, with sea-level
rise, melting of polar ice, more extreme weather events, drought, and wildfire. Solar
radiation management (SRM) technologies are a set of ideas for increasing the
reflectivity of the earth at various scales to offset the effects of anthropogenic climate
change. The most ambitious SRM idea involves injecting aerosols into the atmosphere to
cool the planet on a global scale. However, regional-scale SRM ideas are also being
investigated to lessen climate impacts at regional and local scales. International
governance of SRM research and development is a key issue for managing risk and
building social license for these technologies. Despite this, there has been very limited
international legal and institutional development on SRM. It may therefore be better to
start working with existing rules and institutions of international law than wait for
significant new treaty development to govern the issue. This article examines the potential
of the ENMOD Convention - an overlooked Cold War arms control treaty on the use of
environmental modification technologies - to contribute to international governance of
SRM.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | environmental modification, international law, geoengineering, ENMOD Treaty |
Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
Research Group: | Environmental and resources law |
Research Field: | Climate change law |
Objective Division: | Defence |
Objective Group: | Defence |
Objective Field: | Defence not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | McGee, J (Associate Professor Jeffrey McGee) |
UTAS Author: | McDonald, J (Professor Jan McDonald) |
ID Code: | 142349 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (DP210102296) |
Deposited By: | Office of the Faculty of Law |
Deposited On: | 2021-01-11 |
Last Modified: | 2021-02-04 |
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