Geoengineering

GeoengineeringDiscover the transformative power of geoengineering with *Geoengineering: The Gamble* by Gernot Wagner. Released in 2021, this enlightening book dives into the critical need for innovative climate solutions in our fight against global warming. As climate change intensifies, cutting carbon dioxide pollution is essential, but what if it's not enough? Solar geoengineering emerges as a controversial yet potentially vital approach. This book examines the

Discover the transformative power of geoengineering with *Geoengineering: The Gamble* by Gernot Wagner. Released in 2021, this enlightening book dives into the critical need for innovative climate solutions in our fight against global warming. As climate change intensifies, cutting carbon dioxide pollution is essential, but what if it's not enough? Solar geoengineering emerges as a controversial yet potentially vital approach. This book examines the science behind solar geoengineering, where reflective particles are injected into the upper atmosphere to cool our planet. Wagner, a distinguished climate economist and the founding executive director of Harvard's Solar Geoengineering Research Program, strikes a balanced perspective. He thoughtfully weighs the benefits against the inherent risks, including the concern that geoengineering research may detract from urgent carbon emissions reduction efforts. As we face an uncertain future, understanding solar geoengineering becomes crucial. Explore Wagner's compelling scenarios for a geoengineered world, filled with unknowns, yet paved with the potential for progress. With 208 pages of insightful exploration, *Geoengineering: The Gamble* invites you to confront the pressing questions regarding climate intervention. Get your copy now and engage with the pivotal discussions shaping our planet's future. Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781509543069. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK).

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509543069
Year: 2021
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 208


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Stabilizing the world™s climates means cutting carbon dioxide pollution. There™s no way around it. But what if that™s not enough? What if it™s too difficult to accomplish in the time allotted or, worse, what if it™s so late in the game that even cutting carbon emissions to zero, tomorrow, wouldn™t do?


Enter solar geoengineeringThe principle is simple: attempt to cool Earth by reflecting more sunlight back into space. The primary mechanism, shooting particles into the upper atmosphere, implies more pollution, not less. If that doesn™t sound scary, it should. There are lots of risks, unknowns, and unknowables.


In Geoengineering: The Gamble, climate economist Gernot Wagner provides a balanced take on the possible benefits and all-too-real risks, especially the so-called śmoral hazardť that researching or even just discussing (solar) geoengineering would undermine the push to cut carbon emissions in the first place. Despite those risks, he argues, solar geoengineering may only be a matter of time. Not if, but when.


As the founding executive director of Harvard™s Solar Geoengineering Research Program, Wagner explores scenarios of a geoengineered future, offering an inside-view of the research already under way and the actions the world must take to guide it in a productive direction.