TY - GEN
T1 - Durban
T2 - 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2012
AU - Allenby, Braden
PY - 2012/9/19
Y1 - 2012/9/19
N2 - Recent developments in the UN process intended to address anthropogenic climate change, including the conference of the parties in Durban, South Africa, have increased concerns about how successful current policy initiatives are liable to be. Change in the existing policy structure is, however, unlikely because of cultural lock-in, including the institutional and psychological commitments of many participants to the current process. Accordingly, there may be increased pressures to develop geoengineering technologies, intended to reduce anthropogenic climate change by either capturing atmospheric CO 2, or reducing solar insolation. These technologies are still nascent, however, and pose significant risk if deployed at scale prematurely.
AB - Recent developments in the UN process intended to address anthropogenic climate change, including the conference of the parties in Durban, South Africa, have increased concerns about how successful current policy initiatives are liable to be. Change in the existing policy structure is, however, unlikely because of cultural lock-in, including the institutional and psychological commitments of many participants to the current process. Accordingly, there may be increased pressures to develop geoengineering technologies, intended to reduce anthropogenic climate change by either capturing atmospheric CO 2, or reducing solar insolation. These technologies are still nascent, however, and pose significant risk if deployed at scale prematurely.
KW - Geoengineering
KW - UNFCCC
KW - climate change
KW - cultural lock-in
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U2 - 10.1109/ISSST.2012.6228022
DO - 10.1109/ISSST.2012.6228022
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84866235203
SN - 9781467320047
T3 - IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology
BT - 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2012
Y2 - 16 May 2012 through 18 May 2012
ER -