Evaluating climate geoengineering proposals in the context of the Paris Agreement temperature goals
Year: 2018
Type: review
Abstract: Current mitigation efforts and existing future commitments are inadequate to accomplish the Paris Agreement temperature goals. In light of this, research and debate are intensifying on the possibilities of additionally employing proposed climate geoengineering technologies, either through atmospheric carbon dioxide removal or farther-reaching interventions altering the Earth's radiative energy budget. Although research indicates that several techniques may eventually have the physical potential to contribute to limiting climate change, all are in early stages of development, involve substantial uncertainties and risks, and raise ethical and governance dilemmas. Based on present knowledge, climate geoengineering techniques cannot be relied on to significantly contribute to meeting the Paris Agreement temperature goals.
Source: Nature Communications
Institutions: University of Potsdam, Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ, University of Oxford, University of Oslo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University of Edinburgh, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, University of East Anglia, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne Université, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Met Office, University of Exeter, Universität Hamburg
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $6,990
OpenAlex ID: W2891242691