Social Science Research to Inform Solar Geoengineering
In an article for Science’s Policy Forum, experts from a variety of fields consider how the social sciences can inform the understanding, application, and implications of solar geoengineering.
"As the prospect of average global warming exceeding 1.5°C becomes increasingly likely, interest in supplementing mitigation and adaptation with solar geoengineering (SG) responses will almost certainly rise. For example stratospheric aerosol injection to cool the planet could offset some of the warming for a given accumulation of atmospheric greenhouse gases. However, the physical and social science literature on SG remains modest compared with mitigation and adaptation. We outline three research themes for advancing policy-relevant social science related to SG: (i) SG costs, benefits, risks, and uncertainty; (ii) the political economy of SG deployment; and (iii) SG’s role in a climate strategy portfolio."
Read the full article here.
Authors
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Tyler Felgenhauer
Duke University
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Mariia Belaia
American University
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Mark E. Borsuk
Duke University
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Arunabha Ghosh
Council on Energy, Environment and Water
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Garth Heutel
National Bureau of Economic Research; Georgia State University
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Daniel Heyen
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern; ETH-Zurich
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Joshua Horton
Harvard University
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David Keith
Harvard University
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Christine Merk
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
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Juan Moreno-Cruz
University of Waterloo; Balsillie School of International Affairs; CESifo
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Jesse L. Reynolds
Independent Consultant
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Katharine Ricke
University of California San Diego
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Wilfried Rickels
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
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Wake Smith
Harvard University; Yale University
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Simone Tilmes
National Center for Atmospheric Research
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Gernot Wagner
New York University