International Legal Framework for Geoengineering - Managing the Risks of an Emerging Technology

List of contents

Introduction
Part I – Background
Chapter 1 Political And Scientific Aspects Of Geoengineering
Part II – Applying Contemporary International Law To Geoengineering
Chapter 2 Contemporary International Law And Geoengineering – A General Approach
Chapter 3 Contemporary International Law And Geoengineering – A Technique-By-Technique Approach
Part III Towards Better Governance
Chapter 4 Main Scenarios of the Future of Geoengineering Governance
Chapter 5 Balancing the Risk of Climate Change against Geoengineering – Controlling Environmental Risk and Coping with Scientific Uncertainty
Conclusion

About the author

Haomiao Du is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Twente, the Netherlands

Summary

This book responds to the challenges geoengineering poses to International Law by identifying and developing the rules and principles aimed at controlling the risks to the environment and human health arising from geoengineering activities, without neglecting the contribution that geoengineering could make in preventing dangerous climate change.

Product details

• Authors: Du, Haomiao Du
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138744615
• ISBN: 978-1-138-74461-5
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Routledge Research in International Environmental Law; Routledge Research in International Environmental Law
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Environmental, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, International Law, Politics & government, Environmental Economics, environmental science, engineering & technology, Public International Law, Politics and government, Environmental policy & protocols, Environment law, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Environmental policy and protocols