Climate engineering is a potential alternative method to curb global warming, and this discipline has garnered considerable attention from the intemational scientific community including the Chinese scientists. This m...Climate engineering is a potential alternative method to curb global warming, and this discipline has garnered considerable attention from the intemational scientific community including the Chinese scientists. This manuscript provides an overview of several aspects of climate engi- neering, including its definition, its potential impacts and risk, and its governance status. The overall conclusion is that China is not yet ready to implement climate engineering. However, it is important for China to continue conducting research on climate engineering, particularly with respect to its feasible application within China, its potential social, economic, and environmental impacts, and possible international governance structures and governing principles, with regard to both experimentatio~ and implementation.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB953603)
文摘Climate engineering is a potential alternative method to curb global warming, and this discipline has garnered considerable attention from the intemational scientific community including the Chinese scientists. This manuscript provides an overview of several aspects of climate engi- neering, including its definition, its potential impacts and risk, and its governance status. The overall conclusion is that China is not yet ready to implement climate engineering. However, it is important for China to continue conducting research on climate engineering, particularly with respect to its feasible application within China, its potential social, economic, and environmental impacts, and possible international governance structures and governing principles, with regard to both experimentatio~ and implementation.
