Engineering and Governing the Climate: Ethical and Political Issues - Paperback

by Xavier Landes (Author)

This thorough and accessible text introduces readers to the topic of climate engineering. Landes defines key concepts, presents the major methods and techniques, proposes an evaluative framework for judging whether to embark upon a specific interventions, and reviews the main reasons for initiating action toward climate alteration or resisting it.

Author Biography

Xavier Landes is an associate professor at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. In addition, he has held positions at Universit? de Montr?al, University of Toronto, and Copenhagen University. Landes's areas of expertise are political and moral philosophy. He has published on various topics such as multiculturalism, the welfare state, public insurance, and happiness. Climate change and climate alteration constitute his current focuses of research and teaching.