Measuring, Modeling, Controlling the Climate? Numerical Expertise in U.S. Climate Engineering Politics

Schubert, Julia

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“…Wiertz () provides the earliest interrogation in the CE literature of evidence construction and validation within modeling structures; Flegal () is a comprehensive update, with an emphasis on the advocative tendencies of actors who rely on modeling results. Flegal and Gupta () and McLaren () argue that dimensions of (in)equity and (in)justice are set in motion by SRM scenarios, while Schubert () traces how the forceful numeracy of modeling has shaped the discussion of SRM in the US.…”

Section: A Review Of Rri Practice In Climate Engineeringmentioning

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The practice of responsible research and innovation in “climate engineering”

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Buck

2020

WIREs Climate Change

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Sunlight reflection and carbon removal proposals for “climate engineering” (CE) confront governance challenges that many emerging technologies face: their futures are uncertain, and by the time one can discern their shape or impacts, vested interests may block regulation, and publics are often left out of decision‐making about them. In response to these challenges, “responsible research and innovation” (RRI) has emerged as a framework to critique and correct for technocratic governance of emerging technologies, and CE has emerged as a prime case of where it can be helpfully applied. However, a critical lens is rarely applied to RRI itself. In this review, we first survey how RRI thinking has already been applied to both carbon removal and sunlight reflection methods for climate intervention. We examine how RRI is employed in four types of activities: Assessment processes and reports, principles and protocols for research governance, critical mappings of research, and deliberative and futuring engagements. Drawing upon this review, we identify tensions in RRI practice, including whether RRI forms or informs choices, the positionalities of RRI practitioners, and ways in which RRI activities enable or disable particular climate interventions. Finally, we recommend that RRI should situate CE within the long arc of sociotechnical proposals for addressing climate change, more actively connect interrogations of the knowledge economy with reparative engagements, include local or actor‐specific contexts, design authoritative assessments grounded in RRI, and go beyond treating critique and engagement as “de facto” governance. This article is categorized under: Policy and Governance > Private Governance of Climate Change Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge > Climate Science and Decision Making

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Section: A Review Of Rri Practice In Climate Engineeringmentioning

confidence: 99%

The practice of responsible research and innovation in “climate engineering”

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Buck

2020

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“…Wiertz (2015) provides the earliest interrogation in the CE literature of evidence construction and validation within modelling structures; Flegal (2018) is a comprehensive update, with an emphasis on the advocative tendencies of actors who rely on modelling results. Flegal and Gupta (2018) and McLaren (2018) argue that dimensions of (in)equity and (in)justice are set in motion by SRM scenarios, while Schubert (2019) traces how the forceful numeracy of modelling has shaped the discussion of SRM in the US.…”

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Climate Imagineering

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Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Utrecht op gezag van de rector magnificus, prof.dr. H.R.B.M. Kummeling, ingevolge het besluit van het college voor promoties in het openbaar te verdedigen op woensdag 14 april 2021 des middags te 2.30 uur door Sean Jiaming Low geboren op 26 juli 1983 te Singapore, Singapore Bibliography Samenvatting List of common acronyms BECCS -Bioenergy carbon capture and storage CCS -Carbon capture and storage CDR -Carbon dioxide removal IAM -Integrated assessment modeling IPCC -Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change RRI -Responsible Research and Innovation SAI -Stratospheric Aerosol Injection SRM -Sunlight reflection methods, or solar radiation management STS -Science and technology studiesIn the introduction (Chapter 1) and conclusion (Chapter 7), no acronyms are used, in order to aid the general reader. In particular, CDR is referred to more plainly as 'carbon removal', and SRM as 'sunlight reflection'. In the intervening chapters -which all represent published journal articles -the use of acronyms is resumed.

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Climate Engineering

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2024

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Measuring, Modeling, Controlling the Climate? Numerical Expertise in U.S. Climate Engineering Politics

Cited by 4 publications

References 29 publications

The practice of responsible research and innovation in “climate engineering”

The practice of responsible research and innovation in “climate engineering”

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