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An Other History Of Knowledge And Decision In Precautionary Approaches To Sustainability, Saptarishi Bandopadhyay
An Other History Of Knowledge And Decision In Precautionary Approaches To Sustainability, Saptarishi Bandopadhyay
Saptarishi Bandopadhyay
In this paper, I offer an alternative reading of precaution with the hope of recovering the capacity of this ethic to facilitate legal and political decisions. Despite being a popular instrument of international environmental governance, decision-makers continue to understand this principle as reflecting an immemorial and natural instinct for preserving the environment in cases of scientific uncertainty. Such a reading, however, ignores the history and moral basis underlying this principle and thereby renders it obvious, and automatically adaptable to the politics of Sustainable Development. By offering a thicker history of precautionary governance at exemplary moments of ecological crisis I trace …
The International Regulation Of Climate Engineering: Lessons From Nuclear Power, Jesse Reynolds
The International Regulation Of Climate Engineering: Lessons From Nuclear Power, Jesse Reynolds
Jesse Reynolds
Climate Engineering Field Research: The Favorable Setting Of International Environmental Law, Jesse Reynolds
Climate Engineering Field Research: The Favorable Setting Of International Environmental Law, Jesse Reynolds
Jesse Reynolds