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Response To Svoboda And Irvine (Ethical And Technical Challenges In Compensating For Harm Due To Solar Radiation Management Geoengineering), Jesse Reynolds
Response To Svoboda And Irvine (Ethical And Technical Challenges In Compensating For Harm Due To Solar Radiation Management Geoengineering), Jesse Reynolds
Jesse Reynolds
Svoboda and Irvine (S2014) consider possible compensation for harm from solar radiation management (SRM) geoengineering, implying that both SRM and compensation are futile efforts, bound to do more harm than good. However, the shortcomings of SRM and compensation for its potential negative secondary effects which they cite are found among three existing policy domains, which happen to intersect at the proposed compensation for SRM’s harms: socially organized responses to other complex problems (especially the provision of public goods), compensation (especially in complex situations), and climate change. An additional problematic aspect is that, to some degree, they stack the deck against …