Sleepwalking into lock-in? Avoiding wrongs to future people in the governance of solar radiation management research
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Arguments are advanced for two ways in which we can avoid the reckless endangerment of future people in the governance of solar radiation management (SRM) research, which could happen through lock-in to SRM deployment from research. SRM research is at an early stage, one at which the mechanisms of lock-in could start to operate. However, lock-in fit to endanger future people could be slowed or stopped through targeted governance. Governance of SRM research that does not include provisions to detect, slow, or stop lock-in fails the test of an intergenerationally adequate precautionary principle, and research governed without these provisions cannot itself be justified as a precaution against the impacts of climate change.
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- Authors
- McKinnon, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Reading (GB)
- Corresponding author
- McKinnon, Catriona
- ORCID
- McKinnon, Catriona
- Venue
- Environmental Politics
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-03-23
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 441-459
- ISSN
- 0964-4016 (ISSN-L)
- 1743-8934
- OpenAlex
- W2785294633
- Cited by
- 86
- References
- 83
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 6.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Environmental Politics (publishedVersion)
- CentAUR (University of Reading) (acceptedVersion)
- Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (acceptedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Keywords
- solar radiation management, research governance, lock-in, future generations, intergenerational justice, precautionary principle, climate change mitigation, geoengineering, research ethics
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