The potential for climate engineering with stratospheric sulfate aerosol injections to reduce climate injustice
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Climate engineering with stratospheric sulfate aerosol injections (SSAI) has the potential to reduce risks of injustice related to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Relying on evidence from modeling studies, this paper makes the case that SSAI could have the potential to reduce many of the key physical risks of climate change identified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Such risks carry potential injustice because they are often imposed on low-emitters who do not benefit from climate change. Because SSAI has the potential to reduce those risks, it thereby has the potential to reduce the injustice associated with anthropogenic emissions. While acknowledging important caveats, including uncertainty in modeling studies and the potential for SSAI to carry its own risks of injustice, the paper argues that there is a strong case for continued research into SSAI, especially if attention is paid to how it might be used to reduce emissions-driven injustice.
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SAI's effects on temperature and precipitation distributions would likely affect agricultural systems, but the precise impacts are unknown.
“SAI's effects on temperature and precipitation distributions would likely affect agricultural systems. The precise nature of these impacts are unclear (Kortetmäki and Oksanen, 2016; Irvine et al., 2017; Svoboda et al., 2018; Pamplany et al., 2020).”
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“The precise nature of these impacts are unclear (Kortetmäki and Oksanen, 2016; Irvine et al., 2017; Svoboda et al., 2018; Pamplany et al., 2020).”
Background
- Authors
- Svoboda, T., Irvine, P. J., Callies, D., & Sugiyama, M.
- Affiliations
- Fairfield University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Svoboda, Toby
- Venue
- Journal of Global Ethics
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-09-02
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 353-368
- ISSN
- 1744-9626 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-9634
- OpenAlex
- W2913331856
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 0.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- philarchive.org
- Locations
- Journal of Global Ethics (publishedVersion)
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (N/A)
- Fund for Innovative Climate and Energy Research (N/A)
- Harvard
- ’s Solar Geoengineering Research Program (N/A)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Keywords
- geoengineering, climate injustice, greenhouse gas emissions, climate risk, ethics of geoengineering, anthropogenic emissions
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