Ethical Risks of Climate Engineering

GS Paper 4  Syllabus: Applications of Ethics  Context: Ahead of COP28, UNESCO’s first-ever report on the Ethics of Climate Engineering emphasizes the risks and opportunities of climate manipulation technologies.   About the report: The report has been published by UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST). COMEST is an advisory …

Insights into Editorial: Cooling the earth down

Insights into Editorial: Cooling the earth down 09 March 2016 Article Link     “Climate engineering” has been a buzzword in recent years. Environmentalists believe that climate engineering, along with reduction in carbon emissions, can greatly reduce global warming.  What is climate engineering? Climate engineering, also known as geoengineering, describes a diverse and largely hypothetical …