In thinking about the governance of climate engineering, it is crucial to recognize that “governance” is a broader term than “regulation.” Regulation typically involves formal laws and policies imposed by governments or international organizations, often backed by the threat of criminal penalties or other formal sanctions. Regulation is one type of governance but certainly not the only one. FCEA understands governance to include any system of formal or informal rules intended to control or influence research into or deployment of climate engineering, either internationally, transnationally, within a single country, or within nongovernmental organizations or civil society more broadly. Examples of non-regulatory governance mechanisms include non-binding resolutions by intergovernmental organizations; voluntary codes of conduct for researchers; rules and requirements imposed by funders, universities, or professional associations; memoranda of understandings between nongovernmental organizations, governments, or international organizations; and so on.
A New Horizon for Governance?
November 20, 2020On Twine, space mirrors, and the joys of making pointless shit
June 1, 2020Should geoengineering be considered a global public good?
October 28, 2019Sixth International Geoengineering Governance Summer School: A Student’s Reflection
October 7, 2019When essential research might be a bad thing. The carbon removal research dilemma.
July 16, 2019Role of Sub-state Actors in Solar Geoengineering Governance
May 1, 2019India Should Demand International, Political Oversight for Geoengineering R&D
December 28, 2018Who May Geoengineer?: Dirty Hands and Geoengineering
December 4, 2017Climate Engineering Conference 2017
October 20, 2017Evoking equity as a rationale for solar geoengineering research? Scrutinizing emerging expert visions of equity
September 20, 2017Geoengineering Research Governance Project (GRGP) Oxford Workshop on a Code of Conduct for Responsible Geoengineering Research – Anna-Maria Hubert
July 3, 2017What a “post-truth” media ecology means for climate engineering research – Holly Jean Buck
February 22, 2017Commentary: A response to Wil Burns: Common Misunderstandings About SRM Geoengineering
November 21, 2016Commentary: A Response to “Five Solar Geoengineering Tropes That Have Outstayed Their Welcome” – Wil Burns
November 11, 2016Climate Engineering under the Paris Agreement: A Legal and Policy Primer
November 10, 2016New CIGI Report – The Paris Agreement and Climate Geoengineering Governance: The Need For a Human-rights Based Component
October 25, 2016Forum Discussion- Rhode Island H 7578: The Climate Geoengineering Act of 2016
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