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THE REGULATION OF GEOENGINEERING
FIFTH REPORT OF SESSION 2009-10 REPORT, TOGETHER WITH FORMAL MINUTES, ORAL AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE |
| By: |
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£15.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0215544919 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780215544919 |
| Publisher: |
TSO |
| Pub. date: |
18 March, 2010 |
| Series: |
House of Commons Papers Session 2009-10, 221 |
| Pages: |
54 |
| Synopsis: |
'Geoengineering' describes activities specifically and deliberately designed to effect a change in the global climate with the aim of minimising or reversing anthropogenic climate change. The Committee gives three reasons why they believe regulation is needed. First, in the future some geoengineering techniques may allow a single country to unilaterally affect the climate. Second, some geoengineering testing is already underway. Third, we may need geoengineering in the event of a failure to reduce greenhouse gases we are faced with highly disruptive climate change. The Committee does not call for an international treaty but for the groundwork for regulatory arrangements to begin. The UN is the route by which, eventually, they envisage the regulatory framework operating but first the UK and other governments need to push geoengineering up the international agenda and get processes moving. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Stationery Office Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |