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2 Indon. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 329 (2015)
The Common Law of Geoengineering: Building an Effective Governance for Stratospheric Injections

handle is hein.journals/indjicl2 and id is 355 raw text is: THE COMMON LAW OF GEOENGINEERING BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE FOR STRATOSPHERIC INJECTIONS EDWARD J. LARSON Pepperdine University School of Law E Fmail Ed.Larson@pepperdine.edu A landmark report by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) issued in 2015 is the latest in a series of scientific studies to assess the feasibility ofgeoengineering with stratospheric aerosols to offset antbropogenic global warming and to conclude that they offers a possibly viable supplement or back-up alternative to 329 reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Evidence for this once taboo form of climate intervention relies heavily on the known past effect of major explosive volcanic eruptions to moderate average worldwide temperatures temporarily. In the most extensive study to date, an elite NAS committee now suggests that such processes for adjusting global temperature, while still uncertain, merit further research and field testing. With the benefits of such interventions certain to be unevenly distributed and the risks of them not fully known, every study stresses the need for transparent international governance of stratospheric injections. After examining the roadblocks to such governance, this paper explores the statutory and common law frameworks that could provide some form of stop- gap approaches until the needed regulatory regime emerges. Keywords: Climate Change, International Environmental Law, Global Governance, Global Warming, Law and Technology, Law and Science. 'Tze jndonesi journal of io ial & Comparalive Law OMNI ISSN:2338 76( E ISSN: 3 70X http:!/ww iIlor ,-) 2015 'ic nitute for Migrant Rights Press ar

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