Book contents
- Reviews
- Pandora’s Toolbox
- Pandora’s Toolbox
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Prologue
- Acknowledgments
- Section I Climate Introduction
- Section II Responses to Climate Change
- Section III Carbon Dioxide Removal
- Section IV Solar Radiation Management
- Section V Social Ramifications of Climate Intervention
- Section VI The Path Forward
- 20 The Path Forward for Carbon Removal
- 21 The Path Forward for Solar Radiation Management
- Epilogue
- Acronyms
- Appendix: Detail in respect of Figures 9.4–9.8
- Notes
- Index
21 - The Path Forward for Solar Radiation Management
from Section VI - The Path Forward
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2022
- Reviews
- Pandora’s Toolbox
- Pandora’s Toolbox
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Prologue
- Acknowledgments
- Section I Climate Introduction
- Section II Responses to Climate Change
- Section III Carbon Dioxide Removal
- Section IV Solar Radiation Management
- Section V Social Ramifications of Climate Intervention
- Section VI The Path Forward
- 20 The Path Forward for Carbon Removal
- 21 The Path Forward for Solar Radiation Management
- Epilogue
- Acronyms
- Appendix: Detail in respect of Figures 9.4–9.8
- Notes
- Index
Summary
On the SRM side of the toolbox, we are at an even earlier stage, so the go-forward imperative here is not development but simply research. We need a much more sound understanding as to whether and how these interventions might work and how we might domesticate them via thoughtful and inclusive governance. The SRM sibling to the National Academies report described above was issued in spring 2021. It recommends an expenditure of $100–200 million over five years, a small fraction of the proposed budget for CDR. Nonetheless, this would be a vast expansion of resources for the field. My personal path forward entails working with colleagues to design aircraft that could be useful in such research.
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- Pandora's ToolboxThe Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention, pp. 326 - 339Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022