Has it come to this? : the promises and perils of geoengineering on the brink / edited by J.P. Sapinski, Holly Jean Buck, and Andreas Malm.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sapinski, J. P., editor.

Buck, Holly Jean, 1981- editor.

Malm, Andreas, 1977- editor.

Series:

Nature, Society, and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental geotechnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 252 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Geoengineering is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system in an attempt to mitigate the adverse effects of global warming. Now that climate emergency is upon us, claims that geoengineering is inevitable are rapidly proliferating. How did we get into this situation where the most extreme path now seems a plausible development? Is it an accurate representation of where we are at? Who is this “we” who is talking? What options make it onto the table? Which are left out? Whom does geoengineering serve? Why is the ensemble of projects that goes by that name so salient, even though the community of researchers and advocates is remarkably small? These are some of the questions that the thinkers contributing to this volume are exploring from perspectives ranging from sociology and geography to ethics and Indigenous studies. The editors set out this diverse collection of voices not as a monolithic, unified take on geoengineering, but as a place where creative thinkers, students, and interested environmental and social justice advocates can explore nuanced ideas in more than 240 characters.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Part I Introduction

1 Critical Perspectives on Geoengineering: A Dialogue

Part II Contesting Geoengineering: Power, Justice, and Civil Society

2 Winning Hearts and Minds? Explaining the Rise of the Geoengineering Idea

3 Carbon Unicorns and Fossil Futures: Whose Emission Reduction Pathways Is the IPCC Performing?

4 Defending a Failed Status Quo: The Case against Geoengineering from a Civil Society Perspective

5 Geoengineering and Indigenous Climate Justice: A Conversation with Kyle Powys Whyte

6 Recognizing the Injustice in Geoengineering: Negotiating a Path to Restorative Climate Justice through a Political Account of Justice as Recognition

7 An Intersectional Analysis of Geoengineering: Overlapping Oppressions and the Demand for Ecological Citizenship

Part III State Power, Economic Planning, and Geoengineering

8 Mobilizing in a Climate Shock: Geoengineering or Accelerated Energy Transition?

9 A Left Defense of Carbon Dioxide Removal: The State Must Be Forced to Deploy Civilization-Saving Technology

10 Planning the Planet: Geoengineering Our Way Out of and Back into a Planned Economy

11 Provisioning Climate: An Infrastructural Approach to Geoengineering

Part IV Geoengineering: A Class Project in the Face of Systemic Crisis?

12 Geoengineering and Imperialism

13 Gramsci in the Stratosphere: Solar Geoengineering and Capitalist Hegemony

14 Promises of Climate Engineering after Neoliberalism

15 Prospects of Climate Engineering in a Post-truth Era

Acknowledgments

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-9788-0939-5

OCLC:

1266229227