May we engineer the climate?
@article{Bodansky1996MayWE, title={May we engineer the climate?}, author={Daniel Bodansky}, journal={Climatic Change}, year={1996}, volume={33}, pages={309-321} }
Not only is the science of climate engineering uncertain; the legal issues are also highly uncertain. Although existing international law does not specifically limit the freedom of states to undertake climate engineering, the international community would likely demand a say should climate engineering move from the realm of speculation to concrete proposals. The experience of other environmental regimes, however, suggests that developing an international decision-making mechanism would be…
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