The Brutal Realpolitik of Geoengineering

Among the many ways to mitigate the climate crisis, this is the riskiest: using technology to interfere with the earth’s systems to cool the planet. Yet like every bullet that looks silver-ish, it has its appeal: «It seems to me almost beyond question at this point that some country or group of countries will opt for geoengineering», the author of this piece writes. He makes the case for working towards a robust global consensus on the use of geoengineering. «Geoengineering has global implications, therefore ethically, morally, it should be a global decision.»