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What is geoengineering?
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Geoengineering refers to deliberate interventions in the Earth’s climate system to mitigate or counteract the effects of climate change.
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What are the two main methods of geoengineering?
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The two main methods are Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and Solar Radiation Management (SRM).
Global Environmental Challenges
flashcards
Decks in class (23)
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Welcome to the Anthropocene16
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Planetary Boundaries17
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Scientific basis of climate change27
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Irreversibilities7
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Social and economic impacts of climate change14
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A taxonomy of global public goods and climate change as a social dilemma31
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A formal economic model and negative externality11
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Negative externality and the Social cost of carbon5
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Adaptation13
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Adaptation as risk management3
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Negative Emission Technologies (NETs)2
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Geo-engineering2
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Mitigation vs Geoengineering4
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Integrated Assesment Models (IAMs)18
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Expected values and risk preferences8
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Managing risk of catastrophic climate change, climate sensitivity7
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Risk, ambiguity, deep uncertainty14
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Inequality and climate change16
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Mitigation between the present and the future21
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International issues of mitigation15
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Carbon pricing10
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Ecological transition as a system transition12
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The political economy of climate change16
