Solar geoengineering: The view from just war/securitization theories

Rita Floyd*

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Abstract

As the world continues to fail to reduce and control global surface temperatures, the use of solar radiation management (SRM) technology by one actor or by a small coalition of actors is becoming increasingly likely. Yet, most of the social scientific literature on solar geoengineering does not tend to systematically engage with this possibility; scholars focus either on global governance, or on banning SRM usage and research altogether. On the margins of this debate, a handful of researchers have sought to bring insights from the just war tradition to the issue of uni- and mini-lateral SRM usage. This article is concerned with the contribution just war/securitization theories can make to our understanding of the debate surrounding climate engineering. It scrutinises and deepens existing attempts by just war scholars to examine the moral permissibility of uni-lateral and mini-lateral SRM usage, including from the perspective of Just Securitization Theory.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberogad012
Pages (from-to)1-15
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Global Security Studies
Volume8
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jun 2023

Keywords

  • just war
  • just securitization
  • climate change
  • geo-engineering
  • global justice
  • solar radiation management - Just Securitization Theory (JST)

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