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 language | English |
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Article number | ogad012 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-15 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Journal of Global Security Studies |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Jun 2023 |
Keywords
- just war
- just securitization
- climate change
- geo-engineering
- global justice
- solar radiation management - Just Securitization Theory (JST)