Abstract
Ethicists and social scientists alike have advocated for the inclusion of vulnerable populations in research and decision-making on climate engineering. Unfortunately, there have been few efforts to do so. The research presented in this paper was designed to build knowledge about how vulnerable populations think about climate engineering. The goal of this manuscript is to bring the ethics literature on climate engineering into dialogue with emerging social science data documenting the perspectives of vulnerable populations. The results indicate some concerns among vulnerable populations may resemble those outlined by ethicists. However, the perspectives expressed by interviewees also extend previous ethical treatments by indicating ways in which climate engineering could compound existing injustices.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 757-777 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Environmental Values |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2017 |
Funding
We would like to thank Laurie Yung for helpful feedback on earlier versions of this paper, as well as two anonymous reviewers for Environmental Values. Research for this paper was supported by the US National Science Foundation (grant number SES 0958095) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Assistance Agreement No. FP917316). This publication has not been formally reviewed by either the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) or the EPA. The views expressed in this document are solely those of W. Carr and C. Preston, and do not necessarily reflect those of the FWS or EPA. Neither the FWS nor EPA endorse any products or commercial services mentioned in this publication.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| SES 0958095 | |
| Environmental Protection Agency |
Keywords
- Climate change
- Climate engineering
- Ethics
- Social science
- Vulnerability
