ABSTRACT
Geoengineering means deliberately manipulating the earth’s climate in order to counteract climate change. As of 2016, there is little in the way of serious technological development. However, proposals such as the spreading of sulphate particles in the stratosphere are now starting to be taken seriously by climate scientists. Geoengineering would mean humanity taking responsibility for planetary climate control. It raises huge questions that relate not just to technological feasibility and unintended climatic consequences, but also to the ethics and politics of pursuing a technological fix for climate change.
