Crafting a public for geoengineering

• Published in: Public understanding of science (Bristol, England) Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 402 - 417
• Main Authors: Bellamy, Rob, Lezaun, Javier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.05.2017; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Climate; Climate Change; Climate system; Education reform; Engineering - methods; Framing; Futures; Geoengineering; Geology - methods; Global warming; Global Warming - prevention & control; Greenhouse effect; Intellectuals; Performativity; Public Opinion; Public participation; Trajectories; Trajectory analysis; public engagement; framing; performativity; geoengineering

In a short period of time, climate ‘geoengineering’ has been added to the list of technoscientific issues subject to deliberative public engagement. Here, we analyse this rapid trajectory of publicization and explore the particular manner in which the possibility of intentionally altering the Earth’...