Jennie C. Stephens is professor of climate justice at the National University of Ireland Maynooth, and author of Climate Justice and the University (forthcoming in December 2024, Johns Hopkins University Press).
Climate scientists around the world are now projecting warming of at least 2.5°C within this century. As U.S. and other wealthy governments fail to phase out fossil fuels , investments in climate engineering—technological interventions to manipulate the climate—have been increasing. We’re seeing this play out in real time in Massachusetts. This August, a team of researchers plans to dump 6,600 gallons of sodium hydroxide into ocean waters just south of Martha’s Vineyard.
The idea that humans can manipulate the Earth to reduce the risks of climate change relies on and perpetuates a futile sense of human control and domination over our planet. This false sense of control emerges directly from the technological optimism of billionaires who are enthusiastically advocating for more geoengineering research, like those funding the LOC-NESS project.
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