Rio+20: Plan ‘A’ for Planet Earth by Owen Gaffney

17 April 2012

http://www.earthsummit2012.org/blog/item/274-plan-a-planet-earth

The media often describes geoengineering — large-scale deliberate interference in the climate system — as Plan B for the planet, a last resort should political negotiations to curb greenhouse gas emissions fail.

Almost by default this makes the UN’s Rio+20 summit in June Plan A for Planet Earth. So, is Plan A any good?

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