This study explores how experiences from the current pandemic can inform societal
responses to future climate change. To that end, an established philosophical concept of …

At present, only geoscientists utilize geoethics. However, geoethics may have broader,
societal use. To illustrate this option, one combines theoretical insights that stem from …

Earth system governance is a new paradigm in the social sciences to better understand
politics in times of socio-ecological system changes at planetary scale. It shares with …

As academic and policy interest in climate geoengineering grows, the potential irreversibility
of technological developments in this domain has been raised as a pressing concern. The …

Geoscientists developed geoethics, an intra-disciplinary field of applied philosophical
studies, during the last decade. Reaching beyond the sphere of professional geosciences, it …

Perhaps the greatest challenge humanity faces today is the accelerating degradation of the
capacity of our planet to meet the needs of nature and society for current and future …

The debate about the possibilities to engineer the Earth's climate has changed drastically in
the last years. Suggestions of large-scale technological interventions to combat climate …

" Change the system, not the climate" is a common slogan of climate change activists. Yet
when this idea comes into the academic and policy realm, it is easy to see how climate …

Given the terrifying potentialities linked to global warming, some have suggested that the
only means of abating a worst-case scenario is to double down, so to speak …

Human actions leave deep traces on the planet; this is an indisputable fact (Daru et al.,
2021; Elhacham et al., 2020; Ellis et al., 2021; Frederikse et al., 2020; Head et al., 2021; …