Duncan McLaren, Author at Legal Planet
Duncan McLaren| Legal Planet
New principles for ethical and responsible geoengineering research offer hope of reducing controversy in this polarized field| Legal Planet
"Unacceptable risks." Developing countries at UNEA-6 lost patience with a Northern led, narrowly scientific, approach to solar geoengineering| Legal Planet
The US and Africa fought over how, and even whether, to assess the risks of solar geoengineering at the UN Environment Assembly| Legal Planet
A new report recommends urgent action to prevent triggering climate tipping points, but warns against relying on speculative geoengineering| Legal Planet
A Trump victory would increase the odds that we'll ultimately need to start blocking sunlight as a last resort to limit climate change.| Legal Planet
After many years of work, the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiments (SCoPEx) Advisory Committee concluded our work earlier this year after the research team at Harvard made the decision to cancel the experiment. I was a member of the Advisory Committee for much of its time, serving as chair and co-chair of the committee for … Continue reading "Reflections from a Member of the SCoPEx Advisory Committee"| Legal Planet
