学术资讯｜政治哲学工作坊第七十五讲：地球气候工程能被置于民主治理之下吗

Political Philosophy Workshop (75th)

Organizer

Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai)

Sun Yat-sen University

Topic

Can Geoengineering Be Democratically Governed? (Virtual）

Speaker

Anna STILZ, Kernan Robson Professor

Department of Political Science, 

UC-Berkeley

Moderator

Jun-Hyeok KWAK, Professor

Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University

Time

21:00-23:00, April 8th, 2026

VooV

910-146-057

ABSTRACT

“Geoengineering” is defined as the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change.  The term describes two types of technologies: (1) those that seek to draw carbon out of the atmosphere and store it underground or in the oceans; and (2) those that seek to increase the amount of sunlight reflected into space. Geoengineering is likely to become a future reality, due to continued insufficient efforts at decarbonization.

There is currently no governance framework in place to regulate geoengineering, which may have international transboundary effects.

This paper explores whether democratic governance of geoengineering is possible.  How might the international governance of geoengineering be made accountable to the peoples of the world, with their diverse interests and views?  Can the considerable scientific and technical expertise necessary to regulate geoengineering be democratically accessible to the broader global public?

政治哲学工作坊第（七十五）讲

主办

中山大学哲学系（珠海）

主题

地球气候工程能被置于民主治理之下吗（线上）

主讲

Anna STILZ

加州大学伯克利分校政治学系，Kernan Robson教授

主持

Jun-Hyeok KWAK（郭峻赫）

中山大学哲学系（珠海），教授

时间

2026年4月8日

21:00-23:00

地点

腾讯会议 910-146-057

摘要

地球气候工程旨在通过有意识的大规模技术手段对地球环境进行改造以缓解人为引发的气候变化。这一术语具体指代两种类别的技术：（1）第一类技术试图从大气中抽取碳，并将其存储于地下或海洋中；（2）第二类技术试图提高反射回太空的阳光量。

鉴于人类在脱碳方面的努力始终不够充分，地球气候工程很可能在未来成为现实。

然而当前尚不存在能够用于规范地球气候工程的治理框架，而地球气候工程可能造成跨国界的国际影响。在这一背景下，本次讲座探讨地球气候工程的民主治理是否可能。问题在于，地球气候工程的国际治理如何能够对有着多样化的利益和观点的世界各国人民负责？规范地球气候工程所必需的大量科学与技术专长，能通过民主的方式向更广泛的全球公众开放吗？

来源｜哲珠新媒体

文稿｜杜　陈

海报｜姚元琦

编辑｜姚元琦

初审｜韩　珩

审核｜卢　毅

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