David Victor Quoted in Reader's Digest
Quick Study: Climate Engineering
02/20/2010
Anna Kuchment,
ReadersDigest.com
The "Greenfinger" scenario. David Victor, a climate policy expert at the University of California, San Diego, worries about the prospect of a single nation taking matters into its own hands. "It could be a Hail Mary pass by a country getting hammered by global warming," he says. A wealthy individual—Victor calls him a "lone Greenfinger"—could also choose to go it alone. To prevent unilateral action, experts need a framework for researching geoengineering and deciding, as Victor says, "who gets to put their hand on the thermostat." One such meeting, organized by the nonprofit Climate Institute in Washington, D.C., will take place this month.
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David Victor is director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation, based at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.
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