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Fighting global warming by climate engineering: Is the Earth radiation management and the solar radiation management any option for fighting climate change?

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  • Ming, Tingzhen
  • de_Richter, Renaud
  • Liu, Wei
  • Caillol, Sylvain

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The best way to reduce global warming is, without any doubt, cutting down our anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. But the world economy is addict to energy, which is mainly produced by fossil carbon fuels. As economic growth and increasing world population require more and more energy, we cannot stop using fossil fuels quickly, nor in a short term.

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  • Ming, Tingzhen & de_Richter, Renaud & Liu, Wei & Caillol, Sylvain, 2014. "Fighting global warming by climate engineering: Is the Earth radiation management and the solar radiation management any option for fighting climate change?," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 792-834.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:rensus:v:31:y:2014:i:c:p:792-834
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.12.032
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