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Evaluating the efficacy and equity of environmental stopgap measures

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  • Holly Jean Buck

    (UCLA)

  • Laura Jane Martin

    (Williams College)

  • Oliver Geden

    (German Institute for International and Security Affairs)

  • Peter Kareiva

    (UCLA)

  • Liz Koslov

    (UCLA
    UCLA)

  • Will Krantz

    (UCLA)

  • Ben Kravitz

    (Indiana University
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

  • John Noël

    (Greenpeace USA)

  • Edward A. Parson

    (UCLA)

  • Christopher J. Preston

    (University of Montana)

  • Daniel L. Sanchez

    (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Lynn Scarlett

    (The Nature Conservancy)

  • Shuchi Talati

    (Union of Concerned Scientists)

Abstract

Contemporary environmental policy is replete with measures that do not fully resolve a problem but are proposed instead to ‘buy time’ for the development of more-durable solutions. We define such measures as ‘stopgap measures’ and examine examples from wildfire risk management, hydrochlorofluorocarbon regulation and Colorado River water management. We introduce an analytical framework to assess stopgaps and apply this framework to solar geoengineering, a controversial stopgap for reducing emissions. Studying stopgaps as a distinct response to environmental crises can help us weigh their merits in comparison to alternative policy and management measures.

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  • Holly Jean Buck & Laura Jane Martin & Oliver Geden & Peter Kareiva & Liz Koslov & Will Krantz & Ben Kravitz & John Noël & Edward A. Parson & Christopher J. Preston & Daniel L. Sanchez & Lynn Scarlett , 2020. "Evaluating the efficacy and equity of environmental stopgap measures," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 3(7), pages 499-504, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:3:y:2020:i:7:d:10.1038_s41893-020-0497-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-0497-6
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    1. Tiffany H. Morrison & W. Neil Adger & Arun Agrawal & Katrina Brown & Matthew J. Hornsey & Terry P. Hughes & Meha Jain & Maria Carmen Lemos & Lucy Holmes McHugh & Saffron O’Neill & Derek Berkel, 2022. "Radical interventions for climate-impacted systems," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 12(12), pages 1100-1106, December.
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