Nature-based and geo-engineering climate mitigation technologies: Public acceptance and security prospects
Summary: Climate change requires mitigation approaches, from nature-based to experimental geoengineering. We examined public attitudes toward six strategies—reforestation in previously forested areas, afforestation in new terrains, direct CO2 capture with underground storage, biomass energy with CO2...
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| description | Summary: Climate change requires mitigation approaches, from nature-based to experimental geoengineering. We examined public attitudes toward six strategies—reforestation in previously forested areas, afforestation in new terrains, direct CO2 capture with underground storage, biomass energy with CO2 capture, stratospheric sulfate aerosols, and orbital mirrors—via a representative Czech survey (N = 3,007). Binary logistic regressions reveal how age, education, employment, and residence shape perceptions of efficacy, risks, and ethics. Results show strong favor for reforestation and afforestation due to ecological benefits and long-term promise; sulfate aerosols and orbital mirrors face skepticism. Surprisingly, participants with only primary education showed greater openness to geoengineering than university graduates. Older respondents favored biomass-based carbon capture but less so certain high-tech solutions. Our findings highlight the importance of policies aligned with diverse public views, ensuring both established and novel measures are harmonized into an effective climate mitigation strategy. These results indicate demographic contexts shape acceptance of climate interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c010ca7862ea4a1a857d92ea2f8b1c502025-08-20T02:17:34ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422025-05-0128511230310.1016/j.isci.2025.112303Nature-based and geo-engineering climate mitigation technologies: Public acceptance and security prospectsNik Hynek0Beata Gavurova1Vaclav Moravec2Matus Kubak3Department of Security Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Prague, CzechiaTechnical University of Košice, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Košice, Slovakia; Corresponding authorDepartment of Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences Charles University in Prague, Prague, CzechiaTechnical University of Košice, Faculty of Economics, Košice, SlovakiaSummary: Climate change requires mitigation approaches, from nature-based to experimental geoengineering. We examined public attitudes toward six strategies—reforestation in previously forested areas, afforestation in new terrains, direct CO2 capture with underground storage, biomass energy with CO2 capture, stratospheric sulfate aerosols, and orbital mirrors—via a representative Czech survey (N = 3,007). Binary logistic regressions reveal how age, education, employment, and residence shape perceptions of efficacy, risks, and ethics. Results show strong favor for reforestation and afforestation due to ecological benefits and long-term promise; sulfate aerosols and orbital mirrors face skepticism. Surprisingly, participants with only primary education showed greater openness to geoengineering than university graduates. Older respondents favored biomass-based carbon capture but less so certain high-tech solutions. Our findings highlight the importance of policies aligned with diverse public views, ensuring both established and novel measures are harmonized into an effective climate mitigation strategy. These results indicate demographic contexts shape acceptance of climate interventions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225005644Environmental scienceEnvironmental policy |
| spellingShingle | Nik Hynek Beata Gavurova Vaclav Moravec Matus Kubak Nature-based and geo-engineering climate mitigation technologies: Public acceptance and security prospects iScience Environmental science Environmental policy |
| title | Nature-based and geo-engineering climate mitigation technologies: Public acceptance and security prospects |
| title_full | Nature-based and geo-engineering climate mitigation technologies: Public acceptance and security prospects |
| title_fullStr | Nature-based and geo-engineering climate mitigation technologies: Public acceptance and security prospects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nature-based and geo-engineering climate mitigation technologies: Public acceptance and security prospects |
| title_short | Nature-based and geo-engineering climate mitigation technologies: Public acceptance and security prospects |
| title_sort | nature based and geo engineering climate mitigation technologies public acceptance and security prospects |
| topic | Environmental science Environmental policy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225005644 |
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