A1 Journal article (refereed)
Right to Food and Geoengineering (2023)

Kortetmäki, T., & Oksanen, M. (2023). Right to Food and Geoengineering. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 36, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09898-7

The research was funded by Strategic Research Council at the Research Council of Finland.

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Kortetmäki, Teea; Oksanen, Markku

Journal or series: Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

ISSN: 1187-7863

eISSN: 1573-322X

Publication year: 2023

Publication date: 10/02/2023

Volume: 36

Article number: 5

Publisher: Springer

Publication country: Netherlands

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09898-7

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/85449

Abstract

Climate change poses grave risks to food security, and mitigation and adaptation actions have so far been insufficient to lessen the risk of climate-induced violations of the right to food. Could safeguarding the right to food, then, justify some forms of geoengineering? This article examines geoengineering through the analytical lens of the right to food. We look at the components of food security and consider how the acceptability of geoengineering relates to the right to food via its impacts on these components. Our examination shows that results vary greatly between different forms of geoengineering: while some forms of geoengineering fail to respect the right to food, certain other forms may even become obligatory to protect the right to food. It appears that there is no support for aerosol-based solar radiation management, whereas some carbon dioxide removal methods can help protect or promote the right to food. The ethical challenges related to carbon dioxide removal methods are, we note, similar to those that will also be faced in the course of climate change mitigation.

Keywords: climate engineering; food security; foodstuffs; climate changes; justice; human rights; ethics; climate protection; carbon dioxide; solar radiation

Free keywords: climate engineering; food security; food justice; climate emergency; global warming; human rights

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Reporting Year: 2023

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