Le discours de la promesse chez les promoteurs de l’ingénierie climatique

Abstract

This article analyses the main promises made by climate engineering proponents. First, the author discusses promises made about geoengineering projects, which are designed to alter the global climate swiftly: the ability to reduce uncertainties enough to ensure a less insecure world; the allegedly temporary character of geoengineering technologies. Then, the author depicts a situation where local negative emission technologies (NETs) such as BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) gain ground in the climate arenas and on the entrepreneurial landscape; yet these technologies are still in search of a model that would be economically and ecologically viable.

Keywords

• technological promises
• geoengineering
• negative emission technologies (NETs)
• carbon markets
• climate policies
• cobenefits