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1 - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2023

Florian Rabitz
Affiliation:
Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
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Chapter 1 introduces the concept of transformative novel technologies in the context of the contemporary global environmental crisis. It discusses how technology is central to the crisis as well as its potential resolution, although its status is frequently ambiguous and contested. The chapter makes the case that governance solutions, including at the international level, are indispensable in order to capitalize on the potential benefits of transformative novel technologies, to avoid their various potential downsides, or both. The empirical case studies of the book are then previewed: biotechnology, specifically novel methods for large-scale biological control as well as the utilization of digital sequence information in research, development and innovation; climate engineering, a series of proposed methods for large-scale intervention into the climate system; and mining beyond national jurisdictions, where various technological developments increasingly enable the extraction of metals critical to a global sustainability transition from areas that were previously inaccessible.

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Print publication year: 2023

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  • Introduction
  • Florian Rabitz, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
  • Book: Transformative Novel Technologies and Global Environmental Governance
  • Online publication: 24 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009352635.001
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  • Introduction
  • Florian Rabitz, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
  • Book: Transformative Novel Technologies and Global Environmental Governance
  • Online publication: 24 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009352635.001
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  • Introduction
  • Florian Rabitz, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
  • Book: Transformative Novel Technologies and Global Environmental Governance
  • Online publication: 24 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009352635.001
Available formats
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