Exploring the Stakeholder’s Perceptions of Solar Geoengineering in Developing Countries
This working paper reviews results from a survey administered to Nigerian, Kenyan, and Pakistani participants about their perceptions and opinions about climate change and solar geoengineering.
Abstract
The idea of solar geoengineering (SG) remains an elusive one, particularly in several of those developing countries that are most affected by climate change (CC). This knowledge gap can be addressed by identifying the perception of CC and then introducing and soliciting feedback on SG from a select group of developing countries. Building upon an earlier attempt to achieve these aims, a new group of three developing countries in the Global South (Pakistan, Nigeria, and Kenya) was selected to examine their perspective via more than 1,000 responses. Descriptive and inferential results indicate significant differences within the Global South on awareness of CC, SG, and deployment of sulfate aerosols as a measure to delay the harshest effects of CC.
Authors
Athar Hussain
COMSATS University Islamabad
Hassaan Fayyaz Khan Sipra
COMSATS University Islamabad
Abdul Waheed
COMSATS University Islamabad.
Kingsley Eghonghon Ukhurebor
Edo State University
