IB ESS HL 6.3.11 (HL)—Geoengineering Question Bank

• Geoengineering is a mitigation strategy for climate change, treating the symptom not the cause

• Geoengineering is a deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system, including but not limited to measures such as space mirrors, ocean fertilization

• However, it has disadvantages, such as potential high costs, uncertainty of impacts, political hesitancy, lack of convincing trials and the potential for geopolitical conflict

• Consider: arguments for and against the potential of geoengineering