Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem political solutions have so far had little impact some scientists are now advocating the so called plan b a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by reflecting more sunlight back to space creating a thermostat in the sky in this book mike hulme argues against this kind of hubristic techno fix. Drawing upon a distinguished career studying the science politics and ethics of climate change he shows why using science to fix the global climate is undesirable ungovernable and unattainable science and technology should instead serve the more pragmatic goals of increasing societal resilience to weather risks improving regional air quality and driving forward an energy technology transition. Can science fix climate change a case against climate engineering new human frontiers by mike hulme 2014 06 03 books amazonca. Can science fix climate change a case against climate engineering description climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem political solutions have so far had little impact some scientists are now advocating the so called plan b a more direct way of reducing the rate of future. Can science fix climate change a case against climate engineering new human frontiers