The profound implications of research and potential deployment of climate geoengineering approaches compel
urgent attention to
public participation at all stages of decision - making, from framing
issues to evaluating options and scenarios, setting priorities, codifying decisions, and implementing
policies and programs.
This is an especially
urgent challenge for
policy - makers today, because a report
issued just this month shows that for the first time, a majority of
public school children come from low - income families.