Nature-based and geo-engineering climate mitigation technologies: Public acceptance and security prospects.

ABSTRACT: Climate change requires mitigation approaches, from nature-based to experimental geoengineering. We examined public attitudes toward six strategies-reforestation in previously forested areas, afforestation in new terrains, direct CO₂ capture with underground storage, biomass energy with CO₂ capture, stratospheric sulfate aerosols, and orbital mirrors-via a representative Czech survey (N = 3,007). Binary logistic regressions reveal how age, education, employment, and residence shape perceptions of efficacy, risks, and ethics. Results show strong favor for reforestation and afforestation due to ecological benefits and long-term promise; sulfate aerosols and orbital mirrors face skepticism. Surprisingly, participants with only primary education showed greater open

SUBMITTER: Hynek N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12019288 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature