Recent releases and perspectives from silverlining
Research to better predict climate and catastrophic extremes and changes is of enormous value. Starting from an incredibly low base of knowledge, better understanding of potential rapid responses to arrest or reduce warming is essential.
Climate-related headlines have become so common that I fear we may start to normalize the terrible news. For some of us, these extreme conditions are nerve-wracking and inconvenient, but for others, especially vulnerable populations in communities of color, they can be devastating.
The study of governance of large scale interventions in the climate system (or, “geoengineering”) will become increasingly important as we gain a better understanding of its promises and risks
The absence of sufficient mechanisms for science-based decision-making for climate intervention (geoengineering) poses risks to safety in both climate change and climate response.
The Democratic members of this committee took a significant, positive step in support of research necessary to ensure safety in the face of rapid climate change.
We applaud Congressman Jerry McNerney for his leadership and focus on the need for research to help us understand atmospheric climate interventions and their governance.
In 2019, the United Nations Montreal Protocol Scientific Assessment Panel passed a resolution to include “solar radiation management research” in its next Ozone Assessment report evaluating potential risks to the ozone layer.