Archive - Plan A+

Announcing our new organization SRM360.org

SRM360 is a nonprofit knowledge hub that aims to support an informed discussion of sunlight reflection methods (SRM)

Nov 26, 2024 •

April 2024

What values do SRM researchers share?

I've been reflecting on the values and motivations that underpin my work on Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) thanks to some recent interviews, and I…

Apr 10, 2024 •

How cloud brightening might save the Great Barrier Reef

In this guest post, Olivia Baillie, a master’s student who took my Solar Radiation Modification course at UCL explains the potential of Marine Cloud…

Apr 2, 2024 •

March 2024

Thinking fast and slow about SRM

Psychologists have shown that we often react first and think second. What shapes our initial reactions to Solar Radiation Management (SRM) and how can…

Mar 26, 2024 •

When is ignorance the best strategy?

Some researchers claim that we know enough to know that Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) is a bad idea and that research into it should be ended. So…

Mar 20, 2024 •

Landmark study shows the Global South is more supportive of SRM geoengineering

In a landmark study out today, Baum et al. finds that the public in the Global South are more supportive of Solar Radiation Management (SRM) research…

Mar 7, 2024 •

February 2024

Interview about SRM geoengineering on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science

With the UN Environment Assembly considering a proposal to set up an expert group on Solar Radiation Management (SRM), BBC Radio 4 wanted to record a…

Feb 29, 2024 •

Can we ‘turn down the sun’ to save our collapsing fisheries?

In this guest post, Francesca Young, a master's student at UCL, explores the potential and limits of Solar Radiation Management as a means of addressing…

Feb 28, 2024 •

January 2024

The Limitarian and Cornucopian visions for the future

Environmentalists are deeply divided on how best to respond to our various environmental problems and on whether technology and economic growth are the…

Jan 28, 2024 •

December 2023

Why dimming the Sun would be an effective tool in the fight against climate change

My new article in The Conversation explains why stratospheric aerosol geoengineering would work so well at offsetting the impacts of climate change.

Dec 7, 2023 •

October 2023

A Panel Discussion on the Science of SRM

Resources for the Future hosted a series of panel discussions focused on the social science issues that Solar Radiation Management (SRM) raises, with an…

Oct 12, 2023 •

September 2023

Climate Overshoot and the CARE agenda

The Climate Overshoot Commission's report on reducing the risks of climate overshoot is out and their proposal for a CARE agenda for climate change is…

Sep 30, 2023 •

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