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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 24/12/2025

As we close out the year, The Degrees Initiative will be closed for the holidays from 25 December to 1 January. 🎉 The Degrees team, along with our beloved furry friends 🐾 wish you a joyful and restful holiday season, and a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year.

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 19/12/2025

⭐ 2025 was an incredible year for the Degrees Initiative! 🌍Researchers recognised globally, 50+ SRM papers published, 5 new countries funded, hosted largest SRM forum in Cape Town, and much more... Here's to 2026! Read more about our 2025 highlights 👉 www.degrees.ngo/2025-in-revi...

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 27/11/2025

LAC researchers and policymakers gathered in Bogotá for an SRM governance simulation hosted by IDEAM with IAI, @sgdeliberation.bsky.social & Degrees. The workshop built capacity, connected science and policy, and highlighted regional coordination needs. Read more 👉 www.degrees.ngo/researchers-...

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 12/11/2025

Morocco receives Degrees funding for its first SRM study 👏 Alongside his team, Dr Victor Ongoma will assess how SRM might affect heat and rainfall extremes across North Africa 👉 youtu.be/Wf0B-mAfiik #Morocco #SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 11/11/2025

Jordan launches its first SRM project with Degrees funding 👏 Prof. Jawad Al-Bakri and team will explore how SRM could influence crop productivity and water-scarce agriculture in arid conditions 👉 youtu.be/K_0RxIoug5E #Jordan #SRM #ClimateScience #GlobalSouth

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 10/11/2025

We’ve funded four new research teams from Cabo Verde, Jordan, Morocco and the Republic of the Congo to conduct their country’s first-ever SRM study 👏 Read more 👇 www.degrees.ngo/four-new-cou... Watch this space for more details on each project in the coming days. #SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth

Men discussing around a table during an SRM research workshop held in Nairobi. October 2025

Man giving a speech using a microphone. Other workshop participants gather around him to listen. Taken during the SRM research workshop held in Nairobi, October 2025.

Group photo taken during the workshop using a selfie-stick on a rooftop in Nairobi. October 2025

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 31/10/2025

For the first time, Degrees-funded modelling & social science teams met in Bogotá, CO to explore SRM science & governance in the LAC region, marking a key step toward collaborative, holistic SRM research. www.degrees.ngo/second-lac-w...

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 08/10/2025

🌍 The Degrees Global Forum report is out! 300 people from 49 countries made this the biggest SRM event to date. Swipe for highlights and download the report below: www.degrees.ngo/wp-content/u... #DGF2025 #Solargeoengineering

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 25/09/2025

Another well-deserved success: Degrees researcher Dr Frederic Bonou has won the 2025 Africa Award for Research Excellence in Earth or Ocean Sciences from the American Geophysical Union 👏 🌍 > www.agu.org/honors/afric...

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 19/09/2025

Congratulations to Romaric C. Odoulami on being named one of @forbes.com's Sustainability Leaders 2025! 👏 🌱 He has co-led 3 Degrees Modelling Fund projects, secured $1.5 million from @simonsfoundation.org, and co-launched the African Climate Intervention Research Hub. www.forbes.com/sites/elisab...

Romaric Odoulami
Researcher, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Geoengineering has become a controversial idea, but Dr. Romaric Odoulami is studying the intricate science behind how it would work. He leads an Africa-wide collaboration of scientists studying the effects of these proposed techniques on the continent's weather patterns, the largest research effort of its kind in the Global South. Supported by a $1.5-million fund from the Simons Foundation International, Odoulami uses computer models to study how different particles would disperse into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and cool the earth, a method called Solar Radiation Management. But this could also have unintended consequences such as drought, which would harm crop production and food security. In May 2025, Benin-born Odoulami co-launched the African Climate Intervention Research Hub to support climate research across the continent.

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 08/08/2025

👏 Congratulations to Helene Muri on her election to Norway’s Academy of Technological Sciences! She’s volunteered with Degrees since 2018—supporting Global South modelling teams and reviewing proposals. Grateful for her ongoing support! ntva.no/aktuelt/nyhetsbrev/nye-medl…

Helene working with Degrees-funded scientists at our first-ever research planning workshop in Trieste, Italy - 2018

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 10/07/2025

🥳 Huge congratulations to Degrees' Chair Oliver Morton (@eaterofsun.bsky.social)‬ for winning the @absw.bsky.social award for Opinion Piece or Editorial of the Year for his article 'A place to talk about cooling the Earth' in @economist.com: www.economist.com/the-world-ah...

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 17/06/2025

Shaping the future of SRM research for a shared future—A few highlights from yesterday’s event that we co-organised with Reflective on the sidelines of TED Countdown, Nairobi 🌍

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 15/05/2025

"If we're going to continue engaging with SRM seriously, then how we engage with people - outside this room, past our disciplines, and beyond our datasets – matters just as much as what we're researching." Trisha Patel - Inaugural Saleemul Huq prize winner, closing #DGF2025 🌍

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 15/05/2025

Matthew Henr discussing cutting-edge science at #DGF2025 session on the cryosphere. Experts explored strategies to cool the Arctic—from marine cloud brightening and cloud seeding to ice sheet interventions. 🧊

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 15/05/2025

Great energy in yesterday's #DGF2025 session discussing SRM experiments. Lively World Cafe style conversations explored hypothetical case studies from SAI to sea-ice thickening—unpacking the science, governance, and regional realities.

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 14/05/2025

"In sustainable development, one thing I've learnt is that there is this kind of dance between evidence, people and political systems. I think managing that balance is something that SRM can learn from development."—Rose Mutiso #DGF2025 🌍

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 13/05/2025

Great conversations brewing at the first poster session today at #DGF2025 >>> two more to come!

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 13/05/2025

Portia Adade Williams—"Funding drives our research agenda and our ability to respond to challenges. But 78% of funding from 1990-2020 on climate change in Africa went to institutions in the Global North. We need to fund local research." #DGF2025

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 12/05/2025

Let’s go! 🚀 #DGF2025 kicking off today in Cape Town—the world’s largest-ever forum on solar radiation modification and the first held in Africa. Over 330 participants from 30+ countries are here to shape the global conversation on the science, equity, and governance of SRM.

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 14/04/2025

First up, we can share that Pascal Lamy, Chair of the Climate Overshoot Commission and former Director-General of the World Trade Organization, will be joining previously announced speakers Hina Rabbani Khar and Thelma Krug for the opening plenary

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 09/04/2025

Degrees at #ICSHMO2025 >>> Michelle Reboita, Babatunde Abiodun & Chris Lennard joined global experts in Cape Town to share insights on climate change and SRM. 💡Highlight: a session on Climate Intervention chaired by Babatunde Abiodun!

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 04/04/2025

Heading to Cape Town for #DGF2025? We're looking forward to it, and we hope you are too 🌍 Check out our Top 7 Travel Tips to make the most of your trip! 📌 Watch the short video guide below:

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 28/03/2025

🤔 Who decides if, when, or how solar radiation modification is used? Join experts at #DGF2025 as they unpack the ethics, governance and security risks and explore what meaningful engagement looks like in this complex field.

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 14/03/2025

Exciting news from Ghana! 🌍 Last week, our Policy Engagement Manager, Anita Nzeh, met with Hon. Seidu Issifu, Ghana’s first-ever Minister for Climate Change & Sustainability. She congratulated him on his historic appointment and told him about the upcoming Degrees Global Forum on SRM in Cape T

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 11/03/2025

☀️Join us in Cape Town in May for the Degrees Global Forum 2025 - the largest SRM conference to date and the first to be held in the Global South!

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 06/03/2025

Degrees on tour! To discuss the next steps for building an SRM research community in Africa, Degrees founder Andy Parker joined our researchers Kwesi Quagraine (Ghana) and Chris Lennard (South Africa), plus collaborator Simone Tilmes at @NCAR_Science this week 🌍

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 05/03/2025

📣 Speaker announcement! Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar will be joining us at #DGF2025. Register now to hear from her and a wide range of speakers in Cape Town, 12-16 May --> degreesglobalforum.org/registration/

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 26/02/2025

📣 Speaker announcement! Former IPCC Vice-Chair Thelma Krug will be joining us at #DGF2025. Register now to meet her and many more SRM experts in Cape Town, 12-16 May --> degreesglobalforum.org/registration/

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 19/02/2025

How might solar radiation modification physically affect our planet? Come discuss with experts at #DGF2025 as they examine impacts locally, globally, and on atmospheric chemistry, the cryosphere & more. Register now degreesglobalforum.org + stay tuned for social themes!

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 14/02/2025

⏰Last chance! The early-bird discount for the 2025 Degrees Global Forum expires TOMORROW—save up to $200! Join experts in Cape Town for the largest SRM conference to date on solar radiation modification. Register now >>> degreesglobalforum.org/registration/

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 10/02/2025

⏳ Time is running out to save up to $200 on 2025 Degrees Global Forum tickets, the largest SRM conference to date. Join experts in Cape Town to tackle SRM’s scientific, social & political dimensions. Register before the early-bird discount ends 15 Feb! degreesglobalforum.org/registration

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 05/02/2025

Congratulations to Frédéric Bonou! 🎉 Not only is he leading a Degrees-funded team in Benin researching SRM's impact on sea level in the Gulf of Guinea, but he's just been named Lead Author for the IPCC Report on Climate Change & Cities, Chapter 5! 🌍

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 28/01/2025

Prof. Babatunde Abiodun leads a Degrees-funded research team in South Africa and manages to find time to volunteer as a research collaborator. Thank you for being part of our journey Babatunde!

Picture of Babatunde with a quote that reads: "Some organisations fund SRM research to achieve their own goals or tick boxes. Not the Degrees Initiative; they have actually come to help us build our capacity and bring out our voice in the SRM conversation."

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 21/01/2025

👏 Congratulations to Prof. Nana Ama Browne Klutse on becoming CEO of Ghana's Environmental Protection Agency! From researching SRM's effects on the Harmattan with Degrees funding in 2023 to being appointed an IPCC Vice-Chair last year — she has gone from one success to another!

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 24/12/2024

🎄 The Degrees Initiative is closed for the holidays - Dec 25 to Jan 1, 2025.  🎉 Our team and their furry friends wish everyone a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous New Year!

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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 17/12/2024

📢 The Degrees Global Forum 2025 submission deadline has been extended to 22 December! Don't miss the chance to share your insights on solar radiation modification with a talk, poster, or parallel session. Submit today! ✏️ degreesglobalforum.org/call-for-sub...

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