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The Degrees Initiative is an NGO dedicated to putting the Global South at the centre of the solar radiation modification (SRM) conversation.

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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 · 19/12/2025
How do we bridge the gap between science and policy? By bringing researchers and decision-makers together. 🧠 Our new workshop report summarises discussions from the SRM governance simulation held in Bogotá. 🇨🇴 🌎 Read the full report here 👇 www.degrees.ngo/workshop-rep...
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Workshop report: Exploring emerging climate techniques in the Americas
Held in Cape Town in May, the Forum was the largest and most diverse gathering to date focused on solar radiation modification (SRM)
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 18/12/2025
📢We’re hiring! 🌍Join a fast-growing charity supporting Global-South-led research on solar radiation modification. Open remote roles: Finance, Policy (Africa), Events & Development. Apply by 1–5 Jan 2026 👉 www.degrees.ngo/careers/
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Careers
Are you interested in working with the Degrees Initiative to put the Global South at the centre of decision making on solar radiation modification? Take a look at our open positions below. Current ope...
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 16/12/2025
🌍 “African researchers are already contributing significant knowledge on climate change. We cannot afford decisions about our common future without their engagement.” Degrees researcher @adadeposh and EDF’s Angela Churie Kallhauge respond to the Guardian 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We must not stop research on solar geoengineering | Letters
Letters: Bryony Worthington says the media should not be pushing a western attitude to climate strategies to the detriment of African nations. Plus letters from Prof Hugh Hunt, Dr Portia Adade William...
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 15/12/2025
🌍The African Climate Intervention Research Hub has launched its new website! The Hub brings together scientists and institutions across the continent to advance research on SRM and climate governance. Explore their website 👉 www.climateresearchafrica.org
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African Climate Intervention Research (ACIR) Hub |
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 08/12/2025
📢We are hiring a Development Manager to help grow a fast-moving climate NGO empowering Global South researchers on SRM. £55–60k, full-time, remote (UK). Lead major donor relationships Grant writing, reporting, KPIs & CRM systems Apply here 👇 www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...
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Job Opportunity: Development Manager
The Degrees Initiative seeks a Development Manager to join a growing dynamic charity working on climate change and development.
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 05/12/2025
We are hiring an Events Manager to lead international events for a climate-research charity empowering Global South researchers. UK remote Full-time, permanent Plan & deliver global events Apply here 👉 www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...
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Job Opportunity: Events Manager
The Degrees Initiative seeks an Events Manager to join a growing dynamic charity working on climate change and development.
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 04/12/2025
We're recruiting a Policy Engagement Manager, Africa to strengthen African leadership in SRM policy discussions. Remote (UK or Africa), 18-month contract 10+ yrs climate policy/diplomacy needed Help guide a growing climate NGO Apply here 👉 www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...
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Job Opportunity: Policy Engagement Manager, Africa
The Degrees Initiative seeks a Policy Engagement Manager to join a growing dynamic charity working on climate change and development.
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 03/12/2025
We’re hiring a Finance Manager to support a fast-growing climate-research charity empowering Global South scientists. £50–60k, UK remote Full-time, permanent Lead financial ops, budgeting, reporting & audits Apply 👉 www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...
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Job Opportunity: Finance Manager
The Degrees Initiative seeks a Policy Engagement Assistant to join a growing, dynamic charity working on climate change and development.
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 28/11/2025
“Without inclusive governance, SRM risks becoming a tool of geopolitical imbalance…” Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa highlights the Degrees-funded researchers driving climate equity across the Global South. Watch the video here 👉 youtu.be/Q20PvSN1H2A?...
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SRM & Development: Estimating the Upside, Confronting the Limits
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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 Navigation Fund @navigation.org · 25/11/2025
We’re proud to support @degrees.ngo, ensuring developing countries have a voice in the conversation about sunlight reflection methods, a proposal for reducing climate impacts by reflecting a fraction of sunlight away from the Earth.
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 21/11/2025
As COP30 unfolds in Belém, the Amazon is at the centre of climate action. In a new Perspective for @srm360.bsky.social, our Director of Policy Engagement Marcos Regis da Silva outlines how informal conversations during COP30 could shape the future of SRM governance. srm360.org/perspective/...
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SRM360 | Spotlighting the Amazon Could Clarify SRM Research and Governance Questions
As the world gathers for COP30, Marcos Regis da Silva says it's time to ask whether solar geoengineering (SRM) could help protect the Amazon.
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 19/11/2025
📢We’re recruiting a Volunteer Trustee (Finance) 💼Accounting qualification required 💻Remote, ~3-4 hours/month 🌍Help guide a growing climate NGO Apply by 7 Dec 2025 👇 www.degrees.ngo/careers/volu...
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Job Opportunity: Volunteer Trustee with financial expertise
The Degrees Initiative seeks a Policy Engagement Assistant to join a growing, dynamic charity working on climate change and development.
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 14/11/2025
Cabo Verde begins its first SRM study through Degrees funding 👏 Dr Patrik Pina da Silva and his team will examine how SRM could affect extreme weather on Santiago Island 👉 youtu.be/sgoy7VoQuTw #CaboVerde #SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth
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SRM research in Cabo Verde: Understanding extreme weather risks
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 13/11/2025
The Republic of the Congo begins its first SRM study 👏 Roy Dorgeless Ngakala and his team will examine how SRM and global warming could affect local fisheries and the Congolese Upwelling System. 👉 youtu.be/RTvIq73zK_k #Congo #SRM #Oceans #GlobalSouth
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SRM research in the Republic of the Congo: Upwelling systems and coastal resilience
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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 2025Men discussing around a table during an SRM research workshop held in Nairobi. October 2025Man 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 · 07/11/2025
“Climate-intervention research will move forward somewhere. The choice is whether we help steer it or simply endure its outcomes.” - Degrees-funded researcher Kwesi A. Quagraine on the need for Africa to be at the table in climate engineering decisions 👉 www.graphic.com.gh/news/general...
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Dr. Kwesi Quagraine warns: ‘Africa must be at the table in climate engineering decisions’
Ghanaian climate scientist Dr. Kwesi Akumenyi Quagraine is leading Africa’s growing voice in one of the most controversial fields in modern climate science — deliberate human intervention in the Earth...
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 04/11/2025
☀️Celebrating 50 peer-reviewed papers from Degrees-funded scientists exploring how SRM could affect the world physically, socially & politically. From Mexico to Benin, researchers across the Global South are leading the way in SRM science & governance 👉https://www.degrees.ngo/50-paper-milestone/
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Degrees-funded scientists reach 50-paper milestone in solar geoengineering research
The papers, led by Global South experts across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, explore both the physical and social dimensions of how solar radiation modification (SRM) could affect their regions.
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The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering @sgdeliberation.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Read DSG’s latest post on the workshop we co-hosted this month in Latin America. The opportunity allowed government representatives to come together to engage in a multilateral negotiation simulation, aided by @degrees.ngo researchers from the region. bit.ly/435v2Nq
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Strengthening Regional Capacity on SRM Governance: Reflections from our Collaborative Workshop in Bogota
As part of a series of capacity-building events, DSG travelled to Bogotá to deliver a regional capacity-building workshop for Latin America and Caribbean government representatives on the governance o...
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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 · 22/10/2025
@newscientist.com reports on a survey showing many climate scientists expect large-scale efforts to block radiation from the sun by 2100. Incl. quotes from our CEO Andy Parker and funded researcher Ines Camilloni 👉 www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
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Exclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100
An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 14/10/2025
Could solar geoengineering help or harm the Amazon? Our Marcos Regis da Silva will be part of a live discussion of the topic on 28 October – sign up to watch the debate via @srm360.bsky.social: srm360.org/event/could-...
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Live Discussion: Could Solar Geoengineering Help or Harm the Amazon?
Join SRM360 for a live discussion on the Amazon, its decline, and what impacts solar geoengineering (SRM) could have on the rainforest.
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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 · 23/09/2025
📢 We're hiring for a Policy Engagement Manager, Asia. They will strengthen the voice of the Global South in discussions on solar geoengineering / SRM research and governance with relevance to Asia by connecting experts to policy processes. Apply by 19th October 2025: www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...
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Job Opportunity: Policy Engagement Manager, Asia
The Degrees Initiative seeks an Operations Officer to join a growing dynamic charity working on climate change and development.
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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...
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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 · 11/09/2025
“Africa must move from passive recipient to active leader in SRM research, governance and public engagement.” 🌍African scientists who started work on the topic through Degrees grants have delivered a bold and timely message in Nature: 🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02420-z
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 03/09/2025
Congratulations to our teams in Jamaica, Nigeria, Uganda and Mali, who have received extensions to their grants 👏 Their projects include the impact of solar radiation modification (SRM) on renewable energy, crop yields, rain-fed agriculture and droughts. Read more: www.degrees.ngo/continuation...
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Four more SRM modelling teams receive grant extensions
Teams from Jamaica, Nigeria, Mali and Uganda have been awarded more funding to continue their research for another two years.
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 21/08/2025
👏 Congratulations to Amadou Coulibaly, new Director of WASCALS's Climate Change & Agriculture Graduate Programme in Mali 🇲🇱 He leads a Degrees-funded SRM project on droughts in West Africa and is bringing this work into the classroom. Watch an interview with him below 📹 youtu.be/FpbEyW-2v-4
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Dr Amadou Coulibaly: Advancing SRM Research in Mali with Degrees
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 20/08/2025
Congratulations to the 14 Degrees-funded researchers who will help produce the next @ipcc.bsky.social climate report 👏They come from varied research backgrounds, and have added SRM studies to their work as the topic gains more interest around the world 🌍 Read more > www.degrees.ngo/ipcc-ar7-con...
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14 Degrees-funded researchers will help to produce the next IPCC climate report
Authors and Review Editors for the next major IPCC climate report include Global South experts who receive Degrees Initiative funding.
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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 · 05/08/2025
📢 We're hiring! Join Degrees as our new Policy Engagement Assistant—help strengthen Global South capacity and advance fairer, more inclusive governance of solar geoengineering. 🗓️Apply by 31 August 🌐 Remote (UK) 🔗 www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-opportu…
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Job Opportunity: Policy Engagement Assistant
The Degrees Initiative seeks a Policy Engagement Assistant to join a growing, dynamic charity working on climate change and development.
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 01/08/2025
The first paper from our Socio-Political fund teams has been published 👏 Maria Ines Carabajal and co from Argentina studied the response to a solar geoengineering stunt in Mexico, recommending ways forward for governance across the Latin American and Caribbean region: www.degrees.ngo/srm-mexico-g...
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Solar geoengineering stunt in Mexico prompts calls for governance discussions on controversial technology
A Degrees-funded team from Argentina analysed the response to an unauthorised small-scale deployment of solar geoengineering in Mexico in 2023, and recommend ways forward for governance across the Lat...
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 25/07/2025
🌍 In our latest newsletter, we reflect on the largest SRM gathering to date, #DGF2025 — key takeaways, featured content, and what’s next for the SRM field. 📬 Read the update here: mailchi.mp/degrees/degrees-update-b…
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 23/07/2025
🌡️ Extreme heat is one of the most dangerous climate risks. Could solar geoengineering help, or make things worse? Join @srm360.bsky.social for a live panel discussing this important topic. 📆 29 July - 14:00 UTC. 🔗 Register here: srm360.org/event/making...
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 21/07/2025
📣 Job opportunity - we're hiring for a Digital Communications Officer! 🧑‍💻 Love communicating complex topics and are handy with tools like Canva, Premiere Pro, LinkedIn and WordPress? Join us at the intersection of climate change and international development: www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...
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Job Opportunity: Digital Communications Officer
The Degrees Initiative seeks a Digital Communications Officer to join a growing, dynamic charity working on climate change and development.
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 18/07/2025
"We're broadening the tent, but we have more to do." - Rose Mutiso 🌍 Participants at the Degrees Global Forum 2025 reflected on widening the solar geoengineering debate, bringing in new voices, and the work ahead. Watch the video below👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGZw...
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Degrees Global Forum Reflections: Broadening the SRM Conversation
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 15/07/2025
🌍 #DGF2025 put the Global South at the centre of the SRM debate. Our partner @uclalawemmett.bsky.social ‬'s Prof. Ted Parson reflects on these landmark conversations in a new piece: legal-planet.org/2025/07/09/a-landm…
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A Landmark Geoengineering Conversation in the Global South
The UCLA Emmett Institute helps sponsor and organize the Degrees Global Forum, the largest event of its kind to date.
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 10/07/2025
The judges said of the piece: "A genuinely novel point of view on a broad topic that goes beyond research and recommends urgent policy action. The article is well grounded in the legal and regulatory facts — an Op-Ed that could make a difference." www.absw.org.uk/pages/meet-t...
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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 · 27/06/2025
Is geoengineering research becoming more mainstream? @newscientist.com investigated, incl. our CEO Andy Parker: “We’ve got no position on whether SRM is ever used or not. But we do think that developing countries need an informed voice to do their own research.” www.newscientist.com/article/2483...
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Why geoengineering is no longer a complete taboo for scientists
Geoengineering comes in many forms and the risks and potential benefits vary widely. But many researchers now feel it’s time to investigate this controversial idea
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 26/06/2025
Last week, our @jreynolds.org .org presented at a meeting of the @belmontforum.bsky.social, where we have just become an observer member. We look forward to working with the Forum to advance its mission of accelerating environmental change research 🤝 belmontforum.org
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 19/06/2025
🎧 Listen to the latest Cleaning Up Podcast - recorded at #DGF2025! Bryony Worthington interviewed Thelma Krug about all things climate - including solar geoengineering and how research is crucial, especially in the Global South 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTJD...
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Deforestation, Oil & Aviation Fuels: A Brazilian Take on the Climate Emergency | Ep213: Thelma Krug
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The Degrees Initiative @degrees.ngo · 18/06/2025
It's been one month since the Degrees Global Forum - what were your takeaways? Watch our wrap-up video to relive some of the best moments 👇 #DGF2025 youtu.be/0HtDByWMyjY
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Degrees Global Forum 2025
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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 · 30/05/2025
Congratulations Bob Alex Ogwang, Alex Nimusiima and team for their paper 'Implications of Solar Radiation Modification on Rainfall and Temperature Patterns over Eastern Africa'. It also marks the 40th published paper supported by our modelling fund! 🥳 www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/16...
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