Solar geoengineering is a set of controversial emerging technologies that seek to cool the planet by reflecting sunlight. These technologies may be able to reduce the worst impacts of climate change b...

This event brings local climate researchers and the San Diego community together for an honest, science-grounded conversation about solar geoengineering— an…

This white paper presents a case study exploring how governance principles can be put into practice during SRM research, specifically in the context of a project to create an accessible, global datase...

Experts weigh in on whether "climate stabilisation" could be helpful or troublesome as a framing for solar geoengineering approaches.

Should community engagement be understood as infrastructure rather than an activity? DSG’s Whitney Peterson and Hassaan Sipra reflect on contrasting experiences they’ve had in the last few months that...

A cross-sector dialogue explored how institutions build readiness under uncertainty, revealing shared governance challenges across emerging technologies and highlighting practical lessons for strength...

Understanding the potential impacts of SRM on Sub-Saharan Africa. A request for funding proposals.

Climate change is increasingly framed as a security issue by actors ranging from defense institutions to international organizations and academic communities. Yet, rather than producing a unified unde...

The expanding roles of Global South countries in solar radiation modification diplomacy: indicators, cases, and equitable pathways forward, Dove, Zachary, Carabajal, María Inés, Guivant, Julia S, Sipr...

Events on solar geoengineering hosted by the Climate Systems Engineering initiative and Co-CREATE highlight a divide within the field.

A lot has already been said about Stardust, across media, within SRM research community, and among people thinking seriously about what the future of climate governance might look like. We wanted to t...

Join us in the upcoming Safe Landing Climates (SLC) and Research on Climate Intervention WCRP Lighthouse webinar:

Stardust Solutions says its tiny spheres can reflect the sun’s rays without harming people or the environment. Critics say private companies have no business altering Earth’s atmosphere.

At the Climate Intervention Network's 2025 convening, Burgess Langshaw Power discusses his transition from working in the Canadian government to pursuing a PhD in climate intervention governance. Learn more about the Climate Intervention Network and join: https://www.sgdeliberation.org/our-wo... Read more about DSG's work: https://www.sgdeliberation.org/ Videographer: Ainu Kyrönseppä, Operaatio Arktis Editor and Interviewer: Lexi Wright, DSG

DSG has responded to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change's call for input on climate-related technologies and human rights. Given our work and expertise, we have limited our submission to a fo...

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This Report has been undertaken at the Bioethics Program, FLACSO Argentina in collaboration with international researchers. This three part-Report aims to provide a clear overview of the current ethic...

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As DSG’s cross-sector comparison series continues we examine the parallels between carbon dioxide removal and solar geoengineering, highlighting how, in both cases, governance has struggled to keep pa...

Last week, Stardust Solutions — the most well-resourced private company developing SRM technology — publicly released a set of self-authored "Guiding Principles" and a proposed safety and controllabil...

As part of a series of cross-sector comparisons, DSG considers the parallels between gene editing, a field that experienced rapid innovation without substantial oversight, and solar geoengineering.

At the Climate Intervention Network's 2025 convening, Cody Skahan, a trained anthropologist, shares about his journey toward the field and the ARIA-funded project him and fellow CIN members are working on. Learn more about the Climate Intervention Network and join: https://www.sgdeliberation.org/our-wo... Read more about DSG's work: https://www.sgdeliberation.org/ Videographer: Ainu Kyrönseppä, Operaatio Arktis Editor and Interviewer: Lexi Wright, DSG

SRM is often described as unprecedented—and in many ways, it is. But across many high-stakes technologies, a familiar pattern emerges: capability advancing faster than governance systems are prepared ...

March 25-26, 2026 LocationThe University of Texas Institute for Geophysics — J.J. Pickle Research Campus 10601 Exploration Way, Bldg. 196 (ROC) Austin, TX 78758-4445 Agenda Abstracts About the 2026 So...

The solar geoengineering conversation is likely to grow quickly over the next few years, and this expansion is happening at a time when international governance is under extraordinary strain. Against ...

At the Climate Intervention Network's 2025 convening, Alistair Duffey shares details about how he decided to pursue a PhD in climate intervention and what he's learned in the process. Learn more about the Climate Intervention Network and join: https://www.sgdeliberation.org/our-wo... Read more about DSG's work: https://www.sgdeliberation.org/ Videographer: Ainu Kyrönseppä Editor and Interviewer: Lexi Wright

DSG's 2025 Impact Report highlights strides made to involve and center civil society and international policy actors in an SRM conversation built on transparency, accountability, and legitimacy. Over ...

At the Climate Intervention Network's 2025 convening, Julieta Nasi shares her journey toward the field and how her work on public perception generates key insights for Latin America. Learn more about the Climate Intervention Network and join: https://www.sgdeliberation.org/our-wo... Read more about DSG's work: https://www.sgdeliberation.org/

Nonprofits and think tanks are creating a governance platform that could bring consistency and oversight to projects that reflect sunlight away from the

The conditions that make SRM potentially attractive as a climate response are precisely those that make its cooperative governance challenging. DSG Fellow Sofia Kabbej applies a geopolitics and securi...

At the Climate Intervention Network's 2025 convening, Tolulope Emmanuel Adeliyi described the impact of his work analyzing temperature and precipitation patterns in the Afro-Asian monsoon region under solar geoengineering scenarios. Learn more about the Climate Intervention Network and join: https://www.sgdeliberation.org/our-wo... Read more about DSG's work: https://www.sgdeliberation.org/

Last summer, the Young Leaders in Ocean Governance Program convened for the first time. This program, founded and run by Ela Gökçiğdem, aims to equip young leaders in coastal communities with the mult...

Working on a topic as global as solar geoengineering can feel colossal and abstract. Lexi Wright reflects on how pairing it with local, tangible climate work helps illuminate what’s important and how ...