Is this Guardian article below, based on the Royal Society work? Link goes to where I found it: https://www.ethicalmarkets.com/solar-geoengineering-in-wrong-hands-could-wreak-climate-havoc-scientists-warn/
Hope this is appropriate for this group, Brian - On Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 10:35:57 AM UTC-5 Renaud de RICHTER wrote: > *Solar radiation modification: Policy briefing* > > https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/solar-radiation-modification/ > > > https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/solar-radiation-modification/summary-briefing/ > > https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/projects/solar-radiation-modification/solar-radiation-modification-policy-briefing.pdf > 112 > pages > Issued: October 2025 DES9201_1 > ISBN: 978-1-78252-803-6 > © The Royal Society > > *Contents* > Abbreviations 5 > Executive summary 6 > Chapter 1: What is Solar Radiation Modification and why is it of current > interest? 10 > 1.1 Climate interventions 13 > 1.2 Briefing focus 14 > 1.3 Introduction to SRM techniques 15 > 1.4 Synopsis 16 > Chapter 2: SRM basic science and scenarios 18 > 2.1 The basic science of SRM 18 > 2.2 Idealised scenarios of SRM deployment 19 > Chapter 3: What are the different SRM techniques? 26 > 3.1 Main SRM techniques 26 > 3.2 Other SRM techniques 36 > 3.3 Estimated costs of different SRM techniques 38 > Chapter 4: How accurately can we understand the effects of SRM? 40 > 4.1 Stratospheric Aerosol Injection 40 > 4.2 Marine cloud brightening 44 > Chapter 5: How effective could SRM techniques be at cooling the planet, > and in what timeframes? 48 > 5.1 Effective radiative forcing due to SRM 48 > 5.2 Impact of SRM on surface temperature 51 > 5.3 Detectability of the effects of SRM 52 > 5.4 Effects of cessation of SRM 56 > Chapter 6: What are the key risks and effects on regional climate from the > use of SRM? 59 > 6.1 Regional temperature 59 > 6.2 Regional precipitation 64 > 6.3 Stratospheric ozone 70 > 6.4 Modes of variability 71 > 6.5 Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation 74 > 6.6 Sea level rise 75 > Chapter 7: What are the risks of SRM on components of the Earth System, > relative to the risks of climate change without SRM? 79 > 7.1. Introduction 79 > 7.2 The terrestrial biosphere 79 > 7.2.1 Global Net Primary Productivity 79 > 7.2.3 Crops 83 > 7.2.4 Wildfires 84 > 7.3 The marine biosphere 85 > 7.4 The cryosphere 87 > Chapter 8: An overview of SRM governance – recent developments, > governance principles, and practical challenges 90 > 8.1 International and domestic governance efforts 91 > 8.2 Voluntary research governance principles 92 > 8.3 Overview of SRM field experiments 95 > 8.4 Research governance challenges for project teams and institutions 98 > 8.5 International governance challenges 99 > 8.6 Governance conclusions 101 > Conclusions 102 > Annexes 104 > CONTENTS > 4 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/fa680dac-73a8-4391-9add-7346325b79fdn%40googlegroups.com.
