The RS report was meant to come out months ago. I suspect this is a leak / real link to it? The report should be out soon, but from what i have heard the title seems appropriate to what i believe their thoughts are
A. ( at a WMO conference India discussing this) On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 at 16:29, Brian Cady <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/fa680dac-73a8-4391-9add-7346325b79fdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAApjBt095tsfZcOLVnJvRWBAjmC2SAWgA2ASjpAt8GsE54hKyA%40mail.gmail.com.
