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Quarterly Review I (part 3): marine geoengineering – ongoing and planned open-ocean trials and recent developments in research
By Anja Chalmin The third and final part of this quarterly review provides an overview of planned greenhouse gas removal (GGR) projects and outdoor trials affecting the marine environment. The new year has seen an increase in the number of planned marine...
Quarterly Review I (part 2): Solar radiation management – new field trials, research projects and funding – and growing opposition
By Anja Chalmin Part two of this first quarterly review 2022 looks at new plans and funding for solar radiation management (SRM) field trials and research activities - and there are even ideas that stretch into space. Currently, five SRM field...
Quarterly Review I (part 1): Weather modification – current developments and lessons learned after 70 years of deployment
By Anja Chalmin The new year has begun with new geoengineering approaches, plans, research activities and funding spanning all natural environments - land, sea and air - and there are even ideas that stretch into space. Regardless of the natural environment in which...
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High-risk geoengineering technologies won’t reverse climate breakdown
Climeworks’ Orca plant, the world’s largest direct air capture and CO2 storage plant, in Hellisheiði, Iceland (Photo: @Climeworks) Originally published by Climate Home News on 01/03/2022 By Linda Schneider Stronger than ever before, the...
QUARTERLY REVIEW #3: Biomass developments in 2021
Photo Credit: Statkraft By Anja Chalmin 3,000 miles of CO2 pipelines to be built and other updates on capturing carbon using plant biomass The second part of the report presents developments, projects and funding programmes aimed at capturing carbon using plant...
QUARTERLY REVIEW #3: DAC & CCUS developments in 2021
By Anja Chalmin This report presents the latest developments in geoengineering technologies, projects and funding programs worldwide in recent months. The report’s findings show an increasing interest in capturing CO2 (carbon dioxide) from ambient air and...
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Withdrawn resolution on solar geoengineering at UNEA-6 is a “victory for common sense”, says HOME! Alliance
Nairobi, Kenya – In the early hours of this morning at the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) a resolution on solar geoengineering was withdrawn. Numerous African countries, along with many others from the Global South, advocated...
Briefing for UNEA6 Delegates on Solar Radiation Modification
As the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) kicks off in Nairobi, Kenya, the Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance and allies have published a new briefing for delegates on what is set to be a hotly-debated topic at the Assembly:...
Geoengineering explodes at COP 28 but Article 6 remains undecided
More than at any other prior COP, geoengineering has featured prominently at COP28. There were more than 40 side events on marine geoengineering, especially marine carbon dioxide removal techniques like enhanced ocean alkalinity. These technologies are a dangerous...