In the Media
recent media coverage
April 22, 2025: “Why African Leadership Matters in Geoengineering” (Project Syndicate)
April 8, 2025: “Solar geoengineering moves into the spotlight as climate concerns grow” (ScienceNews)
March 17, 2025: “How One Company Wants to Make Geoengineering Profitable” (Undark Magazine)
February 17, 2025: “Finding Safe Ways to Explore Solar Geoengineering” (LinkedIn Op-ed with Jigar Shah)
December 25, 2024: “TERI-Led Workshop on Solar Radiation Management: Advancing Research, Governance, and Collaboration” (Solar Quarter)
December 20, 2024: “Scientists Deliberate On The Research Gaps In Understanding Impacts Of Solar Geoengineering” (Krishak Jagat)
Decemer 16, 2024: “CUI hosts stakeholders engagement meeting on SRM” (The Nation)
December 10, 2024: “Europe urges global treaty on limiting sunlight. Trump could block it.” (E&E News by Politico)
November 26, 2024: “The Importance of Transparent, Unbiased Communication on SRM” (SRM360)
November 17, 2024: “This company wants to cool the planet one balloon at a time. Some scientists aren’t buying it” (CBC)
November 15, 2024: “Empowering Pakistan’s Youth For An Informed Future On Solar Radiation Management” (The Friday Times)
November 11, 2024: “The justice and governance of solar geoengineering: Charting the path at COP29 and beyond” (Africa Policy Research Institute)
November 11, 2024: “Solar Radiation Modification: A Conversation on Governance and Research” (IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin)
September 4, 2024: “Operaatio Arktis: Interview with Clara Botto, 2024” (Operaatio Arktis)
August 1, 2024: “This Scientist Has a Risky Plan to Cool Earth. There’s Growing Interest.” by David Gelles (NY Times)
Recent Podcasts & Interviews
Q&A with Shuchi Talati: Considering uncertainties in solar geoengineering
“Thus far, SRM research and governance discussions have been limited to a small set of actors on different ends of the advocacy spectrum, with little input or engagement from climate vulnerable countries and communities. I decided to form DSG to work towards changing that norm and to build inclusive governance frameworks where decisions—whether to use SRM or limit it—will be globally impactful.”
Impactful Policies for our Planet with Clara Botto
AGU TV was joined by Clara Botto, a passionate advocate for ethical climate intervention and a member of AGU’s Early Career Advisory Board. With her dedication to science communication and youth engagement, Clara is helping shape policies that prioritize innovation, inclusion, and impactful solutions for our planet.
NPR Up First: The Sunday Story: Startups want to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight
“(Solar geoengineering) can be done in an effective, globally governed way, or it could be done by two crazy people in California, and it can look horrible for a lot of people.”
Challenging Climate: Shuchi Talati on ethics and governance of solar geoengineering
“The Global South is not a homogenous body — it’s extremely heterogenous, and there are going to be diverse opinions within every community, every country, and every region. And I’m sure those views will sit along a spectrum, in a similar way as they have in the U.S. and in Europe. And I think we just don’t know what those (views) are yet, and they’re not going to look the same, they’re not going to ask the same questions, and I think that’s the most interesting part. What I really want to do with this organization is not build any of that advocacy, but to say that the process should be different to arrive at any conclusion that we come to with solar geoengineering.
The Economist’s Babbage Podcast: Is it time to consider giving the planet some sunblock?
“The kind of emissions reductions promised in the COP28 agreement will not suffice to meet the most ambitious climate goals. So other plans to slow the warming are coming to the fore. Solar geoengineering—modifying the amount of Earth’s incoming sunlight—is a once-fringe idea that is at last being taken seriously. It is a strategy with considerable promise, and considerable potential risks.”
the dsg launch – April 17, 2023
Take a look at our launch press release and the first newsletter.
April 22, 2023: CBS Morning segment on geoengineering
April 19, 2023: inclusion in the Net Zero Newsletter, one good quote by Tim McDonnell (Semafor)
April 17, 2023: “Geoengineering group debuts, focused on developing world” by Andrew Freedman (Axios Generate Newsletter)
April 17, 2023: “Former DOE official launches solar geoengineering group” by Corbin Hiar (E&E News, Climatewire)
April 17, 2023: “This technology could alter the entire planet. These groups want every nation to have a say.” by James Temple (MIT Technology Review)
recent events & talks
May 21, 2024: The Institute for Science & Policy hosted a session
exploring solar geoengineering approaches and the latest deliberations around research, governance, impacts, and more.
September 2023: The UN Science Summit had a hybrid session featuring DSG founder Shuchi Talati exploring the governance gaps around solar geoengineering, organized by UNESCO, TERI, The Degrees Initaitive, and C2G.
September 2023: Resources for the Future hosted “Solar Geoengineering Futures: Interdisciplinary Research to Inform Decisionmaking.” As part of the event, Hassaan Sipra and Shuchi Talati participated in a panel on “Capacity Building for Competent, Just, and Inclusive Decisionmaking.”
April 19, 2023: “Is Solar Geoengineering a Viable Tool in the Climate Policy Arsenal?” Speakers include Stacy-Ann Robinson, Michael Mann, Shuchi Talati, and Michael Weisberg. Hosted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, The Penn Center for Science Sustainability, & the Media, and Perry World House
March 2023: Dr. Shuchi Talati recently participated at SXSW on a panel about solar geoengineering. Listen to a recording here.
December 2022: As a Visiting Scholar at the Kleinman Center on Energy Policy, Dr. Shuchi Talati gave a lecture on the intersections of justice with solar geoengineering and carbon dioxide removal.
Upcoming Events
Stay tuned for upcoming events here!