The article critiques solar geoengineering as a flawed response to climate change, equating it to treating symptoms rather than addressing root causes. It highlights a significant increase in funding, particularly from private sectors, and warns of governance challenges. The UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency's involvement raises alarms, indicating a shift towards potentially dangerous outdoor experiments. Critics stress the importance of focusing on achieving net-zero carbon emissions instead, cautioning against reliance on geoengineering technology that could perpetuate harm to the climate system.
Solar geoengineering represents a potential 'fix' to climate change that is more akin to treating symptoms than addressing the root causes of a broken climate.
The reliance on solar geoengineering could lead to catastrophic termination shock should the intervention cease, impacting generations for a millennium.
Governance issues surrounding solar geoengineering are arguably insurmountable given our turbulent political environment, potentially leading to disastrous outcomes.
As the UK government invests heavily in solar geoengineering research, critics warn of the dangers and distractions it poses against the real goal of achieving net-zero emissions.
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