The UK government plans to invest £57 million in geoengineering initiatives aimed at mitigating climate change by employing techniques like aerosol injection and cloud brightening. Outdoor trials are slated to commence by 2027, yet the scientific community expresses significant skepticism. Experts like Mike Hulme and Naomi Vaughan caution that these speculative technologies could result in unintended consequences, warning against assuming that results from small-scale trials will translate into successful real-world outcomes. The ethical implications and potential risks related to solar radiation management are also raised, indicating a controversial path ahead in climate intervention strategies.
£57 million is a huge amount of taxpayers' money to be spent on this assortment of speculative technologies intended to manipulate the Earth's climate.
Just because they 'work' in a model, or at a micro-scale in the lab or the sky, does not mean they will cool the climate safely, without unwanted side-effects.
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