Solar Radiation Modification
We assess SRM and design and evaluate adequate governance frameworks and research conditions. Our research shapes how SRM is perceived socio-economically and how domestic and international governance structures, regulation and respective public and private actors can work together.
Solar radiation modification (SRM) is among the most contested ideas in climate policy. We bring critical, constructive and independent research to its governance, risks and fairness implications, and convene the stakeholders who need to weigh them, without advocating for or against deployment.
01High-quality academic research and socio-political assessment
SRM strategies are assessed against their political, economic and social merits.
- Assessment of SRM methods
- Policy instrument design
- Governance and social perception
Government agencies · Public research funders · Think tanks and NGOs · e.g. Swiss BAFU, Horizon Europe, Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative, ESA
02Stakeholder interaction and networks
Stakeholder groups with different perspectives on SRM research and governance find common ground in well-moderated discussions.
- SRM policy issues including trade-offs, fairness and governance
- Multi-perspective stakeholder moderation
Government agencies · Public research funders · Think tanks and NGOs · e.g. Swiss BAFU, Horizon Europe, Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative, ESA
Solar radiation modification
Solar radiation modification (SRM) is among the most contested ideas in climate policy: a set of approaches that would reflect a small fraction of incoming sunlight to limit warming, with governance, risk and fairness implications that are unevenly distributed.
We approach it the way we approached carbon dioxide removal from the start: with critical, independent research and advisory. We assess the approaches and their governance, examine the socio-political and fairness questions they raise, and convene the stakeholders who need to weigh them. We neither advocate for nor against deployment.
