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Welcome to our weekly round-up of SRM news and events.  

Highlights

Request for Proposals: Coalition-building partners for the Climate Emergencies Forum (CEF) 


Co-CREATE Seminar: The Precautionary Principle (Climate Strategies, May 2) 


Solar geoengineering is possible with existing aircraft, study says (E&E News, May 1) 


Florida Passes Bill to Ban 'Weather Modification' (Newsweek, May 1) 


The Politics of Geoengineering Are Getting Stranger (Legal Planet, Apr 30) 


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In Academia

Article 


Projected Sea Level Rise in Thailand: Regional Effects of Climate Change and Solar Radiation Modification Based on Observations and the GeoMIP6 Narenpitak, P., Tomkratoke, S., Sirisup, S., Kongkulsiri, S. (Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, Apr 24) 

Book Chapter 


Ecological Modernization’s Last Stand: Geoengineering (Captured Futures: Rethinking the Drama of Environmental Politics) Hajer, M.A., Oomen, J. (Oxford University Press, Apr 28) 

Preprint 


Comparing the Effects of Information on Geoengineering Options Support Across Four Online Samples Traylor, F., Brechin, S., Shwom, R. (Climatic Change, Apr 29)

SRM Community

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Request for Proposals: Coalition-building partners for the Climate Emergencies Forum (CEF) 

Watch or Listen

Image Source: Climate Strategies YouTube


Co-CREATE Seminar: The Precautionary Principle Climate Strategies (May 2) 


Innovative Dialogues on Climate Action: GEM Incubation Fund Harvard Center for International Development (May 1) 


Plan to Dim the Sun Moving Forward in UK | Live With Josh | Trailer The Epoch Times (Apr 28) 


UK GOV Approving SUN-DIMMING Experiments?! Ben Leo SLAMS Climate Plans That Could Spark GLOBAL CHAOS GB News (Apr 27) 

SRM in the Media

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Top Stories


Nova técnica pode arrefecer o planeta com a ajuda de aviões ‘New technique could cool the planet with the help of airplanes’ SAPO (May 4) 


Una técnica de geoingeniería puede enfriar el planeta con aviones ‘A geoengineering technique can cool the planet with airplanes’ Vozpopuli (May 3) 


Des climatologues britanniques veulent refroidir la Terre ‘British climatologists want to cool the Earth’ Radio France (May 3) 


Solares Geoengineering – mit Sonnenstrahlen gegen den Klimawandel ‘Solar geoengineering – using sunlight to combat climate change’ SwissInfo (May 1) 


Solar geoengineering is possible with existing aircraft, study says E&E News (Chelsea Harvey, May 1) 


Florida Passes Bill to Ban 'Weather Modification' Newsweek (James Bickerton, May 1) 


The Politics of Geoengineering Are Getting Stranger Legal Planet (Ted Parson, Apr 30) 


Climate wars are approaching — and they will redefine global conflict Live Science (Topher McDougal, Apr 30) 


Miliband says Reforms claims of blocking sun are `conspiracy theories gone mad´ Daily Mail (Apr 29) 



Climate in the Media

Senate votes to overturn EPA rule that limits 7 hazardous air pollutants CBS (Tracy J. Wholf, May 1) 


India and Pakistan already sweltering in ‘new normal’ heatwave conditions The Guardian (Penelope MacRae, Apr 30) 


South Korea's deadly fires made twice as likely by climate change, researchers say Reuters (David Stanway, Apr 30) 


Trump’s first 100 days: US walks away from global climate action Climate Home News (Apr 29) 


Area burned by UK wildfires in 2025 already at annual record BBC (Mark Poynting & Erwan Rivault, Apr 27) 


State of the climate: 2025 close behind 2024 as the hottest start to a year CarbonBrief (Apr 24) 

Upcoming Events

May 8 ‘Can Solar Geoengineering Mitigate Extreme Climate Impacts?’ Climes Swedish centre for impacts of climate extremes - Online


May 12-16 Degrees Global Forum - Cape Town, South Africa


May 12-16 Fifteenth GeoMIP Workshop - Cape Town, South Africa


May 19-20 Consultative Workshop and Science Policy Dialogue on Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) - Brussels, Belgium


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