“We therefore call for immediate political action from governments, the United Nations and other actors to prevent the normalisation of solar geoengineering as a climate policy option.”
– 60 policy experts in an
open letter published in
WIREs Climate Change. The group argues that the injection of sulphur particles into the atmosphere—the most hotly debated plan to cool Earth—could do more harm than good, as deployment “cannot be governed globally in a fair, inclusive and effective manner.”