The UKâs high-risk research agency is investing £56.8 million in 21 geoengineering projects aimed at mitigating climate change by manipulating the environment. These include outdoor experiments to improve Arctic sea ice and cloud reflectivity. Guided by the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), the initiative seeks innovative solutions to avoid climate tipping points while emphasizing caution and responsibility in research. Experts stress that these geoengineering advancements are not intended to replace traditional carbon reduction methods but rather serve as supplementary measures in urgent climate scenarios.
"I am strongly supportive of responsible research on solar geoengineering and other climate interventions," he says.
Symes says the programme's goal is not to find ways to replace more accepted approaches of tackling climate change, such as reducing carbon emissions.
The hope is that successful technologies could one day contribute to efforts to prevent the planet from passing dangerous climate tipping points.
The research has the potential to be beneficial, but must be undertaken cautiously, says Peter Frumhoff, a science policy adviser at the Woodwell Climate Research Center.
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