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The Degrees Initiative

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The Degrees Initiative is an NGO dedicated to putting the Global South at the centre of the solar radiation modification (SRM) conversation.

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18 days 'til #DGF2025... Could SRM save coffee and chocolate from climate change? Or reduce flood damage to rice? How might crops in Africa respond? Temitope Samuel Egbebiyi (PhD), Nina Grant and Emmanuel Zeus Gapan will explore: degreesglobalforum.org/sessions/impac…

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17 days to go until #DGF2025... In the dark about marine cloud brightening? Haruki Hirasawa, Matthew Henry and Ping-Ping Pornampai Narenpitak will shed some light on the past, present and future of MCB research: degreesglobalforum.org/sessions/marin…

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16 days to go until #DGF2025... On the Tuesday morning, be part of the audience for a live podcast discussion on SRM and Africa hosted by SRM360. Pete Irvine will chat with Babatunde Abiodun, Ernest Ofori, Prof Nana Ama Browne Klutse and Portia Adade Williams: degreesglobalforum.org/sessions/live-…

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2⃣ weeks until #DGF2025! On the Tuesday, you can meet members of the Climate Intervention Network for early career researchers Cody Skahan, Ellen Haaslahti, Rachel Neef, Trisha Patel and Clara Botto degreesglobalforum.org/sessions/the-c…

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13 days until #DGF2025! How might culturally embedded perspectives complement technical models to create a more complex understanding of SRM? Our own Jesse Reynolds will explore alongside Julia Guivant, Hassaan Sipra and MarĆ­a InĆ©s Carabajal: degreesglobalforum.org/sessions/build…

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Excited about GeoMIP day at #DGF2025? šŸ“¢ The agenda for the 15th annual GeoMIP meeting—happening Friday, 16 May, in Cape Town—is now live! šŸ”­ Dive into a full day of talks and discussions on climate model simulations of SRM: degreesglobalforum.org/geomip/

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What can ship emissions teach us about marine cloud brightening? šŸš¢šŸŒ«ļø Find out at #DGF2025 in a session with Ping-Ping Pornampai Narenpitak, Haruki Hirasawa & Matthew Henry, exploring MCB from all angles: modelling, impacts, analogues & inclusive research pathways >>> degreesglobalforum.org/sessions/marin…

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10 days until #DGF2025! Can't make it, or want to be in three sessions at once? Our media partners @SRM360 will be providing daily updates during the Forum - sign up here: srm360.activehosted.com/f/21

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Excited to share our second paper on SRM impacts in Thailand—this time focusing on sea level rise 🌊 Just published in Elementa: doi.org/10.1525/elemen… Grateful for the support from The Degrees Initiative!

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6 days til #DGF2025! Our partners at Reflective will have a booth where you can explore their new SAI Simulator, in which users can design custom SO2 injection schemes by amount and latitude and visualise effects on temp and water availability: calendly.com/reflective-inf…

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Coming to #DGF2025 and feel the need to brush up on your SAIs and MCBs, and understand where solar radiation modification fits into the wider climate conversation? Pete Irvine from SRM360 and Oliver Morton will be running an 'SRM101' on Tuesday morning: degreesglobalforum.org/sessions/srm-1…

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Let’s go! šŸš€ #DGF2025 kicking off today in Cape Town—the world’s largest-ever forum on solar radiation modification and the first held in Africa. Over 330 participants from 30+ countries are here to shape the global conversation on the science, equity, and governance of SRM.

Let’s go! šŸš€ #DGF2025 kicking off today in Cape Town—the world’s largest-ever forum on solar radiation modification and the first held in Africa.

Over 330 participants from 30+ countries are here to shape the global conversation on the science, equity, and governance of SRM.
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Portia Adade Williams Portia Adade Williams—"Funding drives our research agenda and our ability to respond to challenges. But 78% of funding from 1990-2020 on climate change in Africa went to institutions in the Global North. We need to fund local research." #DGF2025

Portia Adade Williams <a href="/adadeposh/">Portia Adade Williams</a>—"Funding drives our research agenda and our ability to respond to challenges. But 78% of funding from 1990-2020 on climate change in Africa went to institutions in the Global North. We need to fund local research." #DGF2025
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"The real risk is not research, but ignorance."—African researchers clarify their position on solar geoengineering and defend the right to inquiry by Africans for Africa. Read the full statement: degrees.ngo/african-scient…

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"In sustainable development, one thing I've learnt is that there is this kind of dance between evidence, people and political systems. I think managing that balance is something that SRM can learn from development."—Rose Mutiso #DGF2025 šŸŒ

"In sustainable development, one thing I've learnt is that there is this kind of dance between evidence, people and political systems. I think managing that balance is something that SRM can learn from development."—Rose Mutiso #DGF2025 šŸŒ
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Great energy in yesterday's #DGF2025 session discussing SRM experiments. Lively World Cafe style conversations explored hypothetical case studies from SAI to sea-ice thickening—unpacking the science, governance, and regional realities.

Great energy in yesterday's #DGF2025 session discussing SRM experiments.

Lively World Cafe style conversations explored hypothetical case studies from SAI to sea-ice thickening—unpacking the science, governance, and regional realities.
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Matthew Henry (Matthew Henry) discussing cutting-edge science at #DGF2025 session on the cryosphere. Experts explored strategies to cool the Arctic—from marine cloud brightening and cloud seeding to ice sheet interventions. 🧊

Matthew Henry (<a href="/mattjohenry/">Matthew Henry</a>) discussing cutting-edge science at #DGF2025 session on the cryosphere. Experts explored strategies to cool the Arctic—from marine cloud brightening and cloud seeding to ice sheet interventions. 🧊
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"If we're going to continue engaging with SRM seriously, then how we engage with people - outside this room, past our disciplines, and beyond our datasets – matters just as much as what we're researching." Trisha Patel - Inaugural Saleemul Huq prize winner, closing #DGF2025 šŸŒ

"If we're going to continue engaging with SRM seriously, then how we engage with people - outside this room, past our disciplines, and beyond our datasets – matters just as much as what we're researching." Trisha Patel - Inaugural Saleemul Huq prize winner, closing #DGF2025 šŸŒ