
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/impacā¦

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/marinā¦

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-ā¦

2⣠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-cā¦

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/buildā¦


What can ship emissions teach us about marine cloud brightening? š¢š«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/marinā¦


One week to go until #DGF2025!! Some new initiatives working in SRM will be introducing themselves during the Forum, including SRM360, Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO), World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Lighthouse Activity, srm.youthwatch, Co-CREATE, Reflective, DSG, Operaatio Arktis and Centre for Future Generations

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


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-1ā¦


Portia Adade Williams Portia Adade Williamsā"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






Matthew Henry (Matthew Henry) discussing cutting-edge science at #DGF2025 session on the cryosphere. Experts explored strategies to cool the Arcticāfrom marine cloud brightening and cloud seeding to ice sheet interventions. š§

