Earlier this month, @sktalati.bsky.social and Whitney Peterson spent the week in Reykjavík attending and contributing to sessions at both the Arctic Circle Assembly and Global Risk and Stabilization Summit. Read their reflections and some of the mixed feelings they came home with: bit.ly/4eVmFcX

Big ambitions, bigger questions: Our takeaways from Reykjavik

DSG shares its reflections after spending a week in Reykjavík, Iceland, attending and contributing to sessions at the Arctic Circle Assembly and Global Risk and Stabilization Summit. We left with mixe...

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Made it onto The Daily Show for their first segment on SRM! Pinnacle of my career? Maybe. It highlights an important underlying point: the perception of this field risks being defined the worst actors until we start to build a better narrative.

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Stardust recently released a set of preprints alongside a new website. We've been asked, more than once, what we make of it. The form matters as much as the content, and this reads as a product launch rather than a contribution offered up for scrutiny. Our longer answer below: bit.ly/4ugPe9L

Reading the Signals: Stardust and the Shape of an Emerging Field

A lot has already been said about Stardust, across media, within SRM research community, and among people thinking seriously about what the future of climate governance might look like. We wanted to t...

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Grateful to have my perspectives included in this NYT piece on new announcements from Stardust. Companies cannot create their own rules and then applaud themselves for following them. That is not what legitimate or responsible research looks like. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/c...

Can Some Very Tiny Particles Cool the Planet? One Tech Company Says Yes.

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DSG has responded to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change's call for input on climate-related technologies and human rights. Given our work and expertise, we have limited our submission to a focus on solar geoengineering. Read our submission here: www.sgdeliberation.org/dsg-publicat...

Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change

DSG has responded to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change's call for input on climate-related technologies and human rights. Given our work and expertise, we have limited our submission to a fo...

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DSG just returned from Cape Town, where we piloted a new approach to co-creating SRM research. The workshop gathered African civil society groups and researchers to develop research questions that reflect the needs of their communities and organizations.

Two new U.S. policy reports frame solar geoengineering as a national security battleground with China. An op-ed from @sktalati.bsky.social and @erinsikorsky.bsky.social argues that this narrative moves the conversation in the wrong direction.

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@erinsikorsky.bsky.social and Shuchi Talati explains why viewing climate intervention technologies, like solar radiation modification, through the lens of security rhetoric alone is likely to poison the international environment that research and governance must take place.

Last week, Stardust Solutions publicly released a set of self-authored "Guiding Principles" and a proposed safety and controllability requirements framework. DSG has put out a statement on why, though these documents may look like governance, they are not. Read now: bit.ly/4vlccOQ

The Danger of Performed Governance in SRM

Last week, Stardust Solutions — the most well-resourced private company developing SRM technology — publicly released a set of self-authored "Guiding Principles" and a proposed safety and controllabil...

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Today, DSG, @nrdc.org, @agu.org, and Council on Energy, Environment and Water are announcing the Solar Geoengineering Research Governance (SGRG) Platform, a new effort to help put transparency, accountability, and meaningful public engagement into practice for SRM research. Learn more: sgrg.org

Debates around climate response, including SRM, reflect the legacies of colonialism. DSG’s work exists within this reality. Read @sktalati.bsky.social and @hassaansipra.bsky.social’s reflection on the colonial tensions inherent in climate change, DSG’s work, and the SRM field. bit.ly/4pVynXQ

Colonialism, SRM, and Contending with DSG’s Privilege

Debates around climate response, especially solar radiation modification (SRM), continue to reflect the legacies of colonialism. At the Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering (DSG), we...

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In a new op-ed in @lemonde.fr from me and Janos Pasztor, we examine the dangers of attempting a private model in solar geoengineering. Our message: There is no legitimacy without trust, public agency, and good governance - including for research. www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

'Private geoengineering comes at a cost, and that cost is public'

OP-ED. As start-ups race to become the first to market with solar geoengineering, these technologies must undergo independent assessments and be subject to public governance, warn Janos Pasztor and Sh...

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New op-ed from @sktalati.bsky.social & Janos Pasztor highlighting their concerns about Stardust and private market efforts in the solar geoengineering space.

'Private geoengineering comes at a cost, and that cost is public'

OP-ED. As start-ups race to become the first to market with solar geoengineering, these technologies must undergo independent assessments and be subject to public governance, warn Janos Pasztor and Sh...

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A Silicon Valley mindset doesn’t apply when you’re talking about intervening in the atmosphere, @sktalati.bsky.social and Janos Pasztor share in @lemonde.fr. As venture capital moves into SRM, the focus concerningly shifts “from inquiry to commercialization.” Read the piece: tinyurl.com/3w8jjx9t

'Private geoengineering comes at a cost, and that cost is public'

OP-ED. As start-ups race to become the first to market with solar geoengineering, these technologies must undergo independent assessments and be subject to public governance, warn Janos Pasztor and Sh...

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Amid growing concern about climate impacts, governments are increasingly turning to the idea of solar geoengineering. As @sktalati.bsky.social writes, exploration of the controversial approach to climate mitigation will require clear governance to make ethical choices and maintain public trust.

The urgent need for research governance of solar geoengineering

Amid growing investment in planetary-scale climate intervention strategies that alter sunlight reflection, global communities deserve inclusive and accountable oversight of research.

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BREAKING from PP We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens* The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied: Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado www.propublica.org/article/immi... by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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At #ClimateWeekNYC, DSG & @Chesapeake Climate Action Network gathered a wide range of perspectives to explore how solar radiation modification (SRM) can be discussed transparently, inclusively & with justice at the core. 🎥 Read about it and watch the full recording now: bit.ly/4oE5gZ5

Confronting Climate Realities and Deliberating SRM at Climate Week NYC

At Climate Week NYC, amid a polarized US climate rhetoric, DSG and CCAN led an inclusive, justice-focused discussion on solar radiation modification (SRM), emphasizing the need for transparent, commun...

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Are you an early-career climate intervention researcher? Join the Climate Intervention Network in Finland, October 21-22, for an all-expenses-paid in-person convening. We’ll dive into foresight, research governance, and science communication. Apply Now: bit.ly/3UU8xqb #AcademicSky #PhDSky

The only path to legitimacy is to go slowly, as quickly as possible. @sehric.bsky.social‬ and @sktalati.bsky.social‬ reflect on this notion in DSG’s latest writing. Real-world examples show that rushed work on SRM doesn’t speed us up, it halts (and at times reverses) progress. Read: bit.ly/41af83p

Legitimacy is the Goal: Going Slowly, As Quickly As Possible

At DSG, our work is driven by two essential truths: decisions about SRM research and potential deployment must be legitimate, and the only path to that legitimacy is to go slowly, as quickly as possib...

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What happens when U.S. climate groups have the opportunity to talk about SRM openly, in a space grounded in curiosity, concern & responsibility? DSG co-hosted a workshop with @chesapeakeclimate.bsky.social‬ and @envdefensefund.bsky.social‬ in D.C. this month. Read the takeaways: bit.ly/4l2ktR6

A Starting Point for the U.S. Climate Movement: Reflections from a Workshop on Solar Geoengineering

In July 2025, DSG co-hosted a two-day workshop for U.S. climate groups, alongside Chesapeake Climate Action Network and the Environmental Defense Fund. The civil society organizations in attendance ex...

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DSG’s newest report captures the outcomes of a Southern Africa workshop, in partnership with CIVICUS and the Human Rights Institute of South Africa, that engaged 24 civil society organizations in SRM through the lens of climate justice and human rights. Read the report here: bit.ly/3H72R8Y

SRM through a Climate Justice Lens: Developing a Civil Society Engagement Roadmap in Southern Africa Outcomes Report

As part of our sustained engagements in Africa, the Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering (DSG), in partnership with CIVICUS and the Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA), c...

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The International Court of Justice, the highest court of the United Nations, has unanimously ruled that all humans have “the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.” eos.org/research-and...

A Healthy Environment Is a Human Right, UN Court Rules - Eos

“The Court is of the view that a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a precondition for the enjoyment of many human rights, such as the right to life, the right to health and the right to an...

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New opportunity: Become a DSG Fellow and contribute to building critical expertise on solar geoengineering governance. Early- or mid-career and working in climate science, policy, ethics, law, or humanities with an interest in SRM? Apply now: www.sgdeliberation.org/our-work/res...

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

For those looking for the National Climate Assessments: NCA5 (2023): repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61... NCA4 vol. 1 (2017): repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19... NCA4 vol. 2 (2018): repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19... NCA3 (2014): repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19...

Washington, D.C., has a population roughly equivalent to Alaska's. And it has zero senators. If D.C. had senators, the GOP megablil bill would have failed today. Instead, Murkowski got carve-outs and money for Alaska, and then voted to subject DC to the bill

DSG's redesigned website is now live—a streamlined, accessible space for anyone curious about solar geoengineering and its place in climate governance. www.sgdeliberation.org

Advancing Justice in Solar Geoengineering Deliberation

The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering (DSG) is a global effort to elevate voices of climate vulnerable communities & nations in decision-making.

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Today, ARIA announced projects it is funding under the Exploring Climate Cooling program. As part of the Oversight Committee to advise on governance, I'm grateful for their receptivity to our advice. We will provide further guidance on key needs like transparency & engagement as research begins.

Trump orders CPB to stop funding NPR and PBS. CPB, for all its flaws, replies fuck you make me. “CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the President’s authority.” cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

In her latest article, DSG’s Director of International Policy Alia Hassan responds to the German Environment Agency’s (UBA) report. She argues that strong governance — not prohibition — is the key to ensuring transparency, protecting vulnerable communities, and building public trust.

Global South countries can and should forge a responsible path forward for solar geoengineering, while also ensuring that it does not derail effective climate action, argue Saliem Fakir and @sktalati.bsky.social.

Why African Leadership Matters in Geoengineering | by Saliem Fakir & Shuchi Talati - Project Syndicate

Saliem Fakir & Shuchi Talati explain how the continent’s leaders can help forge a responsible path forward for the emerging technology.

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