📰 Is geoengineering having its moment?

Finally! 

📣 The Guardian, a mainstream media outlet historically skeptical on the topic of geoengineering, has published four op-eds in the last month, all calling for a drastic change in our approach to geoengineering.

🌍 I was glad to see this editorial decision. The more I learn about the topic, the more I believe the current stigma around it is not serving humanity well.

🔬 No one here is arguing we should deploy commercial scale geoengineering today. All these authors are saying - and I wholeheartedly agree - is that we need to start having open discussions and push forward practical research projects.

🌡️ Like it or not, but our current approaches are not working: global emissions are on the rise and carbon removal is not being deployed anywhere close to the scale we need.

⌛ Yes, I hope that we will manage to bend the curve. But - realistically - there is a good chance we won’t in time to prevent crossing irreversible climate tipping points such as a reversal of the AMOC.

💬 I recently had a fascinating conversation with Paul Gambill - a former CDR veteran gone deep on global cooling - which has now been uploaded to Youtube. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/dwRYJGR6

🧰 My stance is clear: we need all tools available to fight climate change. Geoengineering is a last resort, yes, but we cannot afford to discard it for ideological reasons. 

⚠️ As Paul explained to me, any commercial scale deployment would likely take 10+ years to prepare. Hence the urgent need to start working on this seriously today, not somewhere down the line.

👏 Thank you to all the authors for highlighting this topic against significant resistance in the climate space: Craig Segall, Bryony Worthington, Brent Minchew, Colin Meyer, Dakota Gruener, and Daniele Visioni.

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