Reflecting Sunlight to Reduce Climate Risk - Priorities for Research and

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Reflecting Sunlight to Reduce Climate Risk - Priorities for Research and

21 Apr 2022

The time for such investments in research and rules is now, while the science of sunlight reflection remains rel- atively speculative and its governance immature, even as the perils of climate change quicken and intensify.5 2 Reflecting Sunlight to Reduce Climate Risk THE LIMITS OF EXISTING CLIMATE STRATEGIES Due to high and rising atmospheric GHG concentrations, the world is poised to experience. [...] Finally, and most significantly, it ordered NOAA to “sup- port” OSTP in the drafting of a report, due within 180 days of the legis- lation’s enactment, on the research and development requirements for a subsequent, five-year assessment of potential “solar and other rapid climate interventions.”71 While these measures are good first steps, the legislation is vague on the contents of the envisioned. [...] To avoid holding the planet’s fate hostage to such dynamics, and given the heterogeneity of global attitudes, the United States and other coun- tries will likely need to adopt a heterodox approach to the multilateral governance of SCI, relying simultaneously and for different purposes Priorities for Cooperative International Governance 29 on universal forums that bring the benefits of inclusivity,. [...] 5519) to expand NOAA’s authorities and capabil- ities to measure, monitor, and report on the composition, chemistry, and dynamics of atmospheric gases and aerosols; establish and rapidly 34 Reflecting Sunlight to Reduce Climate Risk expand NOAA’s capabilities and platforms to better observe the atmo- sphere from the ocean, troposphere, and stratosphere; and broaden the agency’s Earth’s Radiation B. [...] It should also urge the governments of Kenya and Sweden to put the issue on the agenda of the UN high-level meeting they will jointly host in June 2022 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (or Stock- holm Conference).
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