Intelligence Squared US: Is Engineering Solar Radiation a Crazy Idea?

Specials | Jun 7, 2019


Solar geoengineering, an ambitious set of experiments that aim to reduce the amount of sun and heat that reaches the planet, has gained momentum in recent years. But just what are the risks – and possible rewards – of using techniques like injecting reflective particles into the stratosphere to decrease global temperatures?

Intelligence Squared US- Is Engineering Solar Radiation a Crazy Idea? with debaters Clive Hamilton, Professor and Author "Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering"; Anjali Viswamohanan, Scholar at Oxford; David Keith, Professor at Harvard & Founder Carbon Engineering; Ted Parson, Professor at UCLA.

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