The Will King looks at the growing interest in solar geoengineering. He says it would be a massive undertaking that could require decades of coordination. The planet is on course to easily surpass a two degree Celsius rise in global temperatures, he says.
Solar geoengineering — the idea of cooling the planet by deflecting the sun’s rays — is so risky that scientists and policy experts can’t even agree on whether to research it.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette and Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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