Experimentation with solar geoengineering will not be allowed in Mexico
Unofficial translation by the Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement team of the official announcement by the Mexican government banning solar geoengineering experimentations in Mexico. Start of the announcement Semarnat and Conacyt will carry out actions in accordance with the precautionary principle to protect communities and the environment. Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales | January […]
Mexico Bans Solar Geoengineering Experiments
Should governments try to artificially cool the planet through ‘climate engineering’, for instance by injecting tons of sunlight-reflecting sulfur particles into the stratosphere? While some scientists seriously suggest that ‘solar geoengineering’ should be part of future climate policy, the government of Mexico has now taken a different stance: it has decided to ban all solar […]
Who opposes solar geoengineering – and why?
Solar geoengineering is attracting growing attention as a possible response to climate change. Yet as interest in these speculative technologies grows, so too does opposition. Critics are often portrayed as fearful of innovation or insufficiently informed. Our recent research suggests otherwise. Across governments, civil society organizations, and academic networks, opposition to solar geoengineering is growing and is grounded in serious legal, political, ethical, and scientific concerns. We identify eight recurring rationales for rejecting the development and potential future use of these technologies, and we show how this opposition is increasingly coalescing around the language of “non-use”.