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SilverLining Announces $20.5 Million in Funding to Advance its Governance and Equity Initiatives on Near-Term Climate Risk and Climate Intervention
SilverLining announces $20.5 million in funding from leading climate foundations: Quadrature Climate Foundation, Pritzker Innovation Fund, 2040 Foundation, Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust, and Casey & Family Foundation. Building on five years of impact working successfully across political and societal divides, the funding will support SilverLining in its core governance, equity, and engagement initiatives over three years.
New Climate Studies and Public Engagement Center launch in the San Francisco Bay Area
The Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB) Program, an open collaboration of atmospheric scientists and other experts to study how clouds respond to particles — also called aerosols — in the atmosphere, today initiated new climate studies and launched the Coastal Atmospheric Aerosol Research and Engagement (CAARE) facility at the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate located in Alameda, California.
SilverLining Applauds Discussions on Climate Intervention Research at the UN Environment Assembly
The Sixth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) in Kenya is concluding today. A significant topic of the international convening was a proposed resolution to establish a panel to review scientific and societal considerations on a prominent form of rapid climate intervention: releasing particles into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight or alter the properties of clouds, also known as solar radiation modification (SRM).
SilverLining - 5 Years of Impact: Scientific Research
SilverLining is celebrating its five-year anniversary. At this milestone, we are reflecting on our progress across the many initiatives that collectively deliver against our mission of ensuring a safe near-term climate.
SilverLining’s R3OC Rapid Response Observing Campaign
On December 18th, a volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula began an extended eruption. We are thinking of everyone impacted by the eruption and wishing for safety for residents, first responders, and the community. While the eruption is disruptive and dangerous, it is also a powerful natural experiment for the study of the effects of aerosols on clouds, atmosphere and climate.