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Atlantic Council Issue Brief: Accelerating Climate Intervention Research to Improve Climate Security
The world is currently experiencing unprecedented global temperatures and extreme weather events, with record heat waves and devastating storms. Last month, the world experienced the hottest days ever observed, with four days of record-breaking temperatures taking place in the span of just one week. Around the globe, climate-linked disasters are occurring more frequently, and scientists continue to publish research on the escalating risks of natural systems crossing major climate tipping points.
On World Ozone Day, there is HOPE: A new platform for observing the stratosphere
Far above us, in the stratosphere, the world’s ozone layer protects people and natural systems from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. Much of the life on Earth has adapted to live under this protection. In the twentieth century, as society developed new technologies, especially refrigeration and cooling, we released chemicals that traveled to the stratosphere and depleted some of this stratospheric ozone, creating expanding “holes” through which protection did not occur. With the use of these chemicals growing rapidly, projected damage to the ozone layer posed an existential threat to humanity.
Aerosols, Climate and Coastal Research: A TED Talk from Dr. Sarah Doherty
In 2019, I was invited to give a TED Talk on emergency medicine for climate. In the five years since, climate extremes have escalated in the US and around the world — from Bangladesh to Brazil and Phoenix to Florida — with June breaking more than 1,000 temperature records around the world. As the world warms unusually quickly, these record extremes are accelerating changes in natural systems and devastating people and communities.
Sharing Sami Experiences: Near-Term Tipping Points and Climate Intervention Research
Against the backdrop of the 23rd session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Sámi Parliament of Finland partnered with SilverLining and youth-led organizations Operaatio Arktis and Green Africa Youth Organization to host a discussion of Indigenous voices on climate intervention research.
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.
SilverLining Spotlight: COP28
Emerging from the global climate summit, COP28, the world is at a pivotal moment. Progress was made, including major commitments to reduce the super-polluting greenhouse gases that cause exorbitant near-term warming and commitments for Loss and Damage funds to help developing countries adapt to the impacts of warming that they did not cause. But as the climate experiences record extremes and approaches dangerous thresholds for warming, enormous work remains. With increasing acknowledgement that targets cannot be met, we now have a moral imperative to invest in research on climate interventions to assess their potential to reduce harm.
Reflections from ARCTIC MOMENTUM in Finland: Entering a New Paradigm
Recently, the SilverLining team had the privilege to participate in and support a remarkable event held by youth-led Operaatio Arktis in Helsinki, Finland.
The SilverLining Spotlight - August 30, 2023
With deadly landslides in India, floods in China, heat extremes from Morocco to Japan, tropical storms in California, and devastating fires in Maui, we appear to have entered a more dangerous and uncertain phase of climate change.
The SilverLining Spotlight - March 24, 2023
We hope you’re having a wonderful start to spring. Climate intervention conversations have accelerated this year and this trend is on track to continue.
