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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.
Climate intervention requires international research and the Global South has contributions to make
Challenging times are ahead for all of us who call this small blue planet home. The planet will continue warming due to emissions already in the atmosphere at least for the next 40 years even if we stop polluting right now, and yet emissions continue to rise. Tragically, we are in a place where emission reductions are not advancing fast enough and we don't have any indication that our elected leaders are ready to step up to the challenge. In this context, we’ll have to rely on human ingenuity and our unprecedented problem solving capacity to protect our common future. All options must be on the table.
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.
Empowering Youth for Climate Intervention: Insights from the 2023 Global Youth Summit on Near-term Climate Risks and Interventions
The recent Sixth Assessment (AR6) synthesis report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a stark reality - the world is hurtling towards surpassing the critical 1.5°C global warming threshold. The imperative to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is not merely a statistic, but a safeguard against an array of catastrophic impacts.
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.
SilverLining comment on the proposed “AGU Ethical Framework Principles on Climate Intervention Research”
We are supportive of the concerns driving the AGU’s Ethics Framework effort; but we are concerned that the deficiencies in the draft document and the process by which it is being developed pose risks to the generation of scientific evidence on climate interventions, to scientific independence and objectivity, and to its own stated goals of transparency, inclusiveness and justice.
In the climate red zone, the US and EU are considering urgent interventions
Brown skies over Europe and North America from Canadian wildfires and record “hot” North Atlantic seas are signs that we have reached a new level of climate risk — one that threatens the well-being of nearly everyone on Earth.
Cooling credits: Sold as a “cool” solution to climate change, buyers (and everyone) should beware
Carbon credits have come under fire recently, as regulators, analysts and media take a closer look to see if and how well these credits represent actual benefits for climate.
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.
Scientific research is key to tackling the climate crisis.
Lhe leaders of Latin America meet this week (February 28 – March 2) in Punta del Este, Uruguay to participate in the VIII Regional Platform of the UNDRR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction).
