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SRMGI | Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative

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What is the SRMGI?


The Solar Radiation Management Research Governance Initiative (SRMGI) was convened by a partnership of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the Royal Society, and TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world. The project was launched in March 2010 in response to the 2009 Royal Society report Geoengineering the climate. That report concluded that geoengineering is not an alternative to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but that it might be the only option to reduce temperatures quickly in the event of a climate emergency. It emphasised the importance of good governance, and the need for international partners to work together on this matter. Key SRMGI activities to date have included: The establishment of an expert working group and large network of stakeholder partner organisations The first SRMGI conference, held in March 2011 at the Kavli Royal Society International Centre in the UK The publication of the SRMGI report in December 2011 Further meetings in Pakistan, India, China and Senegal Forthcoming meeting in South Africa (28 November 2012)

New report: Solar radiation management: the governance of research

Introduction to SRMGI
This video explains more about the initiative and the importance of a global conversation about governing research. A Chinese version is also available.

"We are clear that serious consideration for the regulatory arrangements for geoengineering needs to start now, not once highly disruptive climate change is under way."
UK Parliament response to a House of Commons report on geoengineering

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http://www.srmgi.org/

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