LondonPlayers acting as the US and China let a solar geoengineering race run unchecked.
Models predict drying in sub-Saharan Africa and fiercer Atlantic tropical storms under solar geoengineering.
Each side refused any deal that constrained their research or favored the other.
“I was just so surprised about how little anyone actually cared about the science,” said climate researcher Colleen Golja.
Cynthia Scharf, a former UN adviser, says governments must settle how to govern it within a decade.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica
- reports a 2025 London war game where delegates, from governments to tech firms, were assigned roles to stress-test solar geoengineering governance
Sources: Ars Technica