Oct 29, 2022Beyond “Geoengineering” to Emergency Medicine for Climate[As published in My Climate Journey] Sixty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson’s Science Advisory Committee sent him a report on restoring the quality of our environment. It projected — with remarkable accuracy — the effects of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Since the report was published, temperatures have…Climate Change4 min readClimate Change4 min read
Jan 14, 2022The Disruptive Potential of Climate Models on the Cloud: SilverLining, ASDI, and NCAR @COP26Last year, SilverLining hosted an event at COP26 focused on a critically important and not widely known problem in climate research: the centrality of high-performance computing for climate modeling and research and the effects of current limitations on availability and access to climate models. I joined three impressive and engaging…3 min read3 min read
Dec 3, 2021Young Global Climate Leaders School Us on How to Approach Climate InterventionLast month during COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, SilverLining hosted a groundbreaking event with climate experts and young climate leaders from organizations around the world — an open dialogue on research in solar climate intervention in the context of the devastating realities of near-term climate change faced by young climate leaders…3 min read3 min read
Jun 2, 2021Biden Admin’s next-generation climate observation system at NASAThe recent announcement by President Biden is a promising step forward in the country’s preparedness to respond to near-term climate risks. Natural disasters have enormous short-term costs and often produce long-term losses such as industrial and geographical shifts, misplaced investments, and failed recovery. The human cost is harder to measure…Climate2 min readClimate2 min read
Apr 8, 2021The U.S. National Academy Of Sciences Report Recommends A Federal Research Program On Climate Intervention Strategies That Reflect Sunlight To Cool Earth: What Does It Mean?By Kelly Wanser, Executive Director, SilverLining, and Alex Wong, Research Director, SilverLining In our escalating climate emergency, research on approaches that influence natural processes to rapidly reduce greenhouse gases or warming in the atmosphere (sometimes called “climate intervention” or “geoengineering”) has become more important, perhaps critically so. …7 min read7 min read
Mar 8, 2021Biden Administration Nominees Need to Tell Congress How They Will Handle Near-Term Climate RiskBy Kelly Wanser, Executive Director, SilverLining The Biden administration has emphasized its intention to address climate change across federal agencies via transparent, science-based decision-making. This type of cross-sectoral effort is precisely what is required to tackle what is now a climate emergency. As Congress works through the vetting process of…6 min read6 min read
Mar 5, 2021What Bill Gates Has to Say About Climate Intervention In His New Book: “How To Avoid A Climate Disaster”By Kelly Wanser, Executive Director, SilverLining As I was reading through Bill Gates’ new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, over the past week, I was encouraged by his interest in the potential of climate intervention as means to address near-term climate risks, avoid a major climate catastrophe, and…2 min read2 min read
Feb 1, 2021Why ‘Climate Intervention’ Is the Right Term for the Most Dramatic Response to Climate ChangeBy Kelly Wanser, Executive Director, SilverLining Based on anecdotal evidence from our work with people from all walks of life, we have experienced that language — specific terms — has a great effect on the nature of the dialogue on climate. As a matter of both effective policy and social…5 min read5 min read
Dec 21, 2020U.S. Climate Policy Must Address Near-Term Climate Risk: SilverLining’s Recommendations To The Biden-Harris AdministrationThe below blog post was published alongside SilverLining’s policy recommendations to the incoming Biden Administration. New leadership in the United States presents a powerful opportunity for efforts to combat climate change. The Biden-Harris administration’s forward-looking climate action plan lays the groundwork for significant progress. …6 min read6 min read
Nov 5, 2020Developing a Foundation for Science-Based Decision-Making on Climate InterventionThis blog post was originally published via C2ES.org on October 26, 2020, alongside a new paper by authors Susan Biniaz and Daniel Bodansky titled “Climate Intervention: The Case for Research,” which can be found here. By Kelly Wanser, Executive Director, SilverLining and Elliot Diringer, Executive Vice President, Center for Climate…Climate Intervention4 min readClimate Intervention4 min read
