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Frank Biermann
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Professor of Global Sustainability Governance, Utrecht | Founder, Earth System Governance Project | Volvo Environment Prize 2024
www.frankbiermann.org
Reposted by Frank Biermann
๐Ÿšจ New Blog Alert๐Ÿšจ

โ€œ๐–๐ž ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ (๐’๐€๐ˆ) ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌโ€

www.solargeoeng.org/we-know-enou...

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We know enough to categorize Stratospheric Aerosol Injections (SAI) as a dangerous distraction from our need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement
On September 9th, 2025, we published the article Safeguarding the polar regions from dangerous geoengineering: a critical assessment of proposed concepts and future prospects in the scientific journal...
www.solargeoeng.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
New Book Out! ๐Ÿ“–

I have just published a very personal book, tracing my familyโ€™s history from 1560 to 1945โ€”12 generations of farmers, blacksmiths, shoemakers & shepherds.

Book in German: www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383535886...

Translation of intro in English: www.frankbiermann.org/post/introdu...
October 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
๐ŸšจOur new article in GEC shows how the #UNFCCC can cause โ€œproblem-shiftingโ€โ€”that some solutions create new problems.

We analysed 182 communications from 25 industrialized countries & found 718 instances of problem shifts, across sectors, borders & generations.

Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.gl...
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Reposted by Frank Biermann
๐Ÿ“Š Launch of the Earth System Governance Data Directory

A living and collaborative open-access resource to help researchers and practitioners find and share existing and upcoming datasets relevant to global environmental governance.

๐Ÿ”— www.earthsystemgovernance.org/news/launch-...
October 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Reposted by Frank Biermann
โ€ผ๏ธ Join us this Friday at #ClimateWeekNYC for our virtual session: โ€œSolar Geoengineering: The Case for an International Non-Use Agreementโ€

๐Ÿ“† September 26, 2025
๐Ÿ•˜ 9:00โ€“10:30 AM EDT
๐Ÿ“ Online

๐Ÿ”— Register here: foe-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Reposted by Frank Biermann
๐Ÿ“ข "๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ"

Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke & Nnimmo Bassey warn that experimenting with speculative solar geoengineering technologies on the African continent constitutes a grave act of climate injustice.

www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...

Some quotes ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡
Africa Is Not a Solar Geoengineering Test Site
Chukwumerije Okereke & Nnimmo Bassey warn that experimenting with speculative technologies on the continent is a grave act of climate injustice.
www.project-syndicate.org
July 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Reposted by Frank Biermann
โœ‰๏ธ ESG Newsletter May
Filled with publication opportunities for #TCESG2025 along with the latest news, upcoming events, exciting opportunities and recent publications shared across the ESG network.

๐Ÿ”— Read it here: mailchi.mp/earthsystemg...
May 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Reposted by Frank Biermann
๐Ÿšจ ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: โ€œ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”'๐˜€ '๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด' ๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜†โ€

Professors R. Pierrehumbert, M. Hulme, P. Newell & A. Stirling critique the UK Advanced Research and Invention Agencyโ€™s unprecedented ยฃ60 million solar geoengineering research initiative.

A thread on their key concerns ๐Ÿ‘‡
ARIAโ€™s โ€˜Exploring Climate Coolingโ€™ Folly - Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement
On 7 May 2025, the UK Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) announced the list of projects to be funded under its ยฃ60 million solar geoengineering research initiative. Readers of this blog wil...
www.solargeoeng.org
May 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It was a pleasure delivering my inaugural lecture as the 2025 Zennstrรถm Visiting Professor in Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University last Monday, jointly with fellow Zennstrรถm Visiting Professor Aarti Gupta. climatechangeleadership.blog.uu.se/2025/04/09/i...
Inaugural lecture Aarti Gupta and Frank Biermann - Climate Change Leadership
Inaugural lecture by the 2025 Zennstrรถm visiting professors Aarti Gupta and Frank Biermann at Uppsala University
climatechangeleadership.blog.uu.se
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Because of the many risks of solar geoengineering, we urgently need an International Non-Use Agreement on Solar Geoengineering, which is supported by 550+ academics and 2000 civil society organizations. More information at www.solargeoeng.org.
Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement
Our initiative stands against such emerging initiatives to explore planetary techno-fixes as a climate policy option.
www.solargeoeng.org
April 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
โ€œThe UK government should not encourage false solutions like solar geoengineering and the people of the UK should not stand for it.โ€ A clear and important piece by Raymond Pierrehumbert and Michael Mann: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UKโ€™s gamble on solar geoengineering is like using aspirin for cancer | Raymond Pierrehumbert and Michael Mann
Injecting pollutants into the atmosphere to reflect the sun would be extremely dangerous, but the UK is funding field trials
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Forthcoming with Routledge:
"Essential Concepts for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals--An A-Z Guide"
March 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Utrecht University is recruiting a new Dean for our Faculty of Geosciences!

The faculty covers Earth Sciences; Physical Geography; Human Geography & Spatial Planning; & the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development. Altogether 3,700 students & 900 staff.

Join us!

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences
Are you a leading researcher, experienced administrator and people connector? Do you have a heart for geosciences, with a focus on sustainability and impact?
www.uu.nl
February 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The Earth System Governance journal is now on BlueSky!

Join us at @esg-journal.bsky.social.

All articles are open access and can be downloaded free of charge, anywhere, anytime.

[And of course, we've deleted our account on what was known as Twitter.]
February 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Reposted by Frank Biermann
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.

It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Here's a new critical piece on solar geoengineering in The Ecologist (w/ some of my quotes): theecologist.org/2025/feb/04/...
Weaponising solar geoengineering
Solar geoengineering, if weaponised, has the potential to deepen global inequality and escalate conflicts worldwide.
theecologist.org
February 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I've been appointed Zennstrรถm Visiting Professor in Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University, jointly with Aarti Gupta. From March to July, I'll be working with Uppsalaโ€™s outstanding climate policy team -- if you're in or near Uppsala, I'd love to meet up!
www.mynewsdesk.com/uu/pressrele...
Frank Biermann and Aarti Gupta new Zennstrรถm Professors of Climate Change Leadership
Professor Aarti Gupta from Wageningen University and Professor Frank Biermann from Utrecht University will become Visiting Professors of Climate Change...
www.mynewsdesk.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Huge congratulations to Dr Abbie Yunita on defending her dissertation, "Recursive Shifts: Manifestations of the SDGs in Contemporary Development Practice" just before winter break! A key contribution to understanding the #SDGs & a proud outcome of the #ERC #GLOBALGOALS Project! Well done, Abbie!
January 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
๐Ÿšจ New Article Alert! ๐Ÿšจ

"Three Pathways to Nonuse Agreement(s) on Solar Geoengineering"

Exploring possible ways to prevent the development of solar geoengineering. How can we overcome opposition from powerful states?

Led by Stacy VanDeveer. Open Access: doi.org/10.1017/S089...
December 19, 2024 at 12:45 PM
More information on solar geoengineering at www.solargeoeng.org
December 6, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Just interviewed by "Undark" magazine on the many risks and dangers of solar geoengineering. The article also highlights the alarming private investments pouring into this speculative, planet-altering tech. Open access: undark.org/2024/12/03/u... #ClimateRisk #Geoengineering
Geoengineering Could Alter Global Climate. Should It?
Scientists and companies increasingly support blocking some sunlight to avoid the worst impacts of global warming.
undark.org
December 6, 2024 at 11:42 AM
โ€œVanuatu...proposed an amendment to the Rome Statute [to] recognize โ€˜ecocideโ€™ as a crime under international law...to hold accountable those who cause severe & widespread damage to the environment ... through reckless emissions or dangerous geoengineering schemesโ€ www.solargeoeng.org/statement-fr...
Statement from Vanuatu: Why a Non-Use Mechanism on Solar Geoengineering is urgently needed - Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement
Statement by Honorable Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatuโ€™s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment, delivered at Science Summit at the 79th United Nations General Assembly, 23 September 2024.
www.solargeoeng.org
December 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
โ€œโ€ฆat the recent UN Environment Assembly, Vanuatu and Fiji proudly stood with our African sisters and brothers in calling for a global governance mechanism to ensure the non-use of solar geoengineering technologies.โ€
December 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Vanuatu stands firmly against solar geoengineering, linking it to crime of ecocide: โ€œVanuatu is advocating for a ban or non-use agreement on solar geoengineering. ...such an agreement is necessary to ... protect the worldโ€™s most vulnerable peoples & ecosystems.โ€
www.solargeoeng.org/statement-fr...
Statement from Vanuatu: Why a Non-Use Mechanism on Solar Geoengineering is urgently needed - Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement
Statement by Honorable Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatuโ€™s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment, delivered at Science Summit at the 79th United Nations General Assembly, 23 September 2024.
www.solargeoeng.org
December 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
More walk-outs from Twitter users:

www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:15 PM