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The Degrees Initiative
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The Degrees Initiative is an NGO dedicated to putting the Global South at the centre of the solar radiation modification (SRM) conversation.
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As COP30 unfolds in Belém, the Amazon is at the centre of climate action. In a new Perspective for @srm360.bsky.social, our Director of Policy Engagement Marcos Regis da Silva outlines how informal conversations during COP30 could shape the future of SRM governance.

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SRM360 | Spotlighting the Amazon Could Clarify SRM Research and Governance Questions
As the world gathers for COP30, Marcos Regis da Silva says it's time to ask whether solar geoengineering (SRM) could help protect the Amazon.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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📢We’re recruiting a Volunteer Trustee (Finance)

💼Accounting qualification required
💻Remote, ~3-4 hours/month
🌍Help guide a growing climate NGO

Apply by 7 Dec 2025 👇
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Job Opportunity: Volunteer Trustee with financial expertise
The Degrees Initiative seeks a Policy Engagement Assistant to join a growing, dynamic charity working on climate change and development.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Cabo Verde begins its first SRM study through Degrees funding 👏

Dr Patrik Pina da Silva and his team will examine how SRM could affect extreme weather on Santiago Island

👉 youtu.be/sgoy7VoQuTw

#CaboVerde #SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth
SRM research in Cabo Verde: Understanding extreme weather risks
YouTube video by The Degrees Initiative
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November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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The Republic of the Congo begins its first SRM study 👏

Roy Dorgeless Ngakala and his team will examine how SRM and global warming could affect local fisheries and the Congolese Upwelling System.

👉 youtu.be/RTvIq73zK_k

#Congo #SRM #Oceans #GlobalSouth
SRM research in the Republic of the Congo: Upwelling systems and coastal resilience
YouTube video by The Degrees Initiative
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November 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Morocco receives Degrees funding for its first SRM study 👏

Alongside his team, Dr Victor Ongoma will assess how SRM might affect heat and rainfall extremes across North Africa

👉 youtu.be/Wf0B-mAfiik

#Morocco #SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Jordan launches its first SRM project with Degrees funding 👏

Prof. Jawad Al-Bakri and team will explore how SRM could influence crop productivity and water-scarce agriculture in arid conditions

👉 youtu.be/K_0RxIoug5E

#Jordan #SRM #ClimateScience #GlobalSouth
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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We’ve funded four new research teams from Cabo Verde, Jordan, Morocco and the Republic of the Congo to conduct their country’s first-ever SRM study 👏

Read more 👇
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Watch this space for more details on each project in the coming days.

#SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth
Men discussing around a table during an SRM research workshop held in Nairobi. October 2025 Men discussing around a table during an SRM research workshop held in Nairobi. October 2025 Man giving a speech using a microphone. Other workshop participants gather around him to listen. Taken during the SRM research workshop held in Nairobi, October 2025. Group photo taken during the workshop using a selfie-stick on a rooftop in Nairobi. October 2025
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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“Climate-intervention research will move forward somewhere. The choice is whether we help steer it or simply endure its outcomes.” - Degrees-funded researcher Kwesi A. Quagraine on the need for Africa to be at the table in climate engineering decisions 👉 www.graphic.com.gh/news/general...
Dr. Kwesi Quagraine warns: ‘Africa must be at the table in climate engineering decisions’
Ghanaian climate scientist Dr. Kwesi Akumenyi Quagraine is leading Africa’s growing voice in one of the most controversial fields in modern climate science — deliberate human intervention in the Earth...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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☀️Celebrating 50 peer-reviewed papers from Degrees-funded scientists exploring how SRM could affect the world physically, socially & politically. From Mexico to Benin, researchers across the Global South are leading the way in SRM science & governance 👉https://www.degrees.ngo/50-paper-milestone/
Degrees-funded scientists reach 50-paper milestone in solar geoengineering research
The papers, led by Global South experts across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, explore both the physical and social dimensions of how solar radiation modification (SRM) could affect their regions.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Read DSG’s latest post on the workshop we co-hosted this month in Latin America. The opportunity allowed government representatives to come together to engage in a multilateral negotiation simulation, aided by @degrees.ngo researchers from the region. bit.ly/435v2Nq
Strengthening Regional Capacity on SRM Governance: Reflections from our Collaborative Workshop in Bogota
As part of a series of capacity-building events, DSG travelled to Bogotá to deliver a regional capacity-building workshop for Latin America and Caribbean government representatives on the governance o...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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For the first time, Degrees-funded modelling & social science teams met in Bogotá, CO to explore SRM science & governance in the LAC region, marking a key step toward collaborative, holistic SRM research. www.degrees.ngo/second-lac-w...
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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@newscientist.com reports on a survey showing many climate scientists expect large-scale efforts to block radiation from the sun by 2100. Incl. quotes from our CEO Andy Parker and funded researcher Ines Camilloni 👉 www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
Exclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100
An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet
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October 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Could solar geoengineering help or harm the Amazon?
Our Marcos Regis da Silva will be part of a live discussion of the topic on 28 October – sign up to watch the debate via @srm360.bsky.social: srm360.org/event/could-...
Live Discussion: Could Solar Geoengineering Help or Harm the Amazon?
Join SRM360 for a live discussion on the Amazon, its decline, and what impacts solar geoengineering (SRM) could have on the rainforest.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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🌍 The Degrees Global Forum report is out!
300 people from 49 countries made this the biggest SRM event to date.
Swipe for highlights and download the report below:
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#DGF2025 #Solargeoengineering
October 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Another well-deserved success: Degrees researcher Dr Frederic Bonou has won the 2025 Africa Award for Research Excellence in Earth or Ocean Sciences from the American Geophysical Union 👏 🌍
> www.agu.org/honors/afric...
September 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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📢 We're hiring for a Policy Engagement Manager, Asia.
They will strengthen the voice of the Global South in discussions on solar geoengineering / SRM research and governance with relevance to Asia by connecting experts to policy processes. Apply by 19th October 2025: www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...
Job Opportunity: Policy Engagement Manager, Asia
The Degrees Initiative seeks an Operations Officer to join a growing dynamic charity working on climate change and development.
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September 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Congratulations to Romaric C. Odoulami on being named one of @forbes.com's Sustainability Leaders 2025! 👏 🌱
He has co-led 3 Degrees Modelling Fund projects, secured $1.5 million from @simonsfoundation.org, and co-launched the African Climate Intervention Research Hub.
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Romaric Odoulami Researcher, University of Cape Town, South Africa Geoengineering has become a controversial idea, but Dr. Romaric Odoulami is studying the intricate science behind how it would work. He leads an Africa-wide collaboration of scientists studying the effects of these proposed techniques on the continent's weather patterns, the largest research effort of its kind in the Global South. Supported by a $1.5-million fund from the Simons Foundation International, Odoulami uses computer models to study how different particles would disperse into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and cool the earth, a method called Solar Radiation Management. But this could also have unintended consequences such as drought, which would harm crop production and food security. In May 2025, Benin-born Odoulami co-launched the African Climate Intervention Research Hub to support climate research across the continent.
September 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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“Africa must move from passive recipient to active leader in SRM research, governance and public engagement.”

🌍African scientists who started work on the topic through Degrees grants have delivered a bold and timely message in Nature:
🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02420-z
September 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Congratulations to our teams in Jamaica, Nigeria, Uganda and Mali, who have received extensions to their grants 👏 Their projects include the impact of solar radiation modification (SRM) on renewable energy, crop yields, rain-fed agriculture and droughts.
Read more: www.degrees.ngo/continuation...
Four more SRM modelling teams receive grant extensions
Teams from Jamaica, Nigeria, Mali and Uganda have been awarded more funding to continue their research for another two years.
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September 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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👏 Congratulations to Amadou Coulibaly, new Director of WASCALS's Climate Change & Agriculture Graduate Programme in Mali 🇲🇱 He leads a Degrees-funded SRM project on droughts in West Africa and is bringing this work into the classroom.

Watch an interview with him below 📹
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Dr Amadou Coulibaly: Advancing SRM Research in Mali with Degrees
YouTube video by The Degrees Initiative
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August 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Congratulations to the 14 Degrees-funded researchers who will help produce the next @ipcc.bsky.social climate report 👏They come from varied research backgrounds, and have added SRM studies to their work as the topic gains more interest around the world 🌍
Read more > www.degrees.ngo/ipcc-ar7-con...
14 Degrees-funded researchers will help to produce the next IPCC climate report
Authors and Review Editors for the next major IPCC climate report include Global South experts who receive Degrees Initiative funding.
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August 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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👏 Congratulations to Helene Muri on her election to Norway’s Academy of Technological Sciences! She’s volunteered with Degrees since 2018—supporting Global South modelling teams and reviewing proposals.

Grateful for her ongoing support!
https://ntva.no/aktuelt/nyhetsbrev/nye-medlemmer-i-ntva
Helene working with Degrees-funded scientists at our first-ever research planning workshop in Trieste, Italy - 2018
August 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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📢 We're hiring! Join Degrees as our new Policy Engagement Assistant—help strengthen Global South capacity and advance fairer, more inclusive governance of solar geoengineering.

🗓️Apply by 31 August
🌐 Remote (UK)
🔗 https://www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-opportunity-policy-engagement-assistant/
Job Opportunity: Policy Engagement Assistant
The Degrees Initiative seeks a Policy Engagement Assistant to join a growing, dynamic charity working on climate change and development.
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August 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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The first paper from our Socio-Political fund teams has been published 👏 Maria Ines Carabajal and co from Argentina studied the response to a solar geoengineering stunt in Mexico, recommending ways forward for governance across the Latin American and Caribbean region: www.degrees.ngo/srm-mexico-g...
Solar geoengineering stunt in Mexico prompts calls for governance discussions on controversial technology
A Degrees-funded team from Argentina analysed the response to an unauthorised small-scale deployment of solar geoengineering in Mexico in 2023, and recommend ways forward for governance across the Lat...
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August 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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🌍 In our latest newsletter, we reflect on the largest SRM gathering to date, #DGF2025 — key takeaways, featured content, and what’s next for the SRM field.

📬 Read the update here:
https://mailchi.mp/degrees/degrees-update-building-a-global-community
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July 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM