The Degrees Initiative
@degrees.ngo
The Degrees Initiative is an NGO dedicated to putting the Global South at the centre of the solar radiation modification (SRM) conversation.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 👇
www.degrees.ngo/four-new-cou...
Watch this space for more details on each project in the coming days.
#SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth
Read more 👇
www.degrees.ngo/four-new-cou...
Watch this space for more details on each project in the coming days.
#SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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 👇
www.degrees.ngo/four-new-cou...
Watch this space for more details on each project in the coming days.
#SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth
Read more 👇
www.degrees.ngo/four-new-cou...
Watch this space for more details on each project in the coming days.
#SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth
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
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...
🌍 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:
www.degrees.ngo/wp-content/u...
#DGF2025 #Solargeoengineering
300 people from 49 countries made this the biggest SRM event to date.
Swipe for highlights and download the report below:
www.degrees.ngo/wp-content/u...
#DGF2025 #Solargeoengineering
October 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🌍 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:
www.degrees.ngo/wp-content/u...
#DGF2025 #Solargeoengineering
300 people from 49 countries made this the biggest SRM event to date.
Swipe for highlights and download the report below:
www.degrees.ngo/wp-content/u...
#DGF2025 #Solargeoengineering
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...
> www.agu.org/honors/afric...
September 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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...
> www.agu.org/honors/afric...
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.
www.forbes.com/sites/elisab...
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.
www.forbes.com/sites/elisab...
September 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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.
www.forbes.com/sites/elisab...
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.
www.forbes.com/sites/elisab...
👏 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
Grateful for her ongoing support!
https://ntva.no/aktuelt/nyhetsbrev/nye-medlemmer-i-ntva
August 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
👏 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
Grateful for her ongoing support!
https://ntva.no/aktuelt/nyhetsbrev/nye-medlemmer-i-ntva
🥳 Huge congratulations to Degrees' Chair Oliver Morton (@eaterofsun.bsky.social) for winning the @absw.bsky.social award for Opinion Piece or Editorial of the Year for his article 'A place to talk about cooling the Earth' in @economist.com: www.economist.com/the-world-ah...
July 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🥳 Huge congratulations to Degrees' Chair Oliver Morton (@eaterofsun.bsky.social) for winning the @absw.bsky.social award for Opinion Piece or Editorial of the Year for his article 'A place to talk about cooling the Earth' in @economist.com: www.economist.com/the-world-ah...
Shaping the future of SRM research for a shared future—A few highlights from yesterday’s event that we co-organised with Reflective on the sidelines of TED Countdown, Nairobi 🌍
June 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Shaping the future of SRM research for a shared future—A few highlights from yesterday’s event that we co-organised with Reflective on the sidelines of TED Countdown, Nairobi 🌍
"If we're going to continue engaging with SRM seriously, then how we engage with people - outside this room, past our disciplines, and beyond our datasets – matters just as much as what we're researching." Trisha Patel - Inaugural Saleemul Huq prize winner, closing #DGF2025 🌍
May 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"If we're going to continue engaging with SRM seriously, then how we engage with people - outside this room, past our disciplines, and beyond our datasets – matters just as much as what we're researching." Trisha Patel - Inaugural Saleemul Huq prize winner, closing #DGF2025 🌍
Matthew Henr discussing cutting-edge science at #DGF2025 session on the cryosphere. Experts explored strategies to cool the Arctic—from marine cloud brightening and cloud seeding to ice sheet interventions. 🧊
May 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Matthew Henr discussing cutting-edge science at #DGF2025 session on the cryosphere. Experts explored strategies to cool the Arctic—from marine cloud brightening and cloud seeding to ice sheet interventions. 🧊
Great energy in yesterday's #DGF2025 session discussing SRM experiments.
Lively World Cafe style conversations explored hypothetical case studies from SAI to sea-ice thickening—unpacking the science, governance, and regional realities.
Lively World Cafe style conversations explored hypothetical case studies from SAI to sea-ice thickening—unpacking the science, governance, and regional realities.
May 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Great energy in yesterday's #DGF2025 session discussing SRM experiments.
Lively World Cafe style conversations explored hypothetical case studies from SAI to sea-ice thickening—unpacking the science, governance, and regional realities.
Lively World Cafe style conversations explored hypothetical case studies from SAI to sea-ice thickening—unpacking the science, governance, and regional realities.
"In sustainable development, one thing I've learnt is that there is this kind of dance between evidence, people and political systems. I think managing that balance is something that SRM can learn from development."—Rose Mutiso #DGF2025 🌍
May 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"In sustainable development, one thing I've learnt is that there is this kind of dance between evidence, people and political systems. I think managing that balance is something that SRM can learn from development."—Rose Mutiso #DGF2025 🌍
Portia Adade Williams—"Funding drives our research agenda and our ability to respond to challenges. But 78% of funding from 1990-2020 on climate change in Africa went to institutions in the Global North. We need to fund local research." #DGF2025
May 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Portia Adade Williams—"Funding drives our research agenda and our ability to respond to challenges. But 78% of funding from 1990-2020 on climate change in Africa went to institutions in the Global North. We need to fund local research." #DGF2025
Let’s go! 🚀 #DGF2025 kicking off today in Cape Town—the world’s largest-ever forum on solar radiation modification and the first held in Africa.
Over 330 participants from 30+ countries are here to shape the global conversation on the science, equity, and governance of SRM.
Over 330 participants from 30+ countries are here to shape the global conversation on the science, equity, and governance of SRM.
May 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Let’s go! 🚀 #DGF2025 kicking off today in Cape Town—the world’s largest-ever forum on solar radiation modification and the first held in Africa.
Over 330 participants from 30+ countries are here to shape the global conversation on the science, equity, and governance of SRM.
Over 330 participants from 30+ countries are here to shape the global conversation on the science, equity, and governance of SRM.
First up, we can share that Pascal Lamy, Chair of the Climate Overshoot Commission and former Director-General of the World Trade Organization, will be joining previously announced speakers Hina Rabbani Khar and Thelma Krug for the opening plenary
April 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
First up, we can share that Pascal Lamy, Chair of the Climate Overshoot Commission and former Director-General of the World Trade Organization, will be joining previously announced speakers Hina Rabbani Khar and Thelma Krug for the opening plenary
Degrees at #ICSHMO2025 >>> Michelle Reboita, Babatunde Abiodun & Chris Lennard joined global experts in Cape Town to share insights on climate change and SRM.
💡Highlight: a session on Climate Intervention chaired by Babatunde Abiodun!
💡Highlight: a session on Climate Intervention chaired by Babatunde Abiodun!
April 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Degrees at #ICSHMO2025 >>> Michelle Reboita, Babatunde Abiodun & Chris Lennard joined global experts in Cape Town to share insights on climate change and SRM.
💡Highlight: a session on Climate Intervention chaired by Babatunde Abiodun!
💡Highlight: a session on Climate Intervention chaired by Babatunde Abiodun!
Heading to Cape Town for #DGF2025? We're looking forward to it, and we hope you are too 🌍
Check out our Top 7 Travel Tips to make the most of your trip!
📌 Watch the short video guide below:
Check out our Top 7 Travel Tips to make the most of your trip!
📌 Watch the short video guide below:
April 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Heading to Cape Town for #DGF2025? We're looking forward to it, and we hope you are too 🌍
Check out our Top 7 Travel Tips to make the most of your trip!
📌 Watch the short video guide below:
Check out our Top 7 Travel Tips to make the most of your trip!
📌 Watch the short video guide below:
🤔 Who decides if, when, or how solar radiation modification is used?
Join experts at #DGF2025 as they unpack the ethics, governance and security risks and explore what meaningful engagement looks like in this complex field.
Join experts at #DGF2025 as they unpack the ethics, governance and security risks and explore what meaningful engagement looks like in this complex field.
March 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🤔 Who decides if, when, or how solar radiation modification is used?
Join experts at #DGF2025 as they unpack the ethics, governance and security risks and explore what meaningful engagement looks like in this complex field.
Join experts at #DGF2025 as they unpack the ethics, governance and security risks and explore what meaningful engagement looks like in this complex field.
Exciting news from Ghana! 🌍 Last week, our Policy Engagement Manager, Anita Nzeh, met with Hon. Seidu Issifu, Ghana’s first-ever Minister for Climate Change & Sustainability. She congratulated him on his historic appointment and told him about the upcoming Degrees Global Forum on SRM in Cape T
March 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Exciting news from Ghana! 🌍 Last week, our Policy Engagement Manager, Anita Nzeh, met with Hon. Seidu Issifu, Ghana’s first-ever Minister for Climate Change & Sustainability. She congratulated him on his historic appointment and told him about the upcoming Degrees Global Forum on SRM in Cape T
☀️Join us in Cape Town in May for the Degrees Global Forum 2025 - the largest SRM conference to date and the first to be held in the Global South!
March 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
☀️Join us in Cape Town in May for the Degrees Global Forum 2025 - the largest SRM conference to date and the first to be held in the Global South!
Degrees on tour! To discuss the next steps for building an SRM research community in Africa, Degrees founder Andy Parker joined our researchers Kwesi Quagraine (Ghana) and Chris Lennard (South Africa), plus collaborator Simone Tilmes at @NCAR_Science this week 🌍
March 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Degrees on tour! To discuss the next steps for building an SRM research community in Africa, Degrees founder Andy Parker joined our researchers Kwesi Quagraine (Ghana) and Chris Lennard (South Africa), plus collaborator Simone Tilmes at @NCAR_Science this week 🌍
📣 Speaker announcement! Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar will be joining us at #DGF2025. Register now to hear from her and a wide range of speakers in Cape Town, 12-16 May --> degreesglobalforum.org/registration/
March 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
📣 Speaker announcement! Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar will be joining us at #DGF2025. Register now to hear from her and a wide range of speakers in Cape Town, 12-16 May --> degreesglobalforum.org/registration/