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Global South Urged to Join Solar Geoengineering Debate

1/9/2026

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The Global South must be included in discussions about solar geoengineering, which advocates say could buy time against the climate crisis.
Researchers in the Global North are advancing, while the Global South remains largely excluded from public discourse and policymaking.
The exclusion risks repeating colonial dynamics and worsening inequalities, while governments in the Global South face pressure to address geoengineering with limited funding and debate.

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The Global South must be included in discussions about solar geoengineering, which advocates say could buy time against the climate crisis.
Researchers in the Global North are advancing, while the Global South remains largely excluded from public discourse and policymaking.
The exclusion risks repeating colonial dynamics and worsening inequalities, while governments in the Global South face pressure to address geoengineering with limited funding and debate.