
Climate Reflections: The SRM360 Podcast
Climate Reflections dives into the world of sunlight reflection methods, also known as solar geoengineering: a set of ideas to reflect a small amount of sunlight back to space to help counteract global warming. This may sound like science fiction, but it’s an idea that scientists really are studying.
Join podcast host Peter Irvine, a sunlight reflection scientist, to explore what different ideas are being studied to reflect sunlight, what impact they might have, and what is going on in the world today related to sunlight reflection research.
Podcasting since 2024 • 12 episodes
Climate Reflections: The SRM360 Podcast
Latest Episodes
News Roundup: major reports on SRM from Germany and the US, how to assess risk, and how emotions impact SRM opinions
To discuss SRM news over the past month, we're joined by Chad Baum, behavioral scientist and Assistant Professor at Aarhus University in Denmark, and Julie Vinders, Lawyer and Senior Research Analyst at Trilateral Research in the UK. We'll talk...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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33:55

Air Pollution and SRM
Modern efforts to clean up air pollution started in the 1950s following the London Smog event, which killed nearly 12,000 people. Much of that pollution was caused by sulphate a...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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20:07

News Roundup: the next IPCC report, alternative aerosol particles, and more
In a contentious meeting in late February, the IPCC agreed on outlines that include discussions of SRM for its 7th assessment report. For the first time in IPCC history, the US was notably absent, having been banned from participation by the Tr...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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31:28

SRM Governance with Cynthia Scharf
Cynthia Scharf has spoken with senior policy makers, UN officials, think tanks and NGOs across the world about climate change and sunlight reflection methods (SRM). Eight years ago, when she first began having these discussions, most people did...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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33:52
