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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · 20d

What do you think? Catch the full recording on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/q3ja-oYagSY?...

Climate Interventions: a distraction or a necessity? Seminar by the Centre for Climate Repair

A critical discussion in the fight against climate change: the role of climate interventions. As the world grapples with the escalating impacts of climate change, the conversation around…

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · 20d

📚 Back to school: a new word for your dictionary!

At our Climate Interventions debate earlier this year, Robert Chris presented his idea of "Cocawki". He led to the question: if we are concerned about this risk, do the existing measures make it vanishingly small? If not, what can we do about it?

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · 27d

Take a read and let us know what you think.

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Frontiers | A new paradigm from the Arctic

Key points • Academics, activists, and Arctic inhabitants are deeply concerned about cryosphere systems at imminent risk of collapse, and yet decades of &quo...

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · 27d

Another paper presented "A new paradigm for the Arctic". With insights from 27 academics, activists, and Arctic inhabitants, they present reasons to deepen research in collaboration with Arctic peoples.

"The key question is: how should decisions be made— through evidence or guesswork?" they said.

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · 27d

An alternative perspective in Frontiers this week: "Instead of focusing solely on the problems, climate scientists should also explore all potential solutions to reduce harm to humanity."

www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...

Frontiers | A new paradigm from the Arctic

Key points • Academics, activists, and Arctic inhabitants are deeply concerned about cryosphere systems at imminent risk of collapse, and yet decades of &quo...

www.frontiersin.org

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · 29d

We're pleased to see geoengineering being discussed in mainstream media today in response to a new paper assessing some of the ideas. On our website, we've compiled some of our thoughts and the links you need to read the paper and surrounding news.

www.climaterepair.cam.ac.uk/news/relativ...

Hugh presenting at a debate on Climate Interventions: a distraction or a necessity?

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · 29d

In the lab at the University of Cambridge, Shaun Fitzgerald and Jacob Pantling showed Sky News one idea - one of the many being considered globally - that could help protect the Arctic from climate change.

There's plenty in the news today about geoengineering. Tell us: what do you think?

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · 29d

"We owe it to future generations, to equip them with more knowledge about this", our director told Sky News this morning. "It may well be an option that they would like to consider because we haven't made the progress with emissions reduction."

news.sky.com/story/mad-sc...

Shaun speaking to reporter with camera recording

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Sep 8

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These are science’s boldest ideas to cool our heating planet | BBC Science Focus Magazine

As Earth's climate continues to warm, experts are increasingly wondering if we could, and should, take more drastic action and start tinkering with the planet in the hope of saving it

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Sep 8

📰 READ: Brighter clouds, thicker ice, atmospheric injection, space shades...

We're featured alongside other scientists in BBC Science Focus magazine's look into ideas that could help cool the planet.

Have a read, share with colleagues, and let us know what you think..

(photo by Elise Imbeau)

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Sep 5

In case we haven't met yet... we're the Centre for Climate Repair ⛅

We're based at the University of Cambridge and can be found across departments. We summarise our research with the three Rs: reduce, remove, refreeze - three climate actions we think are needed (or at least worth investigating).

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Sep 5

🎙️ LISTEN: Shaun Fitzgerald and Jacob Pantling speak on BBC Radio 4 about technologies that could help cool the planet. Listen live at 12:04 UK time, or catch up afterwards with the link below.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Rare Earth, Engineering the Planet

Can we design and build our way out of climate change?

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Sep 3

📚 It's back to school season, and we're looking back on some of our seminars teaching us about climate repair.

Watch the full seminar, including presentations on kelp and methane research, on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/E1lqhQ233Gs?...

What if GHGs could be captured? Engineering for the Climate

YouTube video by Centre for Climate Repair

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Sep 3

Why "remove" greenhouse gases at all?

Prof John Taylor outlines why he thinks greenhouse gas removal is vital to meeting climate targets.

💭 "We have to remove a lot. We have put a lot of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. We have a lot of work to do."

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Sep 2

📨 Our newsletter went out yesterday - did you get it?

We're busy preparing our calendar for the new academic year, and joining our mailing list is the best to ensure you don't miss any of it.

Sign up here: mailchi.mp/70664b3997b4...
There's a seat waiting for you!

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Aug 22

"None of this is magic. It’s physics. The research task is to probe side effects with eyes wide open, ramp cautiously, and measure everything."

Read the article 👉 genn.cc/hugh-hunt-st...

“We Can’t Be Sidelined Forever”: Why Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Must Move From Taboo to Testing

A decade ago, I helped convene SRM Science 2015 in Cambridge to focus squarely on the science and engineering of solar radiation management. We brought ethics and governance into the room too, but the...

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Aug 22

"Let’s be blunt. After 30 years of climate negotiations, we did not deliver the rapid fossil fuel decline needed to avert deep damage," says Hugh Hunt in a new article. "A generation ago it was reasonable to call geoengineering a dangerous distraction. Today, refusing to research it is reckless."

Hugh Hunt speaking with a microphone. Image: CC BY 4.0 - Saskia Wegner/The Degrees Initiative/SRM360

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Aug 11

📢 Reminder: two weeks left to apply!

If you have a background in mechanical or chemical engineering, mathematics, or chemistry and want to help tackle climate change, then check these out. Opportunities for creative thinking to make a big difference!

www.climaterepair.cam.ac.uk/opportunities

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Aug 5

Do two-phase flows float your boat? We have something for you!

At the University of Cambridge, we’re investigating how aerosol particles could cool the planet. It’s an exciting mix of chemical engineering, mechanics, and physics - get involved!

www.climaterepair.cam.ac.uk/opportunities

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Jul 31

Read more about the project here: www.climaterepair.cam.ac.uk/news/fluid-m...
And check out @srm360.bsky.social's materials on SAI: srm360.org/article/stra...

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Jul 31

At the University of Cambridge, we’re investigating how aerosol particles could cool the planet. It’s an exciting mix of chemical engineering, mechanics, and physics in a growing field, and it could have world-changing applications. Could you join our team?

www.climaterepair.cam.ac.uk/opportunities

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · Jul 30

In an article for @uk.theconversation.com, author Dr Dante McGrath @climaterepair.bsky.social, discusses the 3 Rs of #climate action that could help limit global warming — reduce, remove, reflect

www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/opinion...

These actions were the subject of a recent debate in UK parliament

Opinion: Reduce, remove, reflect — the three Rs that could limit global warming

Since 2019, the UK has been committed to the target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Legally binding net zero targets form the basis for national efforts to meet the international goals o...

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Jul 24

📣 Work with us! We have two new research positions with at @eng.cam.ac.uk. Supervised by Prof @hughhunt.bsky.social, these positions will focus on dispersal and delivery, respectively, of Novel Materials for Stratospheric Aerosol Injection.

www.climaterepair.cam.ac.uk/opportunities

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Ocean Visions @oceanvisions.bsky.social · Jul 2

Last week we contributed to #ArticRepair2025, hosted by @climaterepair.bsky.social. Takeaways? Double down on emission reductions and also grow a portfolio of other potential tools—removals, adaptation, and interventions. See how we're contributing to that: oceanvisions.org/our-strategy...

Exploring Interventions to Prolong Health of Critical Marine Ecosystems

Ocean Visions is identifying and assessing potential interventions targeted at prolonging the function and health of critical components of the ocean-climate system.

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Centre for Climate Repair @climaterepair.bsky.social · Jun 23

📰 READ: In The Times this weekend, discover the simplicity of ice thickening in the Arctic and the many challenges our research is hoping to untangle. @shaunfitzgerald.bsky.social is part of a team testing a potential way to protect sea ice against global warming.

www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

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