EU wants to track potential rogue efforts to block out the sun
The European Union has launched a €35 million (US$39.4 million) tender to fund research and coordination on, among other things, detecting rogue efforts to alter the Earth’s atmosphere by blocking out the sun.
The EU’s Horizon Europe arm, which funds research and innovation, launched the call for projects on Tuesday as part of an early stage effort to coordinate action on so-called Solar Radiation Modification, a nascent and controversial technology that could be used to cool the planet should temperatures rise to critical tipping points.
In a report last month, the UN warned that global temperatures are set to cross the key 1.5 degrees Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) threshold above pre-industrial levels within the next few years, and could climb as high as 2.6 degrees without changes to current policies.
The effects of climate change are already being felt with wildfires, droughts, hurricanes and severe floods happening increasingly frequently.
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