A curated list of projects, research, organizations, tools, and resources related to geoengineering—large-scale interventions in the Earth’s climate system to counteract climate change.
Geoengineering includes carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM) strategies. This list serves researchers, policymakers, climate advocates, and curious citizens.
- Overview & Introductory Resources
- Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)
- Solar Radiation Management (SRM)
- Research & Academia
- Tools, Models & Data
- Policy & Ethics
- Organizations
- Open Source Projects
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- Wikipedia: Climate Engineering – A broad overview of geoengineering techniques, categories, and debates.
- CarbonPlan Geoengineering Overview – Accessible analysis and data-driven discussion.
- Oxford Geoengineering Programme – University of Oxford’s interdisciplinary initiative on geoengineering science and policy.
- Union of Concerned Scientists – Geoengineering – An overview of scientific concerns and societal implications.
- Climeworks – Direct air capture (DAC) company removing CO₂ from the air.
- Project Vesta – Coastal enhanced weathering using olivine to capture carbon.
- Running Tide – Ocean-based carbon removal using algae and ocean alkalinity enhancement.
- CarbonPlan CDR Database – Open database tracking carbon removal efforts.
- Stripe Climate – A platform funding frontier CDR solutions.
- SilverLining – Funding research on SRM approaches like marine cloud brightening.
- Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) – Scientific simulations of SRM effects.
- OpenAirSRM – Advocacy for transparency in SRM research and development.
- Harvard Solar Geoengineering Research Program – Academic research on SRM strategies.
- National Academies Report on CDR and SRM (2021) – Foundational U.S. study on geoengineering.
- IEA Carbon Removal Reports – Reports on DAC and CDR pathways from the International Energy Agency.
- CMIP6 – Climate modeling projects, including SRM simulations.
- Carbon180 – Nonprofit focused on research and advocacy for carbon removal.
- cdr.fyi – Live dashboards and tracking for CDR credits and projects.
- EN-ROADS – Climate simulator with geoengineering levers.
- FaIR Climate Model – Simple climate model for policy exploration.
- GGRAtlas – Global database of greenhouse gas removal projects and research.
- The Governance of Solar Geoengineering – Carnegie Council paper on managing SRM technologies.
- The Role of Geoengineering in Climate Policy (Nature) – Ethical and policy risks of deploying SRM.
- ETC Group Geoengineering Watch – Critical perspectives on geoengineering experiments and governance.
- C2G (Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative) – Advocating for inclusive global governance of geoengineering.
- Carbon180 – Research and advocacy organization focused on carbon removal.
- SilverLining – Promoting safe, transparent research into SRM.
- C2G (Carnegie Climate Governance) – Global governance initiative for climate-altering technologies.
- Center for Carbon Removal (now part of Carbon180)
- CDR Verification Framework (OpenAir Collective) – Community projects on CDR validation.
- EN-ROADS Simulator – Open source model behind the EN-ROADS simulator.
- Geoengineering Models (GeoMIP) – Climate model outputs from various SRM experiments.
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