Climate Change Politics Precautionary Principle Radiation 
Legal Planet
MARCH 7, 2024
In amongst proposals regarding plastic pollution, air quality, pesticides and circular economies, to mention but a few, the most controversial was a Swiss-led proposal to establish an expert group on solar radiation modification (SRM).
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Climate change : The process by which the climate changes due to “forcings”. Greenhouse gas : A group of gases known to be responsible for increasing the “greenhouse effect” - that is, gases that absorb infrared radiation and increase atmospheric density. Radiation : The transmission of energy through space.
Legal Planet
MARCH 8, 2024
As we wrote in part 1 , a Swiss-led proposal to the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) to establish an expert group on solar radiation management (SRM) proved divisive and was eventually withdrawn. SRM seems to reduce overall climate risks when experimentally deployed in simulated future worlds.
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