Background
Several notable organizations have investigated geoengineering with a view to evaluating its potential, including, NASA, the Royal Society, the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, and the UK Parliament,. The Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies was convened to identify and develop risk reduction guidelines for climate intervention experimentation.
The major environmental organisations such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace have typically been reluctant to endorse solar radiation management, but are often more supportive of some carbon dioxide removal projects, such as afforestation and peatland restoration. Some have argued that any public support for geoengineering may weaken the fragile political consensus to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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