Mongabay: “Indian Scientists Are Showing an Interest in Advancing Solar Geoengineering Research”
A piece on solar geoengineering research in India cites an RFF-funded paper.
In India, a small-scale survey among 30 climate change experts, conducted by the US-based NGO Resources for the Future, found that a majority of respondents saw research on solar geoengineering as an area in need of government support. The foremost preference was to scale up climate modelling research “to be on par with developed countries.” Respondents also felt India should have a national policy on solar geoengineering, saying there is a need for “regulation, transparency, stakeholder consultation, public disclosure, and monitoring.”
According to Bala, who was also part of the group conducting the survey, solar geoengineering is still a “fringe topic” among researchers in India, but he expects it to become a more mainstream topic when climate impacts escalate.
