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EPISODE · Dec 21, 2025 · 17 MIN

Why SRM/Solar-Geoengineering is Required (with Q&A)

from Climate Chat · host Dan Miller and Leon Simons, hosts

In this Climate Chat Shorts episode, host Dan Miller presents why Solar Geo-engineering (a.k.a., Solar Radiation Management or SRM) is now required to avoid more than 2ºC of warming and catastrophe. To listen to the presentation along with follow-on Q&A (about 1 hour total), see this video: https://youtube.com/live/icb_op9_41I For more in-depth programs on SRM/Solar-Geoengineering, see the Climate Chat SRM/Solar-Geoengineering playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLep9tQgCqjCoWPp-16Oxhjt9QPvtynzql For more detailed information on certain points made in this presentation, see the following Climate Chat programs: Solar-Geoengineering Can Stop AMOC Collapse with Douglas MacMartin https://youtube.com/live/lPnTQIXZnDc Solar-Geoengineering Can Reduce Overshoot & Emissions, with Peter Irvine https://youtube.com/live/NfCATLYm8c4 +3ºC by 2050?! https://youtube.com/live/TmZbwLC-kEw Happy Birthday Stacey!! Please Like and Subscribe! Dan Miller has been giving talks around the world on the need for urgent climate action for over 20 years. He is co-founder of The Roda Group, a climate-tech venture capital group, and he serves as an advisor for other climate funds and climate-focused non-profit groups. He started Climate Chat in 2021 on Clubhouse and added YouTube in 2023. Follow Dan Miller on X/Twitter: @danmiller999 Follow Dan Miller on Bluesky: @danmiller999.bsky.social and @climatechat.bsky.social Leon Simons is a climate scientist based in the Netherlands. He was a co-author with James Hansen on the 2023 "Global Warming in the Pipeline" paper that discussed the recent acceleration in global warming. Leon's work has focused recently on changes in aerosol emissions from ships and the impact of those changes on climate change. You can access Leon's research writings here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leon-Simons Follow Leon on X/Twitter: @LeonSimons8 and Bluesky: ‪@leonsimons.bsky.social‬ Follow Leon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/LeonSimons/home Follow Stacey Randecker on X/Twitter: @DrivingMzStacey and Bluesky: @bikingmzstacey.bsky.social Follow Eli Rabani on X/Twitter: @radsci and Bluesky: @radsci.bsky.social You can leave a question in the YouTube Live chat. Please begin your question with "Question:" to make it easy for our mods to spot it. For more Climate Chat episodes, see our YouTube home page: https://www.youtube.com/@climatechat For recent YouTube Live Climate Chat programs: https://www.youtube.com/@climatechat/streams

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