The Degrees Initiative

As we close out the year, The Degrees Initiative will be closed for the holidays from 25 December to 1 January.

🎉 The Degrees team, along with our beloved furry friends 🐾 wish you a joyful and restful holiday season, and a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year.

⭐ 2025 was an incredible year for the Degrees Initiative!

🌍Researchers recognised globally, 50+ SRM papers published, 5 new countries funded, hosted largest SRM forum in Cape Town, and much more...

Here's to 2026!
Read more about our 2025 highlights 👉 www.degrees.ngo/2025-in-revi...

Workshop report: Exploring emerging climate techniques in the Americas Held in Cape Town in May, the Forum was the largest and most diverse gathering to date focused on solar radiation modification (SRM)

How do we bridge the gap between science and policy?
By bringing researchers and decision-makers together. 🧠

Our new workshop report summarises discussions from the SRM governance simulation held in Bogotá. 🇨🇴 🌎

Read the full report here 👇
www.degrees.ngo/workshop-rep...

Careers Are you interested in working with the Degrees Initiative to put the Global South at the centre of decision making on solar radiation modification? Take a look at our open positions below. Current ope...

📢We’re hiring!

🌍Join a fast-growing charity supporting Global-South-led research on solar radiation modification.

Open remote roles: Finance, Policy (Africa), Events & Development.

Apply by 1–5 Jan 2026
👉 www.degrees.ngo/careers/

We must not stop research on solar geoengineering | Letters Letters: Bryony Worthington says the media should not be pushing a western attitude to climate strategies to the detriment of African nations. Plus letters from Prof Hugh Hunt, Dr Portia Adade William...

🌍 “African researchers are already contributing significant knowledge on climate change. We cannot afford decisions about our common future without their engagement.”

Degrees researcher @adadeposh and EDF’s Angela Churie Kallhauge respond to the Guardian 👇

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🌍The African Climate Intervention Research Hub has launched its new website!

The Hub brings together scientists and institutions across the continent to advance research on SRM and climate governance.

Explore their website 👉 www.climateresearchafrica.org

Job Opportunity: Development Manager The Degrees Initiative seeks a Development Manager to join a growing dynamic charity working on climate change and development.

📢We are hiring a Development Manager to help grow a fast-moving climate NGO empowering Global South researchers on SRM.

£55–60k, full-time, remote (UK).
Lead major donor relationships
Grant writing, reporting, KPIs & CRM systems

Apply here 👇
www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...

Job Opportunity: Events Manager The Degrees Initiative seeks an Events Manager to join a growing dynamic charity working on climate change and development.

We are hiring an Events Manager to lead international events for a climate-research charity empowering Global South researchers.

UK remote

Full-time, permanent

Plan & deliver global events

Apply here 👉 www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...

Job Opportunity: Policy Engagement Manager, Africa The Degrees Initiative seeks a Policy Engagement Manager to join a growing dynamic charity working on climate change and development.

We're recruiting a Policy Engagement Manager, Africa to strengthen African leadership in SRM policy discussions.

Remote (UK or Africa), 18-month contract

10+ yrs climate policy/diplomacy needed

Help guide a growing climate NGO

Apply here 👉 www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...

Job Opportunity: Finance Manager The Degrees Initiative seeks a Policy Engagement Assistant to join a growing, dynamic charity working on climate change and development.

We’re hiring a Finance Manager to support a fast-growing climate-research charity empowering Global South scientists.

£50–60k, UK remote
Full-time, permanent
Lead financial ops, budgeting, reporting & audits

Apply 👉 www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...

SRM & Development: Estimating the Upside, Confronting the Limits YouTube video by Paris Peace Forum

“Without inclusive governance, SRM risks becoming a tool of geopolitical imbalance…” Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa highlights the Degrees-funded researchers driving climate equity across the Global South.

Watch the video here 👉 youtu.be/Q20PvSN1H2A?...

LAC researchers and policymakers gathered in Bogotá for an SRM governance simulation hosted by IDEAM with IAI, @sgdeliberation.bsky.social & Degrees. The workshop built capacity, connected science and policy, and highlighted regional coordination needs.

Read more 👉 www.degrees.ngo/researchers-...

We’re proud to support @degrees.ngo, ensuring developing countries have a voice in the conversation about sunlight reflection methods, a proposal for reducing climate impacts by reflecting a fraction of sunlight away from the Earth.

SRM360 | Spotlighting the Amazon Could Clarify SRM Research and Governance Questions As the world gathers for COP30, Marcos Regis da Silva says it's time to ask whether solar geoengineering (SRM) could help protect the Amazon.

As COP30 unfolds in Belém, the Amazon is at the centre of climate action. In a new Perspective for @srm360.bsky.social, our Director of Policy Engagement Marcos Regis da Silva outlines how informal conversations during COP30 could shape the future of SRM governance.

srm360.org/perspective/...

Job Opportunity: Volunteer Trustee with financial expertise The Degrees Initiative seeks a Policy Engagement Assistant to join a growing, dynamic charity working on climate change and development.

📢We’re recruiting a Volunteer Trustee (Finance)

💼Accounting qualification required
💻Remote, ~3-4 hours/month
🌍Help guide a growing climate NGO

Apply by 7 Dec 2025 👇
www.degrees.ngo/careers/volu...

SRM research in Cabo Verde: Understanding extreme weather risks YouTube video by The Degrees Initiative

Cabo Verde begins its first SRM study through Degrees funding 👏

Dr Patrik Pina da Silva and his team will examine how SRM could affect extreme weather on Santiago Island

👉 youtu.be/sgoy7VoQuTw

#CaboVerde #SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth

SRM research in the Republic of the Congo: Upwelling systems and coastal resilience YouTube video by The Degrees Initiative

The Republic of the Congo begins its first SRM study 👏

Roy Dorgeless Ngakala and his team will examine how SRM and global warming could affect local fisheries and the Congolese Upwelling System.

👉 youtu.be/RTvIq73zK_k

#Congo #SRM #Oceans #GlobalSouth

Morocco receives Degrees funding for its first SRM study 👏

Alongside his team, Dr Victor Ongoma will assess how SRM might affect heat and rainfall extremes across North Africa

👉 youtu.be/Wf0B-mAfiik

#Morocco #SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth

Jordan launches its first SRM project with Degrees funding 👏

Prof. Jawad Al-Bakri and team will explore how SRM could influence crop productivity and water-scarce agriculture in arid conditions

👉 youtu.be/K_0RxIoug5E

#Jordan #SRM #ClimateScience #GlobalSouth

Men discussing around a table during an SRM research workshop held in Nairobi. October 2025

Men discussing around a table during an SRM research workshop held in Nairobi. October 2025

Man giving a speech using a microphone. Other workshop participants gather around him to listen. Taken during the SRM research workshop held in Nairobi, October 2025.

Group photo taken during the workshop using a selfie-stick on a rooftop in Nairobi. October 2025

We’ve funded four new research teams from Cabo Verde, Jordan, Morocco and the Republic of the Congo to conduct their country’s first-ever SRM study 👏

Read more 👇
www.degrees.ngo/four-new-cou...
Watch this space for more details on each project in the coming days.

#SRM #ClimateChange #GlobalSouth

Dr. Kwesi Quagraine warns: ‘Africa must be at the table in climate engineering decisions’ Ghanaian climate scientist Dr. Kwesi Akumenyi Quagraine is leading Africa’s growing voice in one of the most controversial fields in modern climate science — deliberate human intervention in the Earth...

“Climate-intervention research will move forward somewhere. The choice is whether we help steer it or simply endure its outcomes.” - Degrees-funded researcher Kwesi A. Quagraine on the need for Africa to be at the table in climate engineering decisions 👉 www.graphic.com.gh/news/general...

Degrees-funded scientists reach 50-paper milestone in solar geoengineering research The papers, led by Global South experts across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, explore both the physical and social dimensions of how solar radiation modification (SRM) could affect their regions.

☀️Celebrating 50 peer-reviewed papers from Degrees-funded scientists exploring how SRM could affect the world physically, socially & politically. From Mexico to Benin, researchers across the Global South are leading the way in SRM science & governance 👉https://www.degrees.ngo/50-paper-milestone/

Strengthening Regional Capacity on SRM Governance: Reflections from our Collaborative Workshop in Bogota As part of a series of capacity-building events, DSG travelled to Bogotá to deliver a regional capacity-building workshop for Latin America and Caribbean government representatives on the governance o...

Read DSG’s latest post on the workshop we co-hosted this month in Latin America. The opportunity allowed government representatives to come together to engage in a multilateral negotiation simulation, aided by @degrees.ngo researchers from the region. bit.ly/435v2Nq

For the first time, Degrees-funded modelling & social science teams met in Bogotá, CO to explore SRM science & governance in the LAC region, marking a key step toward collaborative, holistic SRM research. www.degrees.ngo/second-lac-w...

Exclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100 An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet

@newscientist.com reports on a survey showing many climate scientists expect large-scale efforts to block radiation from the sun by 2100. Incl. quotes from our CEO Andy Parker and funded researcher Ines Camilloni 👉 www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

Live Discussion: Could Solar Geoengineering Help or Harm the Amazon? Join SRM360 for a live discussion on the Amazon, its decline, and what impacts solar geoengineering (SRM) could have on the rainforest.

Could solar geoengineering help or harm the Amazon?
Our Marcos Regis da Silva will be part of a live discussion of the topic on 28 October – sign up to watch the debate via @srm360.bsky.social: srm360.org/event/could-...

🌍 The Degrees Global Forum report is out!
300 people from 49 countries made this the biggest SRM event to date.
Swipe for highlights and download the report below:
www.degrees.ngo/wp-content/u...
#DGF2025 #Solargeoengineering

Another well-deserved success: Degrees researcher Dr Frederic Bonou has won the 2025 Africa Award for Research Excellence in Earth or Ocean Sciences from the American Geophysical Union 👏 🌍
> www.agu.org/honors/afric...

Job Opportunity: Policy Engagement Manager, Asia The Degrees Initiative seeks an Operations Officer to join a growing dynamic charity working on climate change and development.

📢 We're hiring for a Policy Engagement Manager, Asia.
They will strengthen the voice of the Global South in discussions on solar geoengineering / SRM research and governance with relevance to Asia by connecting experts to policy processes. Apply by 19th October 2025: www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...

Romaric Odoulami Researcher, University of Cape Town, South Africa Geoengineering has become a controversial idea, but Dr. Romaric Odoulami is studying the intricate science behind how it would work. He leads an Africa-wide collaboration of scientists studying the effects of these proposed techniques on the continent's weather patterns, the largest research effort of its kind in the Global South. Supported by a $1.5-million fund from the Simons Foundation International, Odoulami uses computer models to study how different particles would disperse into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and cool the earth, a method called Solar Radiation Management. But this could also have unintended consequences such as drought, which would harm crop production and food security. In May 2025, Benin-born Odoulami co-launched the African Climate Intervention Research Hub to support climate research across the continent.

Congratulations to Romaric C. Odoulami on being named one of @forbes.com's Sustainability Leaders 2025! 👏 🌱
He has co-led 3 Degrees Modelling Fund projects, secured $1.5 million from @simonsfoundation.org, and co-launched the African Climate Intervention Research Hub.
www.forbes.com/sites/elisab...