Overview of the state of play of SRM

[Gideon Futerman]

Hi All,

I am about to undertake a project to essentially create an overview of the state of play of SRM, particularly, although not exclusively, in the UK. This is not an overview of the science of SRM, but of the policies of major organisations. If any of you could be of any help in giving the information below, that would be wonderful, and if anyone wants to be part of this project and helping to research specific areas, please feel free to contact us. I will post the overview as we are building it on this group. we are looking for:

• The policies or positions of major political parties, particularly on a UK or European Level
• Any political actor with moderate interest in SRM
• The policies of major environmental NGOs 
• The policies of other important civil society groups
• the position of influential scientists 
• The position of important scientific institutions on SRM research
• Any examples of public education tools e.g. TV or museums, presenting SRM, and the policy of these organisations towards discussing SRM
• Positions of specific journalists on SRM
• Positions of energy companies on SRM
• Any military position, statement, research or interest in SRM
• Position of major professional organisations that may be stakeholders in research and deployment of SRM e.g. engineering bodies, climatology bodies etc.
• All major governance initiatives or ideas and their successes, failures and difficulties thus far e.g. the Oxford Principles
• Information about UNEA in Nairobi this year, and the people important in those specific discussions
• The individuals that drive the conversation around SRM
• Organisations specifically or substantially concerned with SRM, their positions, funding levels, and amount of influenc

Thanks anyone who wants to contribute by giving any information they (especially if anyone can point me towards this being done before) or would like to help us research,

Best Wishes,

Gideon

[Matthias Honegger]

Hi Gideon

this is an ambitious, but interesting project. The Environmental Defense Fund has a helpful list to start from: Here

I have attended UNEA4 and would be happy to chat about the positions and dynamics observed there. The reporting in news media was all based on second-hand information as far as I could tell and only showed a part of the picture as I've written elsewhere.

Best regards, Matthias