Geoengineering Monitor publications and other resources
Technology briefings
Artificial Upwelling
Biochar
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage
Carbon Capture and Storage
Carbon Capture Use and Storage
Cirrus Cloud Thinning
Direct Air Capture
Enhanced Photosynthesis
Enhanced Weathering
Marine Cloud Brightening
Microbubbles and Sea Foam
Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement
Ocean Fertilisation
Seaweed Farming and Biomass Sinking
Stratospheric Aerosol Injection
Surface Albedo Modification and Arctic Ice Management
Weather Modification
Other briefings
Commercialization in geoengineering continues to increase
By Anja Chalmin The Quarterly Review summarises the latest developments on the Geoengineering Monitor Map highlighting emerging trends for civil society and climate justice movements. Key Points - Quarterly Review IV In the last quarter of 2022, the trend continues...
By prohibiting solar geoengineering experiments, Mexico sets a global example of precaution
By Laura Dunn, Editor of Geoengineering Monitor The Mexican government recently announced that it will not permit solar geoengineering experiments and will go so far as to stop geoengineering experiments in the country, if necessary. This decision followed two...
The current state of CCS in the US after 100 years of CO2 capture and 25 years of extensive federal funding
By Anja Chalmin In the United States, CO2 has been captured for more than 100 years and CO2 capture combined with "storage" has been heavily funded by the US-DOE for 25 years. CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) refers to the capture of CO2 emissions from power plants or...
Technology and Geoengineering Map updates
CCS and DAC continue to fail to deliver despite over a century of R&D
Photo credit: Alberta NewsroomBy Anja Chalmin 2nd Geoengineering Map Update The Geoengineering Map Update summarises the latest developments on the Geoengineering Monitor Map highlighting new trends for civil society and climate justice movements to follow in...
Venture capital and carbon credits fuel an explosion of marine geoengineering projects
The Geoengineering Map Updates summarise the latest developments on the Geoengineering Monitor Map highlighting new trends for civil society and climate justice movements to follow in their efforts to oppose geoengineering. By Anja Chalmin Critical Updates on...
Geoengineering Map Update: Carbon markets are a major driver for geoengineering
The Geoengineering Map Update summarises the latest developments on the Geoengineering Monitor Map highlighting new trends for civil society and climate justice movements to follow in their efforts to oppose geoengineering. By Anja Chalmin Critical Updates There is...
In-depth reports
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Latest guest articles
UK government rubber stamps Drax’s first-of-a-kind BECCS scheme, then proposes subsidies for business-as-usual biomass burning
Guest article by Katy Brown, bioenergy campaigner with Biofuelwatch Earlier this year the UK Secretary of State Claire Coutinho granted development consent for Drax’s Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage project at its Selby power plant. Almost simultaneously,...
Japan is planning to dump captured carbon dioxide in countries in the Global South
Guest article by Ayumi Fukakusa, Deputy Executive Director of Friends of the Earth Japan As the need to drastically cut emissions grows greater than ever, so too does the attention being placed on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)—by those who want to keep polluting....
Recent setbacks for geoengineering and the path forward
By Coraina da la Plaza, Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance coordinator, and Oli Munnion, Geoengineering Monitor editor The impacts of climate change are being felt far and wide all around the globe, and Global South countries are being hit the hardest even though...
Further reading
You can find much more information and online resources on the geoengineering pages of the organisations that contribute to Geoengineering Monitor:
- Biofuelwatch’s Geoengineering page, focusing particularly on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) and biochar
- ETC Group’s Climate and Geoengineering page, which is also available in Spanish and French
- The Heinrich Böll Foundation’s extensive Geoengineering page.
We would also encourage you to check out:
- The Climate Justice Alliance’s Geoengineering 101 page and factsheets
The Centre for Environmental Law’s (CIEL) Geoengineering page