Developing countries must lead on solar geoengineering research

The nations that are most vulnerable to climate change must drive discussions of modelling, ethics and governance, argue A. Atiq Rahman, Paulo Artaxo, Asfawossen Asrat, Andy Parker and 8 co-signatories.

1. A. Atiq Rahman
   1. A. Atiq Rahman is executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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   1. Paulo Artaxo is professor of environmental physics, Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

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   1. Asfawossen Asrat is professor of geology, School of Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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   1. Andy Parker is project director of the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative and honorary senior research fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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   People in the global south are on the front line of climate change. As global temperatures creep upwards, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is forecasting rising seas eroding small island states 1 , declining food production in many regions of Asia 2 , water stress across Africa 3 and major loss of biodiversity in South America 4 .