Inevitable & Obvious

A Climate Goal for the Overshoot Era

We've organized climate policy around emissions for 30 years. But what we actually want is stability. That reframe changes everything.

Dec 2 • 

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November 2025

What’s the Difference Between Adaptation and Geoengineering?

Seawalls are acceptable. Stratospheric aerosols are taboo. But what about protecting ice sheets? I can't find a principled line.

Nov 25 • 

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Carbon Removal Won't Scale Fast Enough

Last week, I presented at CDR30’s session on “The Global Heating Emergency: What’s the Plan?” The event brought together the carbon removal community…

Nov 18 • 

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October 2025

How to Learn Everything You Need to Know About Climate Cooling

A Resource Guide for Getting Informed on SRM and Solar Geoengineering

Oct 11 • 

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September 2025

The Architecture for Cooling Earth Is Finally Taking Shape

By my estimate, fewer than a thousand people globally are working on cooling interventions. Now the Climate Emergencies Forum is helping this tiny…

Sep 30 • 

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August 2025

What Carbon Removal Taught Me About Cooling

Ten years building carbon removal taught me an uncomfortable truth: we need cooling interventions to buy time for everything else to work.

Aug 28 • 

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July 2025

The Positive Case For Global Cooling That Few Seem Willing to Make

Excellent research on cooling interventions exists. What's missing? Organizations willing to say temperature stabilization will likely be necessary…

Jul 31 • 

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The Global Tipping Points Conference That Gave Geoengineering a Cool Reception

Two weeks ago, I spent four days at the Global Tipping Points conference in Exeter listening to scientists describe civilization-threatening…

Jul 14 • 

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June 2025

Climate Governance at Internet Speed

Why climate intervention governance needs parallel systems that move faster than traditional treaties.

Jun 5 • 

Paul Gambill

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May 2025

Who Pays to Cool the Planet?

Global cooling research lacks private funding while climate tipping points accelerate. Why we need distributed climate finance now.

May 29 • 

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The Risk-Impact Paradox of Global Cooling

Global cooling poses unprecedented risks unlike carbon removal. Solutions that might save us could also threaten us—how do we navigate this paradox?

May 14 • 

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Break Glass, Cool Planet

Why We Need to Buy Time Through Global Cooling

May 6 • 

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