Inevitable & Obvious

What We Mean by Stabilization

We proposed a name for an emerging climate field. Some in the field pushed back. Here are the strongest objections to the term, and where we landed.

Jul 29 • Paul Gambill

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Observations From the Climate Stabilization Field

What we learned from three months and 29 interviews inside the climate stabilization field, and what we're building next.

Jul 22 • Paul Gambill

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Why I Support Stabilization Research

Ted Nordhaus is half right about solar geoengineering. A friendly reply on where his own argument leads.

Jul 15 • Paul Gambill

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June 2026

Stabilization Needs a State That Works

Every plan to cool the planet assumes capable governments and enough cooperation to act together. Both are breaking down, and what we need is capable…

Jun 25 • Paul Gambill

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A Sunshade For Earth, And Who Controls It — Ross Centers and Morgan Goodwin

Ross Centers and Morgan Goodwin on building a literal sunshade for Earth, why SpaceX is really a Dyson Swarm company, and who ends up running the…

Jun 16 • Paul Gambill

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May 2026

The Case for a Planetary Sunshade

It's less sci-fi than I expected. The space industry is already building what you'd need.

May 28 • Paul Gambill

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Plan C for Civilization — Ben Kalina

SRM Is Coming Faster Than You Think — Ben Kalina on 15 Years Filming Climate’s Most Controversial Idea

May 20 • Paul Gambill

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April 2026

Iceland Declared AMOC Collapse a Threat — Páll Gunnarsson, Founder of Reykjavík Institute

How a country of 400,000 people declared AMOC collapse a national security threat before larger nations did. Páll Gunnarsson on what made it possible.

Apr 29 • Paul Gambill

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On the Ground at Stabilize Earth

The climate stabilization field just had its first major public moment. Here's what it felt like in the room.

Apr 24 • Paul Gambill

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Carbon Removal’s Problem Isn’t a Lack of Governance

The carbon removal industry isn't struggling because people moved too fast. It's struggling because no one answered who would pay.

Apr 15 • Paul Gambill

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Building Governance From Scratch — Janos Pasztor, Former ED, Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative

A former UN Assistant Secretary-General spent seven years trying to get world leaders to talk about planetary cooling.

Apr 7 • Paul Gambill

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March 2026

We Actually Get to Build This!

Climate interventions are some of the coolest, most awe-inspiring engineering projects ever imagined. That can and should be a great motivator.

Mar 31 • Paul Gambill

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