Publicly defended geoengineering research as a necessary insurance policy against climate failure
Gates has consistently argued in 'How to Avoid a Climate Disaster' and public interviews that solar geoengineering research is a necessary field of study even though he has serious reservations about actual deployment. He stated that if the world fails to cut emissions fast enough, some form of deliberate climate intervention may become unavoidable, and that studying the risks and governance challenges in advance is better than being caught without any knowledge base in a climate emergency. His position places him among a small minority of prominent technology figures willing to publicly defend geoengineering research funding.
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