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Earth Systems · ζ Exploratory horizon

Climate engineering

Climate engineering (geoengineering) is deliberate, large-scale intervention in Earth's climate — such as reflecting sunlight or removing carbon dioxide at scale — to counteract warming.

Field
Earth Systems
Horizon
ζ Zeta · 2042 →
Lead center
Energy & Fusion
Maturity
Long-horizon — largely theoretical today
Why it matters

It may become necessary to limit climate damage if emissions cuts fall short, but it carries serious governance and side-effect risks.

Where it stands

Carbon-removal methods are being piloted; solar geoengineering remains research-only amid deep caution and debate.

How ASIZ approaches it

The discovery loop, applied.

Through the Energy & Fusion center, ASIZ aims the discovery loop at climate engineering: frontier models survey the literature and simulate the possibilities, rank the experiments most likely to resolve the open questions, and partner labs run the decisive ones — with results shared openly.