Simulation warns solar geoengineering could fuel arms race

Summary

A first-of-its-kind simulation examined how geopolitics could shape solar geoengineering, a proposed way to buy humanity time against climate change. WIRED reports that the exercise suggested it could instead trigger a dangerous new arms race.

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1. WIRED

   12 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTCSource ↗

   WIRED reports that a first-of-its-kind simulation of solar geoengineering found geopolitical dynamics could turn the climate intervention into a dangerous new arms race.