Thanks for the comment. That's a real risk and worth managing. This is one of the questions we're thinking through on the new Fund. Certainly agree that politics and governance is a critical piece to get right! Much of the work of the field right now is focused on engaging governments and the mainstream climate community to embed research into these risks as a standard part of climate action.
What we've found working on this so far is that there's a lot more people who see the need for for this research to take place than expected. So, initial engagement and dollars help widen the circle of people with credibility working on it, in turn making it easier for new people to come in, etc. Unfortunately, actors with much worse PR (like Stardust, an Israeli-American VC-funded company researching sunlight reflection) are running ahead and risking backlash, and we can't assume the default is years of quietness ahead.
Hi Nick,
Thanks for the comment. That's a real risk and worth managing. This is one of the questions we're thinking through on the new Fund. Certainly agree that politics and governance is a critical piece to get right! Much of the work of the field right now is focused on engaging governments and the mainstream climate community to embed research into these risks as a standard part of climate action.
What we've found working on this so far is that there's a lot more people who see the need for for this research to take place than expected. So, initial engagement and dollars help widen the circle of people with credibility working on it, in turn making it easier for new people to come in, etc. Unfortunately, actors with much worse PR (like Stardust, an Israeli-American VC-funded company researching sunlight reflection) are running ahead and risking backlash, and we can't assume the default is years of quietness ahead.
Hi Vasco,
Thanks for the check. I'll let RP provide a more technical answer here.