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How could SRM affect West Africa?
With risks from climate change mounting, there is growing interest in emerging approaches to cool the planet, known as sunlight reflection methods (SRM) or solar geoengineering. What are these...
From Pinatubo to Policy: ACIRH Meets in Accra to Discuss Climate Intervention
by Dr Hugo De Lemos, Wonder & Co Climate experts and stakeholders met to discuss climate intervention strategies that could help lower global temperatures if climate change reaches dangerous...
The ACIRH Story: 12 Years in the Making
The ACIRH’s story started long before 2025. It began with CORDEX-Africa, where climate scientists across the continent worked together with limited resources to understand the impact of climate...
Africa Must Lead the Governance of SRM
Africa’s future climate could be shaped by decisions made elsewhere. To ensure that solar radiation modification (SRM) technologies, if ever pursued, reflect principles of justice and local...
Degrees Global Forum, Hosted in Cape Town, South Africa
The Degrees Global Forum 2025, co-organised by the African Climate Intervention Research Hub (ACIRH), brought together 300 participants from 49 countries in Cape Town to shape the future of SRM...
UCT Researcher and ACIR Hub Student Wins Inaugural Saleemul Huq Prize
At the closing session of the Degrees Global Forum 2025, Trisha Patel, a researcher from the University of Cape Town and member of the ACES Lab and ACIRH, received the inaugural Saleemul Huq Prize...
Informed Voices, Informed Futures: African Scientists Respond to Misrepresentations of Solar Geoengineering Research
By the Africa Climate Intervention Research Hub • Misinformation framing solar geoengineering (SRM) research as “neo-colonial experimentation” diminishes the contributions of African expertise in...
African Scientists Gather in Cape Town to Strengthen Collaborative SRM Research
In March 2024, scientists from across Africa gathered in Cape Town for a three-day workshop that laid the foundation for a new era of coordinated SRM research on the continent. Co-hosted by CSAG...
ACIRH Researcher Dr Romaric Odoulami Named Among 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders
Dr Romaric C. Odoulami, a climate scientist with UCT’s African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) and member of the ACIR Hub, has been recognised by Forbes as one of the 2025 Sustainability...