My 2007 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

A large iceberg against a dark sky with the text, "The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy," displayed on the right—nominated for Climate Book of the Year, 2007.

Shearman,D. and Smith,J.W. (2007) The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy. Westport, CT: Praeger. 180pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of the 44 years of my professional career in climate research (starting with 1984, my first year […]

A pile of one hundred dollar bills scattered and overlaid with a warm, golden light effect.

Solar geoengineering for profit

Mike Hulme |
The Israeli-U.S. startup Stardust Solutions announced last week that it raised $60 million in venture capital in its latest funding round – the largest venture investment to date for a for-profit company developing solar geoengineering technology, particularly injection of...