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This project will support widespread rainwater harvesting in carefully chosen locations in several tropical regions in order to increase cloud formation, and create a regional and global cooling effect.
Spin off benefits include a longer rainy season, improved plant growth, reduced drought and reduced flooding.
Big advantages of this approach:(1) As this involves working with water, soil and clouds, cooling impacts do not depend on political decisions about CO2 emissions. (2) It involves much less risk, pollution and spending than would be required by other possible global cooling strategies. |
(3) Spin off benefits for countries directly involved (eg in Africa) include improved agriculture and forestry, reduced flooding and employment creation. (4) Local benefits are measurable within 2 years; regional cooling impacts within 15 years. During consultations with senior UK scientists (eg Professor Peter Cox from the UK Meteorological office), a consensus is emerging that this will work, based on existing research. Published work on land-atmosphere interactions has been collated in a science dossier. Next stepsWith the science now well-established, we are at a point where substantial work needs to be done to get the project underway. Priorities are team-building, careful selection of areas to work in, setting up evaluation and replication systems etc. An initial £350,000 is needed for the first 12 months. Anyone can donate on-line. Project PhasesFurther information
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