Written questions

Geoengineering: Research

Commons · Question 47970 · Tabled 24 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 2 May 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for the total estimated cost to the public purse of experiments to dim the Sun.

Answer

Answered by Feryal Clark, 2 May 2025

The Advanced Research and Invention Agency’s (ARIA) ‘Exploring Climate Cooling’ programme, backed by £56.8 million, has been designed to build an evidence base which will enable scientists to better understand and properly assess whether or not Earth cool...