About the project
Among these possibilities, a deliberate manipulation of the radiative budget of the Earth may allow a counterbalancing of the effects of continued greenhouse gas emissions on global temperature, but may also result in undesirable side effects for crucial parts of the Earth system and humankind. Three complex climate models will be used to quantify the effectiveness and side effects of such geoengineering concepts aiming at a reduction of the incoming solar radiation. Simulations of a climate modified through geoengineering will be performed based on IPCC type future emission scenarios. Economic modelling will be used to link benefits and side effects of the studied geoengineering concepts.
Objectives
Model studies will be performed to engineer solar radiation. The focus will be on:
- space borne reflectors (placed at the Lagrangian point between the Earth and sun)
- sulphur injections into the stratosphere
- engineering of low level marine clouds through sea salt injections
Financing
- EU - FP7
IMPLICC started July 2009 and ends June 2012