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Africa must lead the governance of solar radiation management

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Africa’s future climate could be shaped by solar radiation management (SRM) decisions made elsewhere. To ensure these technologies, if ever pursued, reflect principles of justice and local priorities, Africa must move from passive recipient to active leader in SRM research, governance and public engagement.

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K.A.Q. is supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement no. 1852977. B.J.A. is supported by the National Research Foundation of South Africa under the reference no. RPOAM231218201502. K.A.Q. and S.E.-B. are supported by the Degrees Initiative under the Degrees Initiative Socio-Political Fund.

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    Kwesi Akumenyi Quagraine

  2. University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

    Kwesi Akumenyi Quagraine & Samuel Essien-Baidoo

  3. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Babatunde J. Abiodun

  4. University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

    Samuel Essien-Baidoo

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Quagraine, K.A., Abiodun, B.J. & Essien-Baidoo, S. Africa must lead the governance of solar radiation management. Nat. Clim. Chang. 15, 1017–1018 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02420-z

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