Geoengineering: Finance

(asked on 4th November 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what funding has been allocated under the ARIA Exploring Climate Cooling programme; and which organisations have received funding.


Answered by
Chris McDonald Portrait
Chris McDonald
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 11th November 2026

ARIA’s ‘Exploring Climate Cooling’ programme has been allocated £56.8 million of funding, of which £49.5 million is currently contracted. The programme has 22 research teams, many working in consortia, involving 52 unique organisations delivering research.

Full details of the organisations funded through the programme including how much funding each organisation has received, are published on ARIA's website.

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