Geoengineering: Risk Assessment
(asked on 4th July 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has undertaken a risk assessment on solar radiation modification.
Answered by
Kerry McCarthy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 14th July 2025
The Government is not in favour of using Solar Radiation Modification (SRM). Given the significant uncertainty around the possible risks and impacts of deployment on the climate and environment, the Government is not deploying SRM and has no plans to do so.
The Department works closely with the research community to evaluate the latest research on the potential risks and impacts of solar radiation modification.