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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

During the last three years, China has assembled one of the largest federally funded geoengineering research programs in the world [technologyreview.com], marking another area where it's forging ahead of other nations on climate matters (see "The Growing Case for Geoengineering [technologyreview.com]").

The approximately $3 million program, funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, incorporates around 15 faculty members and 40 students across three institutions. The researchers are assessing the impact of employing technological means of altering the climate, and exploring related policy and governance issues. The effort explicitly does not include technology development, or outdoor experiments, in contrast with emerging U.S. research programs at Harvard [technologyreview.com] and the University of Washington [mcbproject.org] (see "Scientists Consider Brighter Clouds to Preserve the Great Barrier Reef [technologyreview.com]").

Will the Chinese effort save the world or compound our climate challenges?

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