About Us
Our Mission
SilverLining’s mission is to promote safety for the world’s people and natural systems in the context of near-term (i.e. 30-50 year) climate risks. Our vision is a world that has sufficient information and options for all stakeholders to evaluate the potential for climate interventions to reduce near-term climate risks and impacts and to participate equitably in decision-making and governance on responses to climate change.
To achieve this, we seek to advance equitable and effective governance in democratic institutions, with a focus on driving research to support robust scientific assessment and to reduce disparities in research and decision-making capacity for developing countries and climate-vulnerable populations.
Importantly, while we focus on broadening the portfolio of responses to climate change to address near-term challenges, SilverLining promotes rapid, aggressive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions as a matter of urgency and a fundamental and essential priority for addressing climate change.
Our Principles
SilverLining operates on the basis of principles that embody our commitment to the belief that open research that informs evidence-based, equitable decision making processes is the most effective and just approach to addressing humanity's greatest challenges.
First, do no harm to emissions reduction efforts or the welfare of the world’s people and natural systems.
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Promote international scientific, technical and political cooperation on near-term climate risk and interventions, with special emphasis on climate-vulnerable populations, Indigenous peoples and youth.
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Prioritize underserviced drivers of uncertainty and inequity in near-term climate risk and response, including: the effects of aerosols on clouds and climate; the evaluation of rapid climate interventions; critical gaps in climate basic research and observations; and climate research capacity in the Global South.
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Promote science-based assessment, governance, and decision-making on near term climate risk and intervention in democratic institutions, international multilateral frameworks and public science bodies.
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Promote open science and data and the democratization of access to funding and tools for local and regional evaluation of near-term climate risks and impacts by global stakeholders.
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Promote diverse collaboration and equitable influence on decision-making in our own work, with emphasis on incorporating the talent, expertise and leadership of diverse stakeholders from the Global South, Indigenous communities and youth.
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Meet our Team
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Kelly Wanser
Executive Director
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Alex Wong
Research Director
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Jean-François Lamarque
Chief Climate Scientist
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Sarah Schubert
Lighter-Than-Air Platform Engineer
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Dan Bowen
Lighter-Than-Air Platform Engineer
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Nico Esguerra
Director of International Strategy
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Dr. Marcos Regis Silva
Director, International Scientific Cooperation
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Aarushi Shah
Research Analyst
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Samuel Kaufmann
Research Analyst
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Joshua Amponsem
International Strategy Fellow
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Neeshad Shafi
International Strategy Fellow
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Ricardo Pineda Guzmán
International Strategy Fellow
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Linda Hedges, PhD
Scientific High Performance Computing Expert
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Cassandra Forrester
Operations Manager
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Lydia Dai
International Strategy Fellow
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Irfan Ullah
International Strategy Fellow
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Alexandra Philp Reeves
Science Communications Analyst
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Liesl Violante
Director of Administration
Advisors
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Daniel Bodansky
Regents Professor, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
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Penehuro Lefale
Director of LeA International
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Joyashree Roy
Bangabandhu Chair Professor at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
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Steve Strongin
Senior Advisor at Goldman Sachs
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Nishan Degnarain
CEO, ExO Solutions
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Michael Dunne
Professor of Physics, Stanford University
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Rafe Pomerance
Pioneering Climate Advocate
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Brad Ack
Founder, Ocean Climate Trust
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Rachel Pritzker
President and Founder, Pritzker Innovation Fund
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Jay Faison
Founder, 2040 Foundation
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Clay Dumas
Partner, Lower Carbon
“…scientists are often playing a dual role of also being software engineers – but there is a huge need for trained software engineers in the climate space.”
Alicia Karspeck
Head of Earth Information Programs, SilverLining at Amazon Re:Mars
Summitoeri Rogelj
Director of Research, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
“This is all about equity and climate justice. This is about the fishermen that are out there. This is about the people from my country that I am representing.”
