Events
Chatham House Security and Defence, 2026
SilverLining’s Rob McHenry joined a prestigious panel at Chatham House in London, contributing to a high-level discussion on emerging atmospheric risks and the strategic importance of atmospheric observation and monitoring systems. The session brought together leaders from science, policy and international security to examine how expanding atmospheric capabilities are shaping global security considerations and the growing need for robust scientific understanding of the atmosphere. See our key takeaways here.
Munich Security Conference
The world's leading forum for debating international security policy. During its main conference in February, the MSC assembles more than 450 senior decision-makers as well as thought leaders from around the world, including heads of state, ministers, leading personalities of international and non-governmental organizations, high-ranking representatives from business, the media, academia, and civil society to debate pressing issues of international security policy.
106th American Meteorological Society Meeting
The 106th AMS Annual Meeting was held in Houston, Texas at the George R. Brown Convention Center and online under the theme: "Fast and Slow Thinking: The Human Factor in a Rapidly Changing World.”
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting
SilverLining participated in AGU25 in New Orleans, where researchers from across the atmospheric and Earth sciences community gathered to share new findings and advance understanding of the Earth system. Throughout the week, our team and collaborators contributed to a range of talks, sessions and discussions focused on atmospheric observations, processes, projections and interventions. Dr. Corinne Hartin and Dr. Arlyn Andrews each presented poster talks, sharing new research and engaging with the broader scientific community. You can view the full list of events featuring our team, grantees and collaborators here.
UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7)
GYLI launched their flagship report, Perspectives of Youth Leaders on Climate Intervention Research at the GYLI-hosted and only official side event on climate interventions titled Intergenerational Dialogue: Unveiling Youth Perspectives on Climate Research Barriers and Pathways. Featuring African, Caribbean, Asian, Latin American, and Indigenous youth activists and early-career researchers, this event drew significant engagement. A following reception led to new and continued conversations on GYLI’s work and importance of climate intervention conversations within UNEP. GYLI engaged with policymakers, scientists, and civil society to discuss how inclusivity should be centered in today's climate intervention discussions and future climate intervention governance.
The 2nd Session of the Youth Environmental Assembly (YEA)
GYLI spoke at an Children and Youth Major Group to the United Nations Environment Program (CYMG) event called Protecting the Stratosphere highlighting the need for continued further research and exploring different governing body options for regulation of stratospheric aerosols.
UN Climate Change Conference, COP30
GYLI in partnership with Sustenta hosted the only official side event on climate interventions titled Enhancing Global South Voice in SRM Governance through Equitable Research Capacity. Additionally, GYLI held an intimate roundtable discussion hosted by Goals house on SRM and Climate Justice. This event brought together senior scientists and youth from many countries and was facilitated by Ricardo, Director of Sustenta, from Honduras.
37th Meeting of the Parties for the Montreal Protocol (MOP37)
SilverLining’s ED Kelly Wanser participated in MOP37 in Nairobi, where growing international attention to stratospheric aerosols and their implications for the ozone layer was reflected in formal and informal discussions. SilverLining’s Executive Director engaged with policymakers, scientists, and partners on emerging governance questions and the critical importance of sustained atmospheric monitoring, reinforcing the relevance of the Montreal Protocol as a cornerstone framework for safeguarding the stratosphere amid a changing climate. Read Kelly Wanser’s reflections article.
Webinar: Protecting the Ozone Layer in a Changing Sky
SilverLining convened a public webinar bringing together leading experts in international environmental law and atmospheric science to examine emerging risks to the ozone layer from stratospheric aerosols and the potential role of the Montreal Protocol in addressing these challenges. The discussion featured legal scholar Dan Bodansky and Nicolás Esguerra, alongside Ken Jucks (NASA) and Samuel Paré (University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso), and was moderated by SilverLining Executive Director Kelly Wanser. The session highlighted governance gaps, scientific uncertainties, and the key role of the Montreal Protocol as a reference framework for addressing these challenges through science-based oversight, sustained monitoring, and international cooperation. Register to view the webinar recording here.
New York Climate Week
We’re organizing a private funder convening on September 25 during New York Climate Week focused on atmospheric observation efforts. If you or members of your team will be attending, please let us know and we’d be happy to connect.
Private Session at Jefferies Exchange
SilverLining hosted a closed-door session on atmospheric safety and security featuring Rob McHenry, Deputy Director of DARPA and Kelly Wanser, SilverLining’s Executive Director. The session attracted investors and addressed Earth system security.
Scenarios Forum
Dr. Hartin gave the only talk at the conference focused specifically on solar radiation management (SRM), helping to elevate awareness of this critical area in long-term climate planning.
BEFF, Monaco and UN Ocean Conference, Nice
Director of Strategic Development, Dr. Diane Matar, participated in Monaco’s Blue Economy Finance Forum. At the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, attended by 15,000+ global leaders, Director of Science and Science Policy, Dr. Corinne Hartin, engaged with stakeholders on the critical role of marine boundary layer observations in climate research.
San Francisco Climate Week
We co-hosted two high-level roundtables in partnership with ClimateImpact, convening 25–30 leaders from science, policy, and innovation. Expert speakers—including Dr. Joel Thornton (University of Washington), Dr. Alicia Karspeck ([C]Worthy), Dr. Greg Smith (PARC), and Kelly Wanser—explored strategies to sustain and expand global atmospheric observation systems and examined emerging Earth system interventions to enhance climate safety and resilience.
American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting 2024
The SilverLining team will be on the ground at AGU24 to engage with the scientific community on climate risks and research, governance, and equity in climate interventions. SilverLining collaborators and grantees will present an array of talks and posters, including a special event with NYU Langone's Project HEATWAVE and moderated by Jeff Goodell, New York Times Best Selling Author of The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet and How to Cool the Planet.
Youth Pre-Summit on Near-term Climate Risk and Climate Interventions
The Global Young Leaders Initiative, alongside Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO), Operaatio Arktis (OA), Sustainability Week Pakistan (SWP), Sustenta Honduras, and Arab Climate Youth Movement, will hold a virtual event that will bring together a cohort of young climate leaders, climate scientists, and activists to discuss research, policy and equity considerations on climate interventions as a potential avenue to ensure a safe climate.
Climate Intervention Roundtable at the Climate Impact Growth Retreat
As climate change grows more dangerous, policymakers and other stakeholders around the world have begun to consider rapid response to warming by increasing the reflection of sunlight from clouds and particles (aerosols) in the atmosphere, sometimes called “climate intervention”. Our roundtable at the Growth Summit is a dialogue among senior experts, philanthropic and other funders and thought-leaders in climate including Summit speaker, Kelly Wanser, Executive Director of SilverLining and Greg De Temmerman, Deputy CEO and Chief Science Officer of Quadrature Climate Foundation.
The roundtable follows Kelly Wanser’s mainstage talk at 11:55am at the Climate Impact Growth Retreat. If you are interested in attending, contact kendall@climateimpact.co. Passes to the main event are available to invitees of the roundtable.
2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference: Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP29)
Join the SilverLining team at COP29 as we host a range of events focused on climate risks and research, governance, and equity in climate interventions. We’ll highlight the need for enhanced capacity building in climate research within the Global South and improved Earth system observations. Additionally, we will organize a youth reception and collaborate with Indigenous communities on various events. Learn more.
SilverLining at NYC Climate Week
Join SilverLining and our partners at several special events during New York City Climate Week 2024. As climate change escalates to dangerous extremes, it is increasingly important to collaborate across boundaries to rapidly advance progress in science, innovation and equity. We are proud to work with a diverse array of partners, experts and stakeholders to bring forward these dialogues, and the efforts they will highlight, at NYC Climate Week.
Aspen Ideas Festival
Executive Director, Kelly Wanser, will speak at The Aspen Ideas Festival on climate risks and climate intervention research. The Aspen Ideas Festival, produced in partnership with NBCUniversal, brings together leaders and thinkers from around the globe to discuss the ideas that will shape tomorrow and help us understand today.
Aspen, USA | Watch recording
SilverLining @ SB60: Solar Radiation Modification Research: Exploring Science, Policy, and Equity
Organized by SilverLining. Green Africa Youth Organization, Operaatio Arktis, Sustainability Week Pakistan, and Sustenta Honduras, this event brings together scientists, academia, policymakers, youth representatives, and Indigenous and civil society organizations to collectively explore scientific, ethical, and societal dimensions of SRM.
Bonn, Germany
Science Philanthropy Alliance Members’ Meeting: Science and Society: Bridging Science, Ethics and Policy
Executive Director, Kelly Wanser, will speak at Science Philanthropy Alliance Members’ Meeting. This meeting is hosted by the Dana Foundation, with the theme Science and Society: Bridging Science, Ethics and Policy. The meeting will focus on strengthening the role of science in society.
New York, USA
Climate Impact Summit
SilverLining Executive Director, Kelly Wanser, will speak at the Climate Impact Summit on the University of Washington Marine Cloud Brightening Program. The agenda features new industry content on Decarbonisation, Energy, Alternative Materials, Cities, AI, Circularity, Food, Agriculture and other pressing climate topics.
London, UK
NYU Langone’s Department of Population Health: Health And… Conference 2024
SilverLining Executive Director, Kelly Wanser, will speak on global innovation on climate action at this year’s Health And… convening, Health, Healthcare And… Climate Action. The event brings together a diverse group of stakeholders to explore cutting-edge approaches to addressing the interface of climate change, healthcare, and health.
New York, USA
Sharing Sámi Experiences: Indigenous Voices on Climate Intervention Research
Held during the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues’ Twenty-third Session and organized by the Sámi Parliament of Finland with support from Operaatio Arktis, SilverLining, and Green Africa Youth Organization, this event seeks to highlight the critical importance of integrating Indigenous perspectives, knowledge, and participation into climate intervention research. At the same time, it underscores the urgent need to center Indigenous knowledge, perspectives, and rights in global efforts to address climate change.
New York, USA | Watch Recording
TED 2024: The Brave and the Brilliant
Atmospheric Scientist and University of Washington Marine Cloud Brightening Program director, Dr. Sarah Doherty, will speak at TED2024 about the critical need to study how interactions between aerosols & clouds impact our climate system.
Vancouver, Canada | Watch Recording
COP28 Just Transition Pavilion: The Need for Equity, Inclusion, and Financial Support in Scientific Research: Climate Research for All
This event focused on the challenges related to large-scale, sustainable, and equitable funding to support innovative, urgently needed scientific research on climate impacts, discussed the need to enhance scientific capacity in the Global South, how the promotion of South-South and triangular cooperation may offer possible solutions to this challenge and encouraged dialogue on increased climate impact research capacity to enable more effective and timely adaptation and DRR planning.
Dubai, UAE | Watch recording
COP28 Green Zone Youth Hub: The Role of Youth in Atmospheric Change and Responses to Global Warming in the Near Term
The large uncertainty in aerosol effects is one of the greatest barriers to society’s ability to project future climate. Aerosols from pollution and other sources counter some of the heat caused by greenhouse gasses, and reducing them may inadvertently intensify near-term warming. Aerosols could also have the potential to temporarily reduce climate warming to prevent catastrophic impacts from climate change while society transitions to a sustainable future. This session featured new research from James Hansen on the impact of aerosols on climate and engage with leading experts on the nuanced relationship between aerosols, Earth’s energy balance, and possible interventions to reduce climate impacts and risks. Learn more.
Dubai, UAE
United Nations High Level Champions’ Marrakech Partnership Implementation Lab: Bridging the Research Gap featuring Nigel Topping
Hosted by the UNFCCC High Level Champions, the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Actio and organized by SilverLining, Green Africa Youth Organisation, Sustenta Honduras, Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar, and Sustainability Week Pakistan, this event drew attention to a critical gap in equity and capabilities for responding to climate change impacts faced by developing countries—the lack of funding and technology capacity for climate impacts research—and introduced a breakthrough initiative to establish a multilateral fund to fill this gap: the Climate Research for All Fund. The event featured keynote remarks from the distinguished United Nation’s High-Level Champion for COP26, Nigel Topping. Learn more.
COP28 Climate Live Pavilion: Can We Keep 1.5°C Alive “A Dialogue on Near-term Climate Risks and Intervention”
The session delved into the urgency of addressing near-term climate risks to maintain the 1.5°C limit. Through panel discussion, experts, scientists, and young leaders delved deeper into the topic of climate intervention, and its particular importance for developing countries, for instance, the importance of dialogues and research on solar climate intervention in the Global South, and why youth need to be part of policies and discussions on climate intervention.
Dubai, UAE