In defence of dimming the Sun

Large-scale projects that manipulate the environment could, if successful, slow down or reverse the effects of climate change.

This would allow humans to continue producing and developing, without fear of global warming or other adverse effects.

A petition against geoengineering has surpassed 100,000 signatures, meaning that parliament must now debate it.

Experimentation is what drives human progress, after all.

We do not need to impoverish ourselves to cope with a changing climate, says James Woudhuysen .

Human ingenuity is by far our best bet, he says.

It is far too early to write off geoengineering.