It's time to explore reflecting sunlight back into space to tackle climate crisis, says UN

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Global efforts to tackle climate change are currently insufficient, meaning it is time to explore technologies to reflect sunlight hitting the Earth back into space, a UN report has said.

Published 3 months ago · New York, United States

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