Stabilizing Interventions Are a Reference Class

What a database of 16,000 megaprojects teaches about delivering climate interventions on time, on budget, and with the benefits promised

Aug 25

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Can We Save the Doomsday Glacier? — Marianne Hagen, Seabed Curtain Project

An underwater curtain 150 meters tall and 80 kilometers wide, anchored to the Antarctic seabed, may be the most direct thing anyone can do about sea…

Aug 6 • Paul Gambill

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July 2026

What We Mean by Stabilization

We proposed a name for an emerging climate field. Some in the field pushed back. Here are the strongest objections to the term, and where we landed.

Jul 29 • Paul Gambill

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Observations From the Climate Stabilization Field

What we learned from three months and 29 interviews inside the climate stabilization field, and what we're building next.

Jul 22 • Paul Gambill

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Why I Support Stabilization Research

A friendly reply to Ted Nordhaus on solar geoengineering

Jul 15 • Paul Gambill

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June 2026

Stabilization Needs a State That Works

Every plan to cool the planet assumes capable governments and enough cooperation to act together. Both are breaking down, and what we need is capable…

Jun 25 • Paul Gambill

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A Sunshade For Earth, And Who Controls It — Ross Centers and Morgan Goodwin

Ross Centers and Morgan Goodwin on building a literal sunshade for Earth, why SpaceX is really a Dyson Swarm company, and who ends up running the…

Jun 16 • Paul Gambill

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May 2026

The Case for a Planetary Sunshade

It’s Less Sci-Fi Than I Expected

May 28 • Paul Gambill

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Plan C for Civilization — Ben Kalina

SRM Is Coming Faster Than You Think — Ben Kalina on 15 Years Filming Climate’s Most Controversial Idea

May 20 • Paul Gambill

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April 2026

Iceland Declared AMOC Collapse a Threat — Páll Gunnarsson, Founder of Reykjavík Institute

How a country of 400,000 people declared AMOC collapse a national security threat before larger nations did. Páll Gunnarsson on what made it possible.

Apr 29 • Paul Gambill

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On the Ground at Stabilize Earth

The climate stabilization field just had its first major public moment. Here's what it felt like in the room.

Apr 24 • Paul Gambill

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Carbon Removal’s Problem Isn’t a Lack of Governance

The carbon removal industry isn't struggling because people moved too fast. It's struggling because no one answered who would pay.

Apr 15 • Paul Gambill

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