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The world continues to experience a relentless increase in average and extreme temperatures every year - much beyond what scientists and scientific models projected or expected. We now have to use previously unfamiliar terms to describe today’s new world - atmospheric rivers, sunny day flooding, rain bombs, derechos, flash droughts and many more. No place, no time of year and no person is immune from the severe direct and indirect impacts of a scorching planet.

The Emperor's New Climate Scenarios Sandy Trust explains why commonly used models in financial services are underestimating climate risk, presenting the findings of a collaborative research paper between actuaries and leading climate scientists ‘The Emperor’s New Climate Scenarios’, in a talk that will be in turns absurd, scary and hopeful.

MEER at Gaia Festival at Fergusson College in India The MEER project in India has been making significant progress lately. The project's preliminary testing is now complete, and the data collected so far has shown some excellent results.

In this introductory episode, we introduce Dr. Ye Tao, formerly of Harvard's Rowland Institute, who shares his scientific background and how he unexpectedly found his way into the field of climate science. Dr. Tao explains the breadth of what is at stake in the climate crisis and discusses his motivations for changing career paths and founding the non-profit MEER (Mirrors for Earth's Energy Rebalancing). Additionally, he describes the term climate and addresses some of the criticism and skepticism people encounter when trying to make a difference.

The recently concluded Project 1808 annual festival, which took place in Kabala, Sierra Leone, provided a significant platform for MEER to showcase its innovative projects and engage in meaningful collaborations

A New Climate Vocabulary Herb Simmens speaks about how a new climate vocabulary can bring to life a hopeful vision of a healthy and restored climate. This narrative vision will be presented using some of the 1,000 terms - 400 original - included In his newly published book A Climate Vocabulary of the Future.

Dr. Tao attends COP28 At this year's COP28 event held in Dubai, Dr. YeTao once again represented MEER, informingscientists and policymakers about the ongoingscientific experiments related to surfacereflection technology in the Global South.

At the GAIA festival, the environmental science department showcased MEER's unique approach to sustainability. The festival featured a comprehensive model that demonstrated MEER's core concept of 'cooling earth by reflecting sunlight'. MEER volunteers prepared a prototype that compared MEER sheets to ordinary steel sheets, revealing a significant temperature difference of 6-7 degrees Celsius. This unique feature of MEER sheets effectively addresses the crisis of increasing global temperatures.

Harnessing the Sun’s Energy for the Future of Water Security

In the near-term, billions of the most vulnerable to climate chaos and socioeconomic stressors will be forced to migrate due to intolerable heat, loss of food production, and severe water stress; with collapse of public services and food aid, most will die. MEER is a must to get up and running fast.

Dr. Tao meets with International Humanitarian Response Agency GOAL in Freetown, Sierra Leone and shares MEER's future projects, including a prototype Desalinator, Solar Water Heater, and Solar Concentrator.

Elizabeth Wathuti and Eugenia Kargbo Highlight the Need for Environmental Conservation

Climate change used to be a science challenge until recently when it has also become a developmental and moral challenge. We have witnessed the impact of climate change on every aspect of our lives. The recent IPCC 6th assessment report is red coded for humanity making it imperative for actions that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere and to slow down global warming. The presentation will explain the progress in our understanding of the climate system, the impact of climate change and actions we all have to take. Professor Nana Klutse is Vice Chair of the Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She is Associate Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Ghana and the Head of Department.

Project Starting in Pune, India and Dr. Tao Co-authors Paper

Africa's first heat officer is helping women keep cool in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown.

Overheating Cities on a Hot Planet This fascinating and inspiring talk centered around how to help overheating cities through urban engineering. Ronita Bardhan is an architectural engineer and urban studies educator, with a PhD in urban engineering. Bardhan leads the research group - Cambridge Sustainable Design Group (SDG). Her research is centered around data-driven design of built environment for precision prevention from health and energy burdens in the warming climate. She triangulates building physics, engineering, and social science data to develop solutions for realising health and low-carbon energy potential in built environments. Bardhan works on climate heat stress & health in built environment. She has extensively worked in Slum Rehabilitation (social) housing (in India, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and Brazil).

MEER's visit to Fergusson College, Pune, India, was eventful. The lecture delivered by Dr. Taov on September 16th, 2023, covered the organization's goals and vision for India.

FREETOWN UPDATE: MEER team members joined a diverse group of participants, including activists, policymakers, researchers, and NGOs, at a Trócaire conference about environmental issues

Dr. Ye Tao presents at Arctic Momentum: Dr. Tao was received by an enthusiastic group of scientists and experts gathered to discuss climate intervention science and research at a conference in Helsinki, Finland.

Our explainer video. Also available in multiple languages.

This MEERTALK premiered MEER's short documentary FREETOWN: COOLING A CITY, featuring Dr. Ye Tao, Founder & Director of MEER, along with the team working on the project. It includes a discussion with members from the team on the ground in Africa, as well as a followup interview with a resident whose roofing has been changed to MEER's reflective roofing.

CLIMATE EMOTIONS AND ACTIVISM: A PSYCHOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE: Margaret Klein Salamon, PhD, Clinical Psychologist

Testing Our Floating Mirror Design! An innovation of floating reflectors has been in development by MEER.

BREAKING TOGETHER: A FREEDOM-LOVING RESPONSE TO COLLAPSE: Jem Bendell, World-renowned scholar

Our newsletter that rounds up any MEER related news!

MEER Is Growing – Project Expansion in Freetown! A recent huge rainstorm has damaged a municipal building in Sierra Leone, and as a result, MEER is being sought as an improved choice when building a new roof.

Our newsletter that rounds up any MEER related news!

As temperatures in Freetown rise, Eugenia Kargbo is helping people adapt to the heat

WHAT'S INSIDE THE IPCC REPORT "FINAL WARNING"? Charlie Gardner, Conservationist, Activist & Member of Scientists for Extinction Rebellion