Event

Co-CREATE Forum on Solar Radiation Modification Research Governance

Date: 27th – 29th May 2026

Location: Brussels, Belgium 

This event is invite-only, but the plenaries will be livestreamed. The online programme is available below. Sign up to receive access details in a calendar invite.

Livestream Registration

About the conference 

The Co-CREATE Project is organising the Co-CREATE Forum on Solar Radiation Modification Research Governance in Brussels on 27–29 May 2026. This will be the first SRM research conference held in Brussels and will be a unique opportunity to participate in a focused, evidence-based conversation on the future of SRM research governance in the EU.
This event responds to the need for a dedicated space for constructive and inclusive dialogue to guide interdisciplinary research and policy innovation contributing to the development of guidelines and principles for SRM research governance. The conference will provide a safe and neutral space for conversations between leading researchers, policymakers, experts, civil society, representatives from international organisations, and rightsholders from relevant regions, including the Arctic.

A forum geared towards impact 

The discussions held during the conference are central to this coordination and support work. Insights from these discussions will inform the projects’ final reports, which will include a set of principles, guidelines, and decision-support frameworks. These materials may serve diverse decision-makers to make well-informed, structured choices on SRM research and its governance. The project work and the forum’s deliberations are designed to serve regulators and civil society, research funders and their ethics advisors or evaluators, as well as researchers. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to contribute to this timely debate and help shape responsible SRM research governance in line with European and global public interests.

Objectives 

  • Create a safe space for engagement across peer-groups, including civil society, policymakers and researchers to convene diverse perspectives on this contentious topic;
  • Achieve direct policy impact through the direct engagement of policymakers at the national, European, and international levels;
  • Foreground international and interdisciplinary collaboration, helping to advance state-of-the-art research and inform deliberations at the European and global levels;
  • Spark timely discussions on the strategic value and implications of public SRM research funding.

Online programme