The Alliance For Just Deliberation On Solar Geoengineering (dsg)

What The Alliance For Just Deliberation On Solar Geoengineering (dsg) does

The Alliance For Just Deliberation On Solar Geoengineering (DSG) is a Washington, DC-based global nonprofit alliance that builds governance capacity, facilitates policy engagement, and convenes civil society around solar radiation modification (SRM) deliberation. The organization operates a multi-program portfolio rather than a single product: Global Engagement (building networks across climate-vulnerable regions), Policy & Analysis (connecting research and policy), the Solar Geoengineering Research Governance Platform (SGRG) for shared governance infrastructure, SRM Governance Horizons (strategic initiative using a readiness framework), the Climate Intervention Network (CIN) connecting early-career researchers, an Early Career Residency Program, Journalist Capacity Building, and Youth Engagement. DSG does not develop proprietary technology; its "products" are frameworks, publications, convenings, and governance infrastructure.

DSG deliberately maintains a neutral posture on SRM deployment, neither advocating for nor against it, which positions it as a process convener for inclusive deliberation across climate-vulnerable communities, policymakers, researchers, journalists, and youth. The organization is funded through philanthropic grants from foundations including Spitzer, Giving Green, Crankstart, Outlier, LAD Climate, and the Navigation Fund. Leadership includes Founder & Executive Director Shuchi Talati and Managing Director Michael Thompson, supported by directors across Strategy & Communications, International Policy, Global Engagement, and Outreach, plus senior scholar Simon Nicholson. Operating geographies span the United States, with active engagements in Kenya (UNEA-7), Finland (CIN convening), Colombia, and other climate-vulnerable regions.

Name

The Alliance For Just Deliberation On Solar Geoengineering (dsg)

Legal name

The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering

Website

https://sgdeliberation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DSG is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit alliance that builds governance capacity, policy engagement, and convening infrastructure for inclusive deliberation on solar geoengineering, serving climate-vulnerable communities, policymakers, researchers, journalists, and youth globally.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Governance Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Democracy, Human Rights & Governance Assistance (BPADABAG)

Keywords

• Solar geoengineering governance
• Climate policy deliberation
• SRM research oversight
• Climate intervention capacity building
• Global governance frameworks

Headquarters

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Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

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Core offering

DSG is a global nonprofit that develops governance frameworks, convenes diverse stakeholders, and builds capacity for inclusive deliberation on solar radiation modification (SRM) research and potential deployment. Its services include global engagement with climate-vulnerable regions, policy analysis, journalist capacity building, youth engagement, and an early career residency program. The organization does not develop proprietary technology; it delivers governance infrastructure, convening, and policy support as public-good services.

Product overview

DSG is a global alliance focused on elevating voices of climate-vulnerable communities in solar geoengineering deliberation. The organization operates as a multi-program portfolio rather than a single software product. Its core offerings include Global Engagement (building networks across climate-vulnerable regions), Policy & Analysis (connecting research and policy), and the Climate Intervention Network (CIN) for early career professionals. The Solar Geoengineering Research Governance Platform (SGRG) provides shared governance infrastructure, while the SRM Governance Horizons initiative examines future governance pathways. Supporting programs include a Residency Program for early career fellows, Journalist Capacity Building, and Youth Engagement. Learning resources cover Science Foundations, Governance & Policy, and Ethics & Human Rights. DSG does not develop or sell a technology product; rather, it provides governance frameworks, research coordination, and capacity-building services for the solar geoengineering field.

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Brands

• Climate Intervention Network (CIN): An initiative of DSG that supports early career professionals in climate intervention through community building, collaboration, and networking across physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Founded in 2024.
• SRM Governance Horizons
• Solar Geoengineering Research Governance Platform (SGRG)
• Early Career Residency Program

Products and services

• Global Engagement A program that advances global cooperation by building networks across climate, justice, and solar geoengineering communities. It works with partners in climate-vulnerable regions to expand engagement and create inclusive spaces for decision-making. Target audience: climate-vulnerable communities, civil society organizations, and regional partners.
• Policy & Analysis A program that connects research and policy, providing science-grounded insights and practical guidance to support informed decision-making in climate-vulnerable regions. Target audience: policymakers and government officials.
• Solar Geoengineering Research Governance Platform (SGRG) A collaborative effort among scientific associations, policy organizations, and civil society groups to provide shared governance infrastructure that makes responsible SRM research easier to conduct, easier to trust, and harder to misrepresent. Target audience: scientific associations, policy organizations, and civil society groups.
• SRM Governance Horizons A strategic initiative that publicly examines how political, financial, technological, and socio-cultural forces will shape emergent SRM governance pathways. It uses a readiness framework to evaluate whether institutions and communities have the information access, decision authority, and representation they need. Target audience: policymakers, researchers, and governance practitioners.
• Climate Intervention Network (CIN) A network that connects early career academics and professionals to advance collaboration on solar geoengineering and climate governance, offering resources, mentorship, and interdisciplinary dialogue within a global community. Target audience: early career academics and professionals in climate intervention.
• Residency Program An early career fellowship program that supports fellows in developing and publishing rigorous scholarship on SRM governance from their own areas of expertise, bringing regionally grounded insight and interdisciplinary expertise into the field. Target audience: early career researchers and fellows.
• Journalist Capacity Building A program designed to build journalistic capacity for reporting on solar geoengineering and climate intervention topics. Target audience: journalists and media professionals covering climate and technology.
• Youth Engagement Educational programming focused on engaging youth in solar geoengineering deliberation and governance discussions. Target audience: young people and youth-focused civil society organizations.

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Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Solar Radiation Modification Governance Initiative (SRMGI): SRMGI was an earlier-generation SRM-focused governance initiative with similar missions of inclusive decision-making around SRM research; historically the most direct predecessor in the SRM-governance niche.
• Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G): Carnegie's C2G is the closest direct peer - a global initiative focused on governing climate-altering technologies including SRM, producing frameworks, convening policymakers, and engaging climate-vulnerable states, with overlapping concern for inclusive governance.
• SilverLining: SilverLining is a nonprofit that funds and convenes research on solar geoengineering and climate intervention, with a stated goal of advancing SRM research and governance - directly comparable mission area.

Emerging players

• Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment (FCEA): FCEA is an academic/policy forum focused on assessing climate engineering (including SRM) with convening and publication functions; smaller and university-anchored but covering overlapping governance and ethics terrain.
• Leverhulme Centre for Climate Repair: Based at Cambridge, this academic centre researches and convenes on climate repair and intervention including SRM; niche academic counterpart sharing governance and research-deliberation concerns with DSG.

Broad incumbents

• Environmental Defense Fund (EDF): EDF is an established environmental nonprofit that works across climate and SRM governance and is an active DSG partner (UNEA-7 side event); much larger and broader in scope but materially overlapping on climate-governance advisory work.
• World Resources Institute (WRI): WRI is a large global research nonprofit producing climate policy analysis and governance frameworks; much broader in scope but overlapping as a producer of climate-governance analysis for policymakers.
• Climate Central: Climate Central communicates climate science to media and policymakers; comparable to DSG's journalist capacity-building and public-communication programs, though without the SRM-governance specialization.
• Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES): C2ES is a bipartisan climate policy nonprofit that develops analysis and convenes decision-makers; partnered with DSG at UNEA-7 and operates in adjacent climate-governance advisory territory.

Others

• ClimateWorks Foundation: ClimateWorks Foundation is a major climate-philanthropy intermediary that funds governance and SRM-adjacent work; comparable ecosystem participant rather than direct competitor, but functions in the same funder/grantee landscape as DSG.

Market position

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