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Deploying a controversial global chemical sunshade to cool runaway climate change could help some regions but hurt others

The year is 2025. A heatwave like no other has swept over northern India, pushing temperatures into the 40s and raising humidity to such stifling levels that humans cannot sweat enough to cool down. Too poor for air conditioning, people desperately jump into lakes to escape the heat, but for most, it is no use. Around 20 million people die. In a matter of weeks, climate change has killed more than the First World War.

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After sun-dimming setback, geoengineers seek a diplomatic fix

One aim is to have solar geoengineering discussed for the first time by the U.N. General Assembly in a session starting in September 2023.