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Climate Moonshot Portfolio

The Climate Moonshot Portfolio is a reference architecture for large-scale climate R&D. It asks: If society spent billions on additional R&D to reduce climate risk, what should it develop? The following documents are open-source and therefore can be used and modified at no charge.  

An Engineered Approach to Climate Change

  • Develop an Engineered Approach to Climate Change — $1M Design Effort. PDF | DOCX

  • Establish a Large-Scale Energy Research Center — $25M Initial Phase. PDF | DOCX

  • Establish a Climate Decision-Making Research Center — $25M Initial Phase. PDF | DOCX

Low-Cost Energy

  • Nuclear power site-construction automation — $1B Proposal. PDF | DOCX

  • Nuclear-powered industrial processing — $1B Proposal. PDF | DOCX

  • Economic fusion moonshot — $1B Proposal. PDF | DOCX

Climate Understanding

  • Improve climate decision-making tools — $1B Proposal. PDF | DOCX

SAI Sunlight-Reflection Research

  • SAI Reflectivity Plan — Illustrative 15-year plan. PDF | DOCX

  • SAI experiments — $1B Proposal. PDF | DOCX

  • SAI equipment — $1B Proposal. PDF | DOCX

MCB Sunlight-Reflection Research

  • MCB Reflectivity Plan — Illustrative 15-year plan. PDF | DOCX

  • MCB experiments — $1B Proposal. PDF | DOCX

  • MCB equipment — $1B Proposal. PDF | DOCX

Common Framework. Shared rules cover governance, procurement, open data, independent review, safety, stage gates, and stop-work. Lower-cost analysis and design precede larger prototypes; programs advance only when evidence justifies the next step. PDF | DOCX

How to use it. Reviewers may add, delete, combine, redesign, or re-budget initiatives. This is not a request for one organization to receive ~$8B; programs can be independently adapted, competed, and funded by governments, foundations, or other public-interest funders.

European Climate Moonshot Concept Note: https://www.aplantosavetheplanet.org/europe

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