Our emphasis is on emerging technologies with break-through potential
CCI does not advocate for SRM deployment. We only work toward providing options in the event worst-case scenarios arise.
CCI supports emission reduction efforts as top priority.
Our research programs are open-source, transparent, accountable and governance-first.
SRM is not a substitute for emissions reductions, adaptation, or carbon removal.
We research technologies to mitigate risks from severe climate change. Our focus is on novel, game-changing opportunities employing Sunlight Reflection Methods (SRM). We publish our research contributions and disseminate information for informed decision making and development of governance policies.
Examining SAI's potential to reflect a small percentage of incoming sunlight using stratospheric aerosols — with a focus on systems engineering, feasibility, and risk characterization.
Explore SAI ResearchExploring MCB's ability to increase marine cloud reflectivity through seawater aerosol injection — leveraging cross-disciplinary expertise in fluid dynamics and thermal sciences.
Explore MCB ResearchFilling critical information voids that have hindered SRM policy development — including technical barrier assessments, deployment risk analysis, and cost/benefit evaluation.
Explore Governance WorkWe combine cross-disciplinary research with systems engineering to identify concepts that are both scientifically grounded and operationally viable.
How we workBridging climate science, atmospheric physics, fluid dynamics, and environmental engineering to examine SRM at the intersection of disciplines where insight is most needed.
Applying engineering rigor to evaluate real-world feasibility, technical constraints, and operational limits — the most neglected aspects of SRM research.
All findings are published, peer-reviewed, and openly shared. We characterize uncertainty honestly and avoid advocacy. Evidence guides our work, not outcomes.
All research data, methods, and findings are published openly. No proprietary barriers. Public-interest science requires public access.
No SRM research can be responsible without parallel governance development. We treat policy accountability as inseparable from scientific progress.
Every methodology, assumption, and limitation is documented and disclosed. We characterize uncertainty honestly rather than overstating what we know.
CCI does not advocate for SRM deployment. We produce knowledge that enables informed decision-making — not conclusions that predetermine it.
Emissions reduction, adaptation, and carbon removal are the top priority. SRM research explores contingency options — not substitutes for the critical work already required.
Our work is funded and conducted in the public interest. No commercial applications. No proprietary advantage. Just the knowledge humanity may need.
Tom has a track record of accomplishments which leveraged a multi-disciplinary background. He founded an R&D company and served as Principal Investigator on multiple NSF and commercial research grants. He patented technology for jet aircraft and published over a dozen journal papers. In 2006 he shifted focus to providing mission assurance on SpaceX satellite launches for US Space Force, serving as a Senior Principal Engineer across several technical disciplines. In 2024 Tom retired and shifted his attention toward mitigating climate risks.
Qiong holds two Masters degrees (Physics and Mechanical Engineering) and a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue (1996), focused on machine learning for hyperspectral satellite imagery. She then served 14 years as technical lead and management developing space-based sensors at Northrop Grumman. In 2016 she shifted to finance, becoming a licensed financial advisor and certified financial planner. She is now owner of a rapidly growing financial services company with nine figures under management. Her philanthropic support has enabled the formation of CCI.
Aerospace and environmental testing engineer. Contributed to NASA weather missions including JPSS and GOES. MSME from Loyola Marymount.
CCI has completed Preliminary Feasibility Reviews on its first research programs and is seeking support to expand scientific and engineering capacity.
