Climate Stabilization Summit
An invite-only funder summit on frontier research to stabilize critical Earth systems
When: November 10th from 8:30am-6:30pm
Where: The Presidio Officers' Club in San Francisco, CA
Pre-summit dinner (optional): November 9th, 6:00–9:00 PM, San Francisco, CA Venue TBA
This webpage will be updated with additional details as the Summit approaches.
Questions?
Email kelly@outlierprojects.org with questions.
Context
There are currently two main climate strategies — mitigation of human emissions and adaptation to the physical effects of climate change. Both are urgent and essential.
But as hotter temperatures destabilize critical Earth systems – from clouds to glaciers to wetlands – we now face non-linear risks that mitigation alone may not avert and from which adaptation may not offer sufficient protection. There’s growing evidence that major irreversible impacts, from sea level rise to ocean current shutdowns, could be triggered sooner than scientists once thought. And higher temperatures are unleashing feedback loops that could make the planet much hotter, both by increasing emissions from natural systems and by making Earth less reflective.
That’s why we now need to add a third leg to the stool: stabilization. To start, we need to accelerate research to better understand the risks posed by unstable Earth systems and how we can safely and effectively stabilize them.
The Climate Stabilization Summit will convene leading scientists, practitioners, and philanthropic funders to explore opportunities to catalyze this critical new field.
For updates, please visit this webpage. To view 2025 Summit content, see here.