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Art installation “Himmelsleiter” (Billi Thanner) on the tower of St. Lambert's Church in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
The artwork came from St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna to St. Lambert's Church in Münster in September 2022. It remained there until March 2024 and has been on display at Saint-Eustache Church in Paris since May 2024.

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Video presenting SAI as a method of solar radiation management, a type of geoengineering, focusing on the risks, negative impacts and potential side-effects of this “solution” for tackling climate change. Part III of three-part series “A technofix for the climate?”

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