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A couple dozen foreign-relations experts, scientists, military personnel, and former government officials from across the world sat down together and roleplayed as national governments, climate NGOs and nonprofits, indigenous groups, and tech companies.

The goal: to prevent an uncontrolled global race to develop a technology aimed at cooling the planet but that comes with vast, unknown risks that could reshape life on Earth.

Golja—as one of very few experts in the technology involved—was assigned to provide technical advice to help participants make scientifically literate decisions. By the end of the last day, she was in tears.