Changelog

Today we're launching the SAI Research Roadmap, a stage-gated map of the research activities and resources needed to reduce SAI’s technical uncertainties and enable informed decision-making about SAI. It represents months of work synthesizing expert knowledge, literature review, and structured assessment frameworks.

This roadmap describes what we need to do in order to solve the priority uncertainties put forth in our Uncertainty Database. Using a clinical trials framework, Reflective has segmented activities into Phases with two stage gates. At each gate, the full body of evidence—not just the result of an experiment—is assessed against criteria set in advance before the next phase can be considered–the same kind of go/no-go checkpoint that governs whether a clinical trial advances to its next phase.

The goal of the roadmap is to provide policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders with a specific, legible plan for a research program that builds a robust evidence base for an informed decision about SAI. It does not advocate for deployment, and the roadmap does not suggest that time, attention or funding should be diverted away from decarbonization.

Amongst other features, users are able to:

• View activities grouped by research area, duration, or cost
• Review the scientific justification, scope of work, and estimated budget and timeline for each research activity
• See the body of evidence required to reach each gate and the questions such decisions rest on

Please see our About and Methodology pages to learn more. We'll be continuously updating and refining the activities as new research emerges and will add features based on user feedback. Check back here for updates.