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My plan is better: https://snafuhall.com/p/earthwrap.html

We will use paper products to construct the orbiting shield; not only blocking solar radiation bu ablating Space Junk, and stimulating the Economy.

Ha, love it! I think you should flesh this out a bit more and sell it to congress. They love ag.
when you have a rotten tooth, you can mouthwash and take a couple ibuprofen for a little while until its obvious the actual problem has to be dealt with.

climate change and warming cause problems, but are only symptoms.

the real problem is a willful disconnect from grade school chemistry, and the culture of throwing a problem somewhere else [anywhere as long as its not here]

"“I’m not saying this will be the solution, but I think everybody has to work toward every possible solution,” said Dr. Szapudi, the astronomer who proposed tethering a sunshade to an asteroid."

Fully agree with this. We need solutions, long term and short term. It's time to consider and fund climate engineering.