  Climate changes and its many associated impacts are one of the most critical
global challenges. Photovoltaics has been instrumental in mitigation of CO$_2$
through the generation of electricity. However, the goal of limiting global
warming to 1.5 $^\circ$C increasingly requires additional approaches. The paper
presents how PV surfaces can be designed to reverse the Earth's radiative
imbalance from increased greenhouse gasses that lead to higher global
temperatures. The new PV surface generate electricity, reflect sub-band gap
radiation, minimize their temperature, generate thermal radiation and emit
additional IR through the atmospheric, with these processes totaling 650
Wm$^{-2}$. This is realized by: (1) PV system efficiency at operating
temperature $>$ 20 \% and sub-band gap reflection of 150 Wm$^{-2}$ for a total
of 350 Wm$^{-2}$ (2) Thermally emitted radiation (radiative cooling) of 150
Wm$^{-2}$; and (3) Active IR emission through an atmospheric window at 1.5
$\mu$ of 150 Wm$^{-2}$. With such PV surfaces, we show that 10 TW of installed
PV can reverse global warming. Using PV to balance global temperatures
introduces additional considerations for PV, focusing on high efficiency,
particularly high efficiency at operating temperatures, radiative cooling, and
new processes for 1.5 $\mu$ emission. We find that depending on their design,
PV panels can increase or decrease global temperatures.
