The EU has waded for the first time into the highly controversial debate on geo-engineering, a contested technology that involves manipulating the weather in order to fight climate change.
The European Commission on Wednesday is set to call for international efforts to assess “the risks and uncertainties of climate interventions, including solar radiation modification” and for research into how to regulate it globally, according to a draft paper seen by the Financial Times.
The statement will be the first time that a national or regional governing body has officially recognised the growing interest in a science that essentially involves interfering with weather patterns in order to cool the earth.
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