Financial Times

EU braves climate storms by wading into geo-engineering debate

The EU has called for international efforts to assess the risks and uncertainties of climate interventions, including geo-engineering, and to research how to regulate it globally, due to concerns that humanity will not be able to keep global warming within the targeted 1.5C limit.

The EU is set to call for international efforts to assess the risks and uncertainties of climate interventions such as solar radiation modification and research how to regulate it globally.
Geo-engineering involves manipulating the weather to fight climate change, including a process called stratospheric aerosol injection which would involve flying a vehicle around 20km-25km above the earth's surface, shooting out micron-sized particles that reflect the sun.
The EU text shows concern that humanity will not be able to keep global warming within the targeted 1.5C limit.
Geo-engineering technologies remain ungoverned, and their sudden stop could cause a recurrence of global warming that would be sharper and more dangerous.
Scientists are keen to emphasize that weather-altering technologies should not take away from efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions overall.

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