Wij eisen dat deze clandestiene geoengineering activiteiten per direct stoppen, aangezien deze in strijd zijn met de in 1977 overeengekomen internationale regelgeving ENMOD.
Cloud seeding was first scientifically demonstrated in 1946 and “is a geoengineering tool that is widely used by more than 30 countries”. Cloud seeding program is the largest in the world, using it to make rain, prevent hailstorms, contribute to firefighting, and to counteract dust storms.
Since 1977, cloud seeding and environmental techniques have been subject to international regulation. In 1977 countries agreed to the “Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques” (ENMOD). The treaty, as well as forbidding the use of environmental modification techniques in hostile circumstances, supported the use of weather modification for peaceful purposes. A re-confirmation of the ENMOD principles occurred at the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Bron: House of Commons Science and Technology Committee
The Regulation of Geoengineering
Fifth Report of Session 2009–10
Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence
Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 March 2010
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmsctech/221/221.pdf