Geoengineering must be regulated if used to cut emissions, says former WTO head
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Pascal Lamy says methods such as cloud whitening or injecting sulphur into atmosphere will be explored to combat global heatingCountries must urgently agree a way of controlling and regulating attempts to geoengineer the climate, and consider whether to set a moratorium on such efforts, as the danger of global heating exceeding the 1.5C threshold increases, the former head of the World Trade Organisation has warned.Pascal Lamy, a former director-general of the WTO and a former EU trade commissioner, now president of the Paris Peace Forum, said governments were increasingly likely to explore the possibilities of geoengineering, as efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions have so far been inadequate. Continue reading...