Wednesday, October 14Global edition

Topic: Atmospheric modification technology

EU opens €35 million tender to detect rogue attempts to block out the sun

The EU's Horizon Europe research arm wants to build a framework that can identify and attribute unauthorised attempts to alter the atmosphere by reflecting sunlight back into space. The move comes as private companies and governments step up work on solar geoengineering, with few international rules in place to govern it.

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