Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/198946 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7586
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
There is limited public discourse and understanding about the history and science of weather and climate intervention, though scientists have researched, tested and implemented numerous methods of weather modification for six decades. Also, climate-related geoengineering is steadily gaining support as a means of combatting rising global temperatures. With climate change and associated increasing occurrence of extreme weather events, there has not been a more providential moment to consider the implications of anthropogenic, atmospheric intervention. This paper summarizes information about weather and climate intervention with the aim of answering the question: Why aren’t more economists interested in evaluating weather and climate intervention activities?
Subjects: 
weather modification
cloud seeding
geoengineering
climate change
economic analysis
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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