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Dave Frame: Victoria University climate change professor on the European commission's plan to fight climate change

Published: June 25, 2023, 8:29 p.m.

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There\'s trepidation over a controversial attempt to manipulate the weather to fight climate change.

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The European Commission is looking at interfering with weather patterns to cool the earth.

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It would involve multiple controversial techniques, including a vehicle flying around up to 25 kilometres above the earth\'s surface shooting out micron-sized particles that affect the sun.

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Victoria University climate change professor Dave Frame told Mike Hosking that it\'s a terrible idea, but needs to be experimented in a controlled setting.

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He likens it to studying viruses, where it\'s hoped they\'re never used but important to know about.

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