It’s very much looking like the world is going to quickly pass the 2.8 degrees Fahrenheit Paris Climate agreement threshold and possibly then some. Now climate experts say, countries that are caught in the crosshairs of the first wave of these climate events might decide to take drastic measures unilaterally and that could have far reaching effects. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00It's very much looking like the world is going to quickly pass the 2.8 degree Fahrenheit
00:04Paris Climate Agreement threshold, and possibly then some.
00:08That will mean our planet will see climate catastrophes the likes humanity has never
00:11dealt with, including droughts, flooding, and record-setting storms, wildfires, and
00:16heat waves.
00:17Now, climate experts writing for The Conversation say, countries that are caught in the crosshairs
00:21of the first wave of those climate events might decide to take drastic measures unilaterally,
00:26and that could have far-reaching effects.
00:29This infographic from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows just
00:33a few of those methods, from space-based sun reflection to increasing the amount of stratospheric
00:38aerosol.
00:39These geoengineering, or solar climate intervention methods, are theoretically effective.
00:44Some mirror the same cooling effects volcanoes have when they erupt, by spewing massive amounts
00:48of reflective particles into the atmosphere.
00:51The problem with any one nation using pretty much any of these methods, however, is that
00:54they could lead to issues for their neighbors, and that's sort of the underlying problem.
00:58If one country changes the weather within their borders, it could have cascading effects
01:02for their neighbors and beyond, possibly affecting their rainfall or causing inclement weather
01:07events.
01:08And even if it doesn't, and those weather events would have happened anyways, they could
01:11still be blamed, leading to possible military conflicts, literally, over the weather.