Petition

Stop geoengineering experiments over the UK

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop funding specific ARIA-backed geoengineering projects.
Implement a legal, preemptive ban on all outdoor field trials, not just deployment.
Enforce a mandatory public referendum for any outdoor geoengineering activity.
The last petition was ignored under the grounds that geoengineering was not officially ‘deployed’ in the UK however due to the nature of the project there is no safe way to experiment and test the technology under controlled conditions it must happen in the sky, this should have been a democratic decision via a public referendum. We are calling for the government to stop these experiments immediately due to concerns over public health, further eco systems damage and unpredictable consequences.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Ban atmospheric geoengineering in UK
Ban atmospheric geoengineering in UK

Timeline

30 Apr 2026 Petition opened for signatures
19 May 2026 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 May 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 31 Aug 2026.