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The tactics, which are generally referred to as weather modification, plan to use two main strategies to combat global warming – solar radiation and carbon removal.

But experts are concerned that if the technology gets into the wrong hands, weather control could be used as a weapon in the future.

And, speaking exclusively to Daily Star Online, climate change expert Janos Pasztor revealed that rogue countries such as Iran and North Korea could afford to fund such a programme.

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"Actually deploying solar geoengineering without international rules would be very dangerous, and must not be allowed," he said.

“Governments need to agree to actions to take in case an individual country, a few countries, or even a wealthy individual were to deploy solar geoengineering in an ungoverned, unilateral manner.

"Key governance issues include: who will take decisions whether to use solar geoengineering, when such decision should be made, and how to ensure that implementation will minimise negative impacts on people living in different parts of the world."

And Janos revealed these talks need to happen soon.

He said: “One proposed form of solar engineering is to spray aerosols in the stratosphere but it’s just an idea right now.

“There may be a first, limited experiment later this year conducted by Harvard scientists, we are calling for independent oversight of that experiment if it goes ahead.”

Janos is the Executive Director of the Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative – a programme set up to help encourage the regulation of weather controlling.

He added: “Two new strategies have been proposed to help deal with climate change, as well as cutting emissions.

"One is solar geoengineering, which is about reflecting more sunlight into space, and the other is carbon removal, which is about removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

“Our objective is to ensure that if societies were to choose to make use of these technologies, they are governed and well governed."

The former secretary-general in the executive office of the United Nations was also the senior adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Change between January 2015 and December 2016.

Some believe the concerns he has raised are already in action, though.

The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Programme was initiated as a research project between the US Air Force, Navy, University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Defence Advance Research Agency.

Many conspiracists believe the US government is already using the HAARP programme to control weather occurrences through the use of chemtrailing.

This theory believes that the condensation trails left by planes consist of chemical or biological agents.

Over the years, HAARP has also been blamed for generating natural catastrophes such as thunderstorms and power loss as well as strange cloud formations.

But it was actually designed and built by BAE Advance Technologies to help analyse the ionosphere and investigate the potential for developing enhanced technologies.

But Janos believes these claims are rubbish.

He revealed that suggestions that geoengineering could be used as a weapon are unlikely as it would make no practical sense for the military.

"There are much more effective tools to use in wars," he added.

"There are currently no schemes being deployed to intentionally change the earth’s climate.

"There is no stratospheric aerosol injection taking place. There are some small carbon removal projects, but not at a sufficient scale to affect the climate.

"We do, however, need to stop pollution, cut CO2 emissions and stop putting other greenhouse gases into our atmosphere."