The geopolitical implications would become more troubling as calls for restitution are likely to escalate. The jurisdiction over not yet fallen rain “resources” will be tricky, with no applicable international law regulating the issue directly. If cloud seeding becomes more mainstream, it is easy to imagine the Iranian regime (or other authoritarians) using weather modification as a weapon against internal and external opposition, or blaming a neighbors’ seeding efforts as the source of domestic weather woes.Ī hot or thirsty country triggering rainfall to the detriment of their neighbors is arguably taking what’s not theirs. On the other end of the Persian Gulf from the UAE, the heat has triggered a severe drought in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan region, with the government violently repressing desperate protesters. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Yet as thousands of workers toil day and night to finish the project, Ethiopian negotiators remain locked in talks over how the dam will affect downstream neighbours, principally Egypt. Across Ethiopia, poor farmers and rich businessmen alike eagerly await the more than 6,000 megawatts of electricity officials say it will ultimately provide. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a 145-metre-high, 1.8-kilometre-long concrete colossus is set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa. A general view of the construction works at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba.
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