Overview
- The AfD introduced a Bundestag motion alleging government efforts to influence weather under the title 'Risiken von Wettermanipulation und Geo-Engineering.'
- AfD lawmaker Nicole Höchst asserted that deliberate releases of fine particulate matter are being seriously discussed and used incendiary language about 'opening the gates of hell.'
- SPD MP Holger Mann and CDU’s Reza Asghari rejected the motion, stating that no geoengineering occurs in Germany or the EU and that any weather modification is strictly regulated.
- Officials emphasized that Germany’s only practice is regional hail suppression without climate impact and reiterated the 2025 stance that geoengineering is not a climate policy option.
- Meteorologists characterized the AfD’s evidence and use of weather graphics as technically baseless, noting that Solar Radiation Modification has been researched but is politically rejected.