Commoning the weather: weather commons for a post-1.5 °C world
The intensification of extreme weather events induced by climate change is fueling policy discussion over the potential role of global climate intervention. Alongside planetary-scale interventions, technologies for local and regional weather modification are receiving renewed attention and funding. We argue that their social implementation will affect future human-weather relations and propose a weather commons approach as a conceptual framework for democratic, community-centric weather modification for a post 1.5 °C world.
Authors
- Kunihiko Kobayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1485-9508)
- Rei Itsukushima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2645-6068)
- Tomohiko Ohno
- Tomoki TAKADA
- Aoi Yoshida
- Kosei Yamaguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0885-169X)
- Kazuki Kagohashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5428-9637)
- Manon Simon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9220-3969)
- Masamitsu Onishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5146-9111)
- Christoph Rupprecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1809-2129)
- Takuya Iwahori
- Tsuyoshi HATORI (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4835-6052)
- Chris Berthelsen
- Norie Tamura
Institutions
- Nanzan University (JP)
- Landscape Institute (GB)
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JP)
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- Kyushu University (JP)
- University of Hyogo (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Ehime University (JP)
- Nagoya University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Climate Action
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-025-00302-w
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.11
Funders
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Moonshot Research and Development Program