1976 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or anyHostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques

The ENMOD Convention:
prohibiting use of the environment
as a means of warfare
T h e E N M O D C o n v e n t i o n i s
specifically intended to prevent use of
the environment as a means of
warfare, by prohibiting the deliberate
manipulation of natural processes that
could produce phenomena such as
hurricanes, tidal waves or changes in
climate.
Prohibitions
States party to the Convention
undertake “not to engage in military or
any other hostile use of environmental
modification techniques having
widespread, long-lasting or severe
effects as the means of destruction,
damage or injury to any other State