I know of no way to control local or regional climate with geoengineering without effects elsewhere, but while it is possible that such techniques could be developed by research, geoengineering for hostile purposes is prohibited by the United Nations Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques.
"The stated position of the UK government is that the development, production, retention, acquisition, or use of incapacitating chemical agents for military purposes is prohibited".
Marijuana use and distribution for medicinal purposes is prohibited by the federal government, but lawmakers here said they had to pass the bill to conform with the State Constitution.
In addition, the use of any personal information should be limited solely as necessary to provide services or functionality for Your Application (e.g., the use of collected personal information for telemarketing purposes is prohibited (unless expressly consented to by the user)).
The listing requires that trade in the taxon and its products are subject to strict regulation by ratifying states, and international trade for primarily commercial purposes is prohibited.
However, every invasive treatment to the embryo not aimed to diagnostic and therapeutic purposes is prohibited.
Such a rule continues stating, in the second paragraph, that "The creation of human embryos for research purposes is prohibited".
Reproduction of material in this information product for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without written permission of the copyright holders.
However, as for Belgian model, the general rule is that the creation of embryos exclusively for research purposes is prohibited, even if it is noteworthy to underline that this rule can be derogated according to the needs of the scientists.
The employment of ES cells from supernumerary embryo derived from IVG treatment is allowed under the Portuguese law, even if the creation of human embryo for research purposes is prohibited.
