WHAT WAS CLAIMED
Fourteen nations have signed a World Economic Forum chemtrails treaty.
OUR VERDICT
False. There is no such treaty and the organisation has no power to impose treaties or laws.
AAP FACTCHECK - Fourteen nations have not signed a World Economic Forum (WEF) "chemtrails" treaty, despite claims floating around online.
There is no such treaty and the claim is being spread by a website known for misinformation.
The claim is being shared on Facebook, with users linking to videos and text from an article on The People's Voice (TPV) website, an outlet AAP FactCheck has debunked numerous times.
"14 Nations Sign WEF Chemtrails Treaty to 'Improve Humanity' by Intensifying Sky Spraying Operations," the article's headline reads.
There's no evidence to support the claim within the article, however, which instead features vague statements about "chemtrails", commentary on a supposed globalist plot run by "unelected elites", and the repetition of other falsehoods previously debunked by AAP FactCheck.
The WEF, an international non-governmental organisation, is a favourite subject of the TPV.
As previously covered by AAP FactCheck, the WEF has no power to impose treaties or laws.
"The World Economic Forum has not signed, proposed, or promoted any treaty on 'chemtrails'," a WEF spokesperson told AAP FactCheck, explaining the forum is an independent organisation that "engages leaders from business, government, civil society, and academia to address global challenges".
AAP FactCheck could find no evidence or credible media reports relating to the supposed treaty.
The TPV article also features an image of interim WEF co-chair Larry Fink alongside an X post, supposedly from the organisation.
"Geoengineering will save humanity from the threat of global boiling," it reads.
Despite sometimes mentioning geoengineering on social media, there is no evidence that the WEF has ever posted such wording on X.
AAP FactCheck has previously tackled chemtrails conspiracy theories - the false belief that the long, white clouds left behind by aeroplanes are sprayed as part of a plot to harm humans or change the weather.
The clouds are actually condensation trails, also known as "contrails", formed when water vapour condenses into ice particles around emissions from jet engines.
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