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A joint news release prepared by: ETC Group, Third World Network, SEARICE,Corporate Watch and Greenpeace South East Asia
5 November 2007
Pissing for Profit in the PacificGeo-engineers prepare to pollute Philippine Seas as International Ocean Dumping Body Meets
As governments meet in London today to discuss whether the high seas should be used for largescale iron dumping by companies promising a quick-fix for climate change, one private company is rushing ahead with a new ocean dumping scheme in Southeast Asia – this time with urea. Civil society groups have learned that Ocean Nourishment Corporation (ONC) of Sydney, Australia has been given a “go signal†by the Philippines government to experimentally dump hundreds of tonnes of industrially-produced urea, most likely into the Sulu Sea between Philippines and Borneo.A coalition of international civil society groups today called...
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ETC GroupNews Release9 November 2007www.etcgroup.orgLondon Convention Puts Brakes on Ocean GeoengineeringRisky ocean fertilisation schemes “not justified,†require oversight and regulation, says international maritime bodyIn a shot across the bows of geoengineering companies, the London Convention (the International Maritime Organization body that oversees dumping of wastes at sea) today unanimously endorsed a scientific statement of concern on ocean fertilisation and declared its intention to develop international regulations to oversee the controversial activities. It further advised states that such large-scale schemes are “currently not justified.â€â€œWe applaud the London Convention for addressing a major gap in global governance,†said David Santillo, of Greenpeace International’s Science Unit who attended the London Convention meeting this week. “The Parties meeting here this week confirmed that large-scale ocean fertilization schemes are not scientifically...
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4 March 2010
Dr. Margaret Leinen,Climate Response Fund71 Stevenson Street, Suite 400San Francisco, CA 94105
Dr. Michael MacCracken,Head of the Scientific Organizing CommitteeClimate Institute900 17th Street, NW, SuiteWashington, DC 20006
Open Letter to the Climate Response Fund and the Scientific Organizing Committee
RE: Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies: March 22-26 2010
As civil society organizations and social movements working to find constructive solutions to climate change, we want to express our deep concerns with the upcoming privately organized meeting on geoengineering in Asilomar, California. Its stated aim, which is to «develop a set of voluntary guidelines, or best practices, for the least harmful and lowest risk conduct of research and testing of proposed climate intervention and geoengineering technologies,» is moving us down the wrong road too soon and without any speed...
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Grupo ETC
BoletÃn de prensa
11 de febrero de 2010
www.etcgroup.org
Los secuestradores del planeta desde arriba,
llaman a una gobernanza desde abajo
Es necesario oponerse a los geoingenieros que buscan autoregularse
Si bien la mayorÃa de los cientÃficos salieron de la cumbre de Copenhague sobre el clima sintiéndose frustrados, un pequeño grupo de defensores de la geoingenierÃa emergió gustoso por el débil resultado de la reunión y por la incertidumbre del rumbo a seguir. Estos cientÃficos buscan proseguir con la investigación y la experimentación de las controvertidas tecnologÃas de geoingenierÃa. Están especialmente excitados por el “manejo de radiación solar†(SRM, por sus siglas en inglés), una forma de enfriar al planeta reflejando una parte de los rayos solares de vuelta hacia el espacio...
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Communiqué de presse
Le 12 février 2010
www.etcgroup.org
Les partisans de la géoingénierie préconisent l’expérimentation de technologies à haut risque
Des normes volontaires pour prendre la planète en otage
Si la plupart des scientifiques ont quitté la Conférence de Copenhague sur le climat plutôt déprimés quant à la force de leur influence, un petit groupe de défenseurs de la géoingénierie en sont sortis enhardis par l’absence de résultats et l’incertitude qui en découle face à l’avenir. Ce groupe de scientifiques souhaite procéder à des recherches et à des expérimentations sur des technologies de géoingénierie controversées, et la « gestion du rayonnement solaire » (GRS) suscite chez eux un réel enthousiasme. La GRS est un type d’intervention permettant de « faire baisser le thermostat de la planète » en réfléchissant une portion des rayons solaires dans l’espace,...
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ETC Group
News Release
February 11, 2010
www.etcgroup.org
Top-down Planet Hackers Call for Bottom-up Governance
Geoengineers Bid to Establish Voluntary Testing Regime Must be Opposed
While most scientists left the Copenhagen Climate Summit feeling gloomy about their influence, a small group of geoengineering advocates came away emboldened by the summit’s weak outcome and uncertain road ahead. This group of scientists aims to get on with research and experimentation in controversial geoengineering technologies. Their real excitement is over “solar radiation management†(SRM). This is a way of “cooling down the planet’s thermostat†by reflecting a portion of the sun’s rays back to outer space, through a variety of techniques ranging from sunshades in space, to aerosol sulphates in the stratosphere, to whitening clouds. These high-risk, planet-altering schemes affect global warming without changing...
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Retooling the Planet: Climate Chaos in a Geoengineering Age, a Report Commissioned and Published by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.

This critical overview of geoengineering technologies examines the history, politics and social and ecological implications of attempts to add large-scale, intentional manipulation of the planet to the menu of possible responses to climate change. The report contests the notion that more funding, research and experimentation is needed into geoengineering technologies, and provides a series of recommendations on how these controversial technologies should be regulated.
To read the full report, click on "Download PDF" above.
To view the webcast of ETC Group's press conference in Copenhagen announcing the release of this paper, go to: http://tiny.cc/5BnqI
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POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE
LES NÉGOCIATEURS sont invités à RÉFLÉCHIR AVANT D’AGIR !
La société civile alarmée face aux solutions technologiques miracles au changement climatique proposées à Copenhague
Copenhague, le 10 décembre 2009 – Plus de 160 groupes de la société civile, englobant des mouvements sociaux et des organisations non gouvernementales (ONG), ont rendu publique aujourd’hui une déclaration conjointe portant sur la technologie, intitulée « Réfléchissons avant d’agir ! ». La déclaration vise à alerter les gouvernements devant l’absence, dans le projet d’entente sur les technologies de Copenhague, de toute mention d’un mécanisme d’évaluation environnementale et sociale fondé sur le principe de précaution. On y affirme également que l’approche actuelle présente de graves menaces à la santé humaine, aux droits de la personne, au mode de...
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BoletÃn de prensa colectivo
PARA DIFUSIÓN INMEDIATA
10 diciembre 2009
Alerta de la sociedad civil ante los
“arreglos tecnológicos†precipitados en Copenhague
Copenhague, Dinamarca, 10 de Diciembre de 2009 – Más de 160 grupos, incluyendo a movimientos sociales y organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONGs) difundieron hoy en la Convención sobre Cambio Climático, una declaración conjunta sobre la tecnologÃa, titulada “¡Miremos antes de saltar!â€. La declaración alerta a los gobiernos sobre la ausencia en el borrador del Acuerdo de Copenhague sobre tecnologÃa, de mecanismos precautorios de evaluación de los impactos sociales y ambientales de las nuevas tecnologÃas, lo cual representa graves riesgos a la salud humana, a los derechos humanos, a los campesinos, a diversos ecosistemas y a la estabilidad del clima.
Los textos de la negociación en Copenhague hacen...
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