ETC's View
ETC's view on International governance
ETC Group's view on International Governance ETC supports open, equitable and democratic global governance arrangements that recognize the expertise and enable full participation of social movements – especially indigenous, farming and local communities – and other civil society organizations.
ETC Group calls for the creation of an international technology evaluation and information mechanism to assess the health, environmental, economic and social impacts of new and emerging technologies.
Governments should adopt a process to develop an international technology evaluation and information mechanism – based on the Precautionary Principle – that will strengthen national sovereignty and build capacity, especially in the global South, to assess the health, environmental, economic and social impacts of new and emerging technologies such as biotechnology, nanotechnology and synthetic biology.
ETC Group opposes intellectual property rights that undermine control of communities over their own culture and resources and strengthen corporate power.
ETC Group's View on Biopiracy
ETC Group opposes market monopoly in sectors impacting biodiversity, health and livelihoods in the global South.
ETC Group opposes market monopoly in sectors impacting biodiversity, health and livelihoods in the global South.
Just say "know" in Rio
Rio+20 must take bold steps to bring international technology policy into the 21st century by ensuring that precautionary and participatory assessment is developed and by adopting a comprehensive test ban on geoengineering.
