Left Behind by Design: Technology Assessment report, Zambia
Submitted by Ronnie Hall on
Digital Agriculture, Land Rights, and the Exclusion of Small-Scale Farmers in Mpongwe District
Mpongwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia, 17–18 April 2026
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Beneath the Copper Belt: Technology Assessment report, Zambia
Submitted by Ronnie Hall on
Digital Technology, AI, and Community Rights in Chingola District
Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia, 15–16 April 2026
Chingola District, in the Copperbelt District in Zambia, lies at the convergence of two of the most consequential global forces of the twenty-first century: the rapid expansion of digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI), and the accelerating extraction of critical minerals required to sustain that expansion. As global demand for these technologies intensifies, so does the pressure on the communities living above the ore deposits.
They claim it’s ‘climate action’, we call it ocean-grabbing
Submitted by Ronnie Hall on
UK startup Seafields’ grand plans need exposing for what they are: a cynical greenwashing ploy that puts our oceans and our climate in jeopardy.
Picture the scene: it’s late 2026 and you’re crossing the Atlantic Ocean. You gaze down at the sea lapping gently at the sides of your ship - but instead of clear seawater, you find that you are surrounded by invasive seaweed, stretching as far as the eye can see, in all directions. You’ve ventured into a vast Sargassum giga-farm, extending from horizon to horizon, covering an area the size of a country.
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Global South-washing
Submitted by Ronnie Hall on
How The Degrees Initiative is imposing its solar geoengineering agenda onto climate research in the Global South
To read the whole briefing online or to download a pdf version please go to geoengineeringmonitor.org
The DEveloping country Governance REsearch and Evaluation for SRM (Degrees) Initiative’s stated aim is to facilitate the participation of countries in the Global South in research relating to the deployment and governance of solar geoengineering, referred to as Solar Radiation Management (SRM).
Protect coastal and marine biodiversity from geoengineering
Submitted by Ronnie Hall on
Briefing for delegates at SBSTTA 26
In a wave of “blue carbon” hype, oceans and coastal areas are increasingly pitched as tools to fight global warming. Around the globe dozens of new projects are projected to increase the ocean's capacity to absorb CO2 with a view to selling the carbon credits generated commercially.
Protecting a Legacy of Precaution at COP-15
Submitted by Ronnie Hall on
Bringing Horizon Scanning, Technology Assessment and Monitoring into the future work of the CBD
At stake at COP15!
