Left Behind by Design: Technology Assessment report, Zambia
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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
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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
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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.
Experts warn that Strait of Hormuz fertilizer and fuel blockage could lead to a global food crisis
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One third of synthetic fertilizers and one quarter of the world’s seaborne oil trade pass through the Strait of Hormuz every day - two essential inputs for the industrial food chain.
According to experts from ETC Group (Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration), the commercial food model is so vulnerable that this blockage could drive up food prices, leading to a global food crisis. Researchers are therefore issuing an urgent call to strengthen local food systems based on food sovereignty and agroecology.
What does data justice mean for African small-holder farmers?
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A critical analysis of biodigital technologies and their expanding role in food and agriculture. Central to the authors' argument is the question of who ultimately stands to benefit from this so-called “fourth agricultural revolution."
This article was written by Matthew Canfield, Sabrina Masinjila, Barbara Ntambirweki, and was originally published by Agroecology Now. Central to the authors' argument is the question of who ultimately stands to benefit from this so-called “fourth agricultural revolution.” They contend, first and foremost, that data justice must be grounded in the lived experiences and livelihoods of food producers.
The Kandy Declaration
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A common political compass for the movements of the world
The Kandy Declaration, a collective roadmap for systemic transformation from the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum, is out now!
Read the full declaration at the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum website in EN, ES, FR, PT and AR
Organizations denounce Carbon Markets ahead of COP30
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55 movements and organizations from 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries published a powerful MANIFESTO rejecting carbon markets and defending territories against an avalanche of projects that are causing damage throughout the region
On October 29, 55 movements and organizations from 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries published a powerful MANIFESTO rejecting carbon markets and defending territories against an avalanche of projects that are causing damage throughout the region. This manifesto challenges COP30 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which will begin in the first week of November with high-level meetings.
Optimism is back! 3rd Nyeleni Global Forum update
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Creating a new pathway to global systemic transformation from the ground up
As the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum in Sri Lanka draws to a close, it’s exciting to reflect on the fact that this country - inhabited and loved by its people from coast to coast, and home to some of the world’s most biodiverse, verdant and abundant forests, rivers and wetlands - is also poised to become the birthplace of a new global meta-movement of social movements committed to bringing health and vitality back to the planet’s communities, countries and climate.
ETC Group reinvigorates its quest to track emerging technologies and scrutinise corporate concentration
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Following its 2025 AGM, ETC Group’s Board and Staff met for four days in Madrid, in early August, to build a new plan of action, laser-focused on challenging corporate concentration and tech ‘broligarchy’ chauvinism
We see a gathering tsunami of emerging (and converging) corporate technologies being super-charged by increasingly rapid developments in digital/AI, bioengineering and geoengineering technologies. The new corporate constellation of a few men with vast personal wealth operating within the existing hegemonic capitalist financial system is also being used to influence key governmental policy-making spaces, sidelining democratic processes and excluding civil society.
AfriTAP Webinar Exposes the Growing Threat of Biodigital Technologies to Africa’s Food Sovereignty
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AfriTAP, AFSA and ETC’s online webinar on “Understanding Biodigital Technologies: A Global Overview and Impact on Food Systems” was led by Jim Thomas of Scan the Horizon
Webinar link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAN3cYNMNmY
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