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COP16: An opportunity to reinforce precaution on geoengineering

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by Kavya Chowdhry, ETC Group & Coraina de la Plaza, Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance

(See below: "Reinforcing precaution against geoengineering to protect biodiversity and communities", a briefing for COP 16 delegates, from members of the HOME Alliance)

This article was published 28 October, in ECO 70(6), the magazine of the CBD Alliance. It concludes with recommendations for governments negotiating at the CBD’s COP 16, in Cali, Colombia.

Cumbre del Futuro de la ONU

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El futuro daño ambiental y la captura corporativa se cocinan en la distópica Cumbre del Futuro de la ONU

(Nueva York, 20 de septiembre de 2024) Mientras los líderes mundiales se han venido preparando para la Cumbre del Futuro de la ONU en Nueva York (22-23 de septiembre de 2024), que incluye las negociaciones para un Pacto Mundial Digital [1], los inminentes peligros ambientales del despliegue masivo de la digitalización y la liberación de la IA son ignorados, incluso mientras las gigantes empresas tecnológicas utilizan la cumbre para posicionarse como los salvadores tecnológicos que resolverán las crisis mundiales.

Corporate Capture of the UN Summit of the Future

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A recipe for a dystopian digitalized tomorrow

(New York, 20 September 2024) The looming environmental dangers of massive deployment of digitalization and unleashing AI are being effectively ignored by the UN Summit of the Future taking place in New York on 22-23 September 2024 [1]. Giant technology companies are using the summit to position themselves as the tech saviours who will solve the world crises, with final versions of the text concealing the stark impact of their activities on the planet’s environment.

Why sinking seaweed is not an answer to climate change

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UN Ocean and Climate Dialogue should reject 'Blue Carbon' wave
Artist's illustration of industrial seaweed production

Even though the earth is burning, investors are being allowed to promote profit-generating climate projects in the UN – even projects that are unlikely to generate, and could even prevent, the reductions in carbon emissions that the world so urgently needs.

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