CBD reinforces geoengineering moratorium
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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.
Global South-washing
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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
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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.
Another defeat for solar geoengineering
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Harvard´s SCoPEx experiment to block the sun cancelled
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March 18, 2024 – Opposed by ETC Group since its inception in 2015, the SCoPEx project, which was Harvard’s flagship solar geoengineering experiment has closed down.
A solar geoengineering Trojan horse at UNEA-6
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A controversial proposal was shut down by Global South countries and broad civil society resistance
Nairobi, Kenya – On the surface, the Swiss resolution on Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) at UNEA-6 could appear to be a neutral call to constitute an expert group on SRM. But whether it was intentional or not, the proposed expert group could act as a Trojan horse for the advancement of solar geoengineering, creating a base for geoengineering advocates to set themselves as the main reference in global discussions on SRM.
Solar Geoengineering at UNEA
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Briefing for UNEA6 Delegates on Solar Radiation Modification
ETC Group is in Nairobi, Kenya this week at the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6). Along with the Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance and other allies we have contributed to a new briefing for delegates on what is set to be a hotly-debated topic at the Assembly: Geoengineering the climate through Solar Radiation Modification (SRM).
COP 28: sugar-coated poison pill
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The conclusions of COP 28 will do nothing for the health of our planet, as snake oil salesmen rule the roost in the UNFCCC at the moment.
The document containing the recent conclusions from the UN climate change conference in the United Arab Emirates (COP 28) is an egregious example of an official statement crafted to appear to be addressing a crucial problem, whilst skilfully disguising the fact that many decisions taken will actually worsen that problem. A perverse narrative has been forced through, hiding a complete lack of real action.
Stop carbon offsetting now!
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The fraud and harms to local communities caused by carbon market projects have been thoroughly documented.
Press release, 4 December 2023 – Carbon offsetting has undermined real climate action, given rise to human rights and Indigenous rights violations and caused severe harm to frontline communities for over two decades. Despite this, the UN climate conference (COP28) currently underway in the United Arab Emirates is set to be one of the biggest promotional events for carbon offsets ever.
Article 6 on the Ground
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Real solutions instead of dangerous distractions
Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:00-16:30
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CBD needs to reinforce precaution against geoengineering to protect biodiversity
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Briefing for delegates at SBSTTA 25
Affirming precaution on geoengineering and other dangerous distractions
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Climate and biodiversity
9 - AFRICA, 2nd floor
October 17, 2023 | 1:15pm
Light refreshments will be served
Affirming the CBD’s leadership in taking precautionary decisions on geoengineering is urgent for the world to take real climate action and avoid false solutions.
Join us to learn about the latest dangerous distractions being promoted by geoengineers and hear from experts, civil society and governments who support precaution on geoengineering.
Industrial seaweed will not cool the climate or save nature, new report says
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Research shows that mass seaweed plantations pose a major threat to marine ecosystems and are unlikely to capture or permanently store significant quantities of carbon.
September 20, 2023 - A report published today by the international research organization ETC Group casts serious doubts on seaweed as an emerging “blue carbon” industry. Their research shows that mass seaweed plantations pose a major threat to marine ecosystems and are unlikely to capture or permanently store significant quantities of carbon.[1]
Solar Geoengineering could cause a climate disaster, we need to stop it
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Overshoot Commission report endorses unproven carbon removal technology, opens door to solar geoengineering
MEXICO, PHILIPPINES, CANADA – As one of the first civil society organizations to raise the alarm about the dangers of geoengineering, ETC Group strongly opposes the Climate Overshoot Commission’s report launched in New York today, especially its endorsement of unproven carbon removal technology, and the potential for this report to open the door to solar geoengineering. (Image from Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agrement).
The Africa Climate Summit
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Carbon Credits and Dangerous New Technologies in Africa
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Hardi Yakubu
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Dean Bhebhe
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(Scroll down to listen to audio clips from Hardi Yakubu, movement coordinator, Africans Rising, and from Bhekumuzi Dean Bhebhe, co-facilitator of Don't Gas Africa Movement.)
No to geoengineers’ technofix gold rush, yes to Real Zero!
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Join civil society event at Bonn climate change "intersessionals"
Previously buried within the UNFCCC’s negotiating corridors and committees, a new technofix gold rush has been stealthily emerging in global climate change negotiations – with potentially disastrous implications for the world’s fight against climate change.
Mexico sets a global precautionary example by stopping solar geoengineering experiments
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Further tests will not be permitted, say Mexican authorities
Mexico City, Mexico – On Friday January 13 the Mexican government announced that it will not allow solar geoengineering experiments in Mexico. This announcement came in response to Make Sunsets’ experiments over Baja California Sur, Mexico, where the two-man startup used weather balloons to spray sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. This took place without the Free Prior and Informed consent of the Indigenous peoples whose territories were used for the experiments and without any permits or even a license to operate a business in Mexico.
Stop the U.S. start-up testing solar geoengineering in Mexico
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Profit driven experiments reveal how quickly solar geoengineering research can lead to deployment
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Mexico City, Mexico – A longtime watchdog on geoengineering activities, ETC Group is sounding the alarm on two recent solar geoengineering tests that have released sulfur dioxide over Baja California Sur, Mexico as part of an experiment to block the sun’s warmth from reaching the earth. A two-man start-up from the United States, calling itself Make Sunsets, is behind these tests and appears to be seeking to profit from the climate crisis.
WEBINAR - Geoengineering in Climate Negotiations
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Get the latest with Neth Daño, Silvia Ribeiro and Niki Martinez
Under the radar of many people and governments, several risky geoengineering techniques are being considered at UN climate negotiations. Most are speculative technologies that could cause even more climate chaos and function as a costly distraction from real solutions.
This webinar, cohosted by ETC Group and RLS will provide an overview of the likely and unlikely places where geoengineering might pop up at UN climate negotiations.
ETC Group and Indigenous Environmental Network denounce plans for geoengineering technologies in US-China Declaration
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