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Three Big Battles for Global Food Policy Looming

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World Food Systems Summit is part of a three-pronged corporate food policy power grab
February 12, 2020—A corporate alliance (consisting of Big Ag, the World Economic Forum, philanthro-capitalists and others) have spearheaded three separate initiatives (the Food Systems Summit, restructuring research institutions, acceleration of data collection) which threaten to converge and utterly transform the multilateral food and agriculture system. 
 

Gene Drive organisms: Destructive and Uncontrollable

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Brief video about gene drives, by ETC Group and Swissaid

 Gene drive organisms have been greeted with a breathless euphoria by some geneticists, policy-makers and philanthropists. By manipulating the sexual reproductive system of organisms, the promoters of the technology claim they should be able to exterminate some species that are harmful to humans. However, once we look behind the headline-grabbing claims, it becomes clear that the use of this technology could put food systems and humanity at serious risk of irreversible harm.

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The Right to Climate Justice (COP 25 Madrid)

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Collective Convergence for Just Solutions and Against Geoengineering

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:30 to 13:00 Room 4 - Blue Zone

Climate crisis requires a real transformative shift away from fossil fuels in the production and consumption of everything. Grassroots movements and civil society organizations are making this shift through rights-based proposals that stand in stark contrast to geoengineering and other false solutions.

ETC Podcast Episode #1: Gene drives in Africa

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ETC will be occasionally chatting with collaborators, activists and experts about emerging technologies. Check for the ETC podcast on iTunes, Google Play, or other podcast services. A full list of episodes can be found at etcgroup.libsyn.com In Episode #1 ETC's Tom Wakeford speaks with Ugandan lawyer and advocate Barbara Ntambirweki about gene drives, a powerful new genetic technology that can change species in the wild and make species go extinct.

Briefing on Proposed ISO Radiative Forcing Standard

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Leaked documents reveal ISO's geoengineering plans

In early August, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the ISO, a corporate-driven standards organization, was moving forward with a new standard that could undermine existing climate standards, which included mentions of geoengineering.

At the time, we asked who was behind the push the attempt to create a standard for measuring "radiative forcing," and to create a market for 

Tecnologías: manipulando la vida, el clima y el planeta

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Publicación del Grupo ETC y ALAI

Digitalización, robótica, manipulación molecular, geoingeniería – nos encontramos en medio de un tsunami tecnológico caracterizado por la convergencia entre tecnologías y el Big Data, en escalas desde lo nanométrico hasta lo planetario; y todo ello bajo el control predominante de poderosos oligopolios. Esta coedición de ALAI y el ETC Group explora facetas de esta realidad, como aporte para avanzar en la comprensión crítica del conjunto, condición para la acción colectiva.

Qui nous nourrira?

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Le réseau alimentaire paysan et la chaîne alimentaire industrielle

 

Le réseau alimentaire paysan nourrit 70 % de la population mondiale avec seulement 25 % des ressources?

 

Chaque dollar que nous payons pour la nourriture produite par la chaîne industrielle nous coûte deux dollars supplémentaires pour réparer les dommages qu’elle cause?

Nuevo estándar socava los acuerdos sobre el clima y afianza la geoingeniería

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Quién está presionando para que se debiliten los estándares en la lucha contra el cambio climático

 

DAVAO, MONTREAL Y CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 29 de Agosto. — Un informe de la Agencia France Presse (AFP) reveló un nuevo intento por establecer la base para un mercado de “créditos climáticos” para usar técnicas de geoingeniería. Grupos de la sociedad civil están denunciando las negociaciones a puerta cerrada de la Organización Internacional de Normalización (ISO por sus siglas en inglés), que podrían debilitar los esfuerzos para frenar el cambio climático.

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