Driving Under the Influence
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A review of the evidence for bias and conflict of interest in the IUCN report on synthetic biology and gene drive organisms
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Tech assessments building global momentum
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Amidst crises and buzzwords, the idea that we should examine technologies' impacts is gaining ground
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As converging global crises – biodiversity, climate, plastic – intensify, governments and corporations are scrambling to create new institutions and investors are lining up to finance a new round of buzzword-driven techno-fixes. Talk of “rapid technological change”, “exponential technologies”, “frontier technologies” and “the fourth industrial revolution” can be heard in hallways of a variety of governments, institutions and UN bodies.
Rise of the Petri-Proteins?
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Some likely effects of lab-grown meat-like substances on farmers, food systems and the climate
The global meat industry is estimated to be worth over $1 trillion USD in 2019, and is projected to reach $1.5 trillion by 2022. The dairy industry is estimated at $442 billion. Industrially processed meat and dairy are notorious for the inhumane conditions of their livestock, and are a climate menace.
Lab-grown meat and other Petri-protein industries
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Prepared by ETC Group with additional research by Dr Elisabeth Abergel, for the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF)
High-Emitting, Oil-Producing Countries Block Progress on Geoengineering Governance at United Nations
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Civil society reiterates call for a ban on geoengineering
Países altamente emisores, productores de petróleo, siguen bloqueando la gobernanza de la geoingeniería en Naciones Unidas
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La sociedad civil reitera el llamado a prohibir la geoingeniería
VIDEO: ¿Quién nos alimentará?
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¿La red campesina alimentaria o la cadena agroindustrial?
¿Quién nos alimentará? - Libro para descargar y videos
VIDEO: Who Will Feed Us? The Peasant Food Web vs the Industrial Food Chain
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Peasant-led Agroecology and Food Sovereignty Feeds the World
More than a set of agricultural practices, agroecology is profoundly political, intertwined with food sovereignty and peasants’ and farmers’ rights. Small-scale farmers, peasants, pastoralists and small-scale fishers – who make up what ETC calls “The Peasant Food Web” – already grow 70% of the world’s food using only 25% of agricultural resources.
Nommer le présent
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douze façons de commencer à décoder 2019 et les années à suivre
Déchiffrer les tendances scientifiques et technologiques émergentes fait partie intégrante du travail du Groupe ETC. Nous voulons saisir les implications des nouvelles réalités qui se font jour autour de nous, qu’il s’agisse d’intelligence artificielle, d’ingénierie sociale, de formes extrêmes de modifications génétiques, de concentration d’entreprises, de surveillance, d’autoritarisme ou de géoingénierie.
Nombrando el ahora
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doce maneras de comenzar a entender el 2019 y más allá
En el Grupo ETC nos es fundamental tratar de entender las tendencias emergentes en ciencia y tecnología. Queremos comprender las implicaciones de las nuevas realidades que están surgiendo a nuestro alrededor, ya sea que se relacionen con inteligencia artificial, ingeniería social, formas extremas de modificación genética, poder de las corporaciones, vigilancia, autoritarismo o caos climático.