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WEBINAR - Geoengineering in Climate Negotiations

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Get the latest with Neth Daño, Silvia Ribeiro and Niki Martinez
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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.

Amidst rising hunger, new report shows corporate concentration in agrifood industry threatens an already vulnerable food system.

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Food Barons 2022, names and ranks the largest food corporations dominating each link of the 8-10 trillion dollar commercial industrial food chain.
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New report online at: https://etcgroup.org/content/food-barons-2022

GBF talks in Nairobi risk heading in wrong direction

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Indigenous and Global South communities are biodiversity experts, not Silicon Valley
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With Global Biodiversity Framework negotiations about to wrap up in Nairobi this article was drafted to address some of the broader narratives that shape issues like horizon scanning, ‘30 by 30’ and technology assessment negotiations within the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This context is especially important for ensuring that gender, human rights and Indigenous rights are at the center of protecting and ensuring biodiversity for the future. 

Food, Data and Justice Dialogues

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A critical approach to the digitalisation of food systems - What’s there to know? Introductory teach-ins

These recorded webinars (held on 29 & 30 June 2022) provide an introduction to the digitalisation of food systems from seed to stomach (also known as the 4.0 revolution in food and agriculture). You can view them on YouTube and we are compiling additional materials: please find all relevant links below.

Session 1: Power and technology: the digital food chain | By ETC Group

El campesinado y la agricultura en pequeña escala son quienes siguen alimentado al mundo

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Documento de contexto: Por qué importa explicar las afirmaciones contrapuestas del 70% frente al 30%

Ha surgido un debate sobre qué proporción del suministro mundial de alimentos proviene de la agricultura campesina y en pequeña escala, un debate que puede tener grandes implicaciones para la elaboración de políticas que respondan al hambre. Organizaciones de la sociedad civil y movimientos campesinos han calculado que alrededor del 70% del mundo es alimentado por la agricultura campesina y en pequeña escala. Sin embargo, dos trabajos académicos recientes afirman que sólo alimenta a un tercio de la población mundial.

El campesinado sigue alimentando al mundo, aun cuando FAO afirme lo contrario

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La Organización para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) de las Naciones Unidas, inició una polémica sobre si el campesinado o los agronegocios alimentan al mundo.

Organizaciones con gran experiencia en trabajos sobre alimentación y temas agrícolas escribieron hoy al Director General de FAO, criticando duramente a la agencia de las Naciones Unidas por un informe de 2021, que es estadísticamente confuso y contradice las posturas de FAO.

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