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Growing carbon is not like growing watermelons: the seductive trap of carbon farming and digital tech

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Episode 4 of 'Who will control the food system?'
Food Barons report cover art showing peasants resisting corporate digital giants
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Tune into the next episode in our latest podcast mini-series, Who Will Control the Food System, where we uncover just who's pulling the strings of industrial agriculture, dissect the latest corporate strategies, and take inspiration from the peoples and movements fighting back.

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In this fourth episode, Zahra Moloo talks to Camila Moreno, an independent researcher who works with social movements in Brazil and across Latin America on the social and environmental dimensions of biotechnology and agribusiness expansion.

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).

ETC Group job opening on geoengineering - OPEN UNTIL FILLED

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ETC Group is looking for a new team member to focus on our work on geoengineering.
meme with scenes from the matrix that read "research, monitoring, advocacy. ETC group is hiring. Join the crew."

February 2024

 

We are a small international collective with offices in Canada, the Philippines and Mexico, and colleagues working in the UK, India, Argentina and Uganda. Find out more about us at https://www.etcgroup.org/

Disruptive digital food and ag techs invading indigenous territories in India

Soumis par Ronnie Hall le

Episode 3 of 'Who will control the food system?'
Food Barons report cover art showing peasants resisting corporate digital giants
Audio: 

Tune into the next episode in our latest podcast mini-series, Who Will Control the Food System, where we uncover just who's pulling the strings of industrial agriculture, dissect the latest corporate strategies, and take inspiration from the peoples and movements fighting back.

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In East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India, an Adivasi farmer gave his personal data and information, including his telephone number, to a representative of the Indian government. In India, “adivasi” is a collective term used to refer to indigenous people.

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. 

COP28: píldora venenosa cubierta de azúcar

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La declaración oficial de la COP28 oculta que muchas de las decisiones adoptadas empeorarán el problema

Los resultados de la 28ª Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático celebrada en los Emiratos Árabes Unidos (COP 28) son un ejemplo claro de narrativas perversas: la declaración oficial final pretende mostrar que se aborda un problema crucial -la catástrofe climática y el rol de los combustibles fósiles- pero oculta que muchas de las decisiones adoptadas empeorarán el problema.

COP28

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Venta de clima al mejor postor y artilugios de alto riesgo

Compartimos dos textos de análisis de Silvia Ribeiro sobre la COP28, publicados en La Jornada, México.

 

Venta del clima al mejor postor

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