The Big Bad Fix
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Now in French!
The Big Bad Fix, book on geoengineering by ETC Group, BiofuelWatch and the Heinrich Boell Foundation, now available in French.
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Was world conservation agency's report on genetic engineering and gene drive organisms rigged?
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Clear evidence of bias and conflicts of interest found by monitoring group
JULY 8, 2019, MONTREAL–In a report released today, ETC Group exposes serious bias and conflicts of interest among members of an “expert” panel convened by the highly influential International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the largest international body that convenes conservation movements.
Civil Society Denounces the Release of GM mosquitoes in Burkina Faso
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We, the undersigned civil society organisations from Africa and around the world, denounce the release of genetically modified (GM) “male-sterile” mosquitoes in Burkina Faso. The GM mosquitoes were released in the village of Bana on 1 July 2019 by the Target Malaria research consortium.i
Video: From the Lab to the Field to the Forest
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Synthetic biology on the loose
The expert group that will be filing a report with recommendations to the UN Convention on Biodiversity met in early June, and examined a variety of emerging uses of synthetic biology. Jim Thomas was there representing ETC.
Increasingly, syn bio is moving out of the lab, and companies are conducting experiments and even genetic engineering in the wild – for example, by using viruses or gene drives to change genetic structures in nature.
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
Executive Summary
Tech assessments building global momentum
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Amidst crises and buzzwords, the idea that we should examine technologies' impacts is gaining ground
The following is an excerpt from ETC Group's May 2019 newsletter. To receive regular updates, sign up (see right sidebar)!
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
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.
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