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ETC Podcast Episode #1: Gene drives in Africa

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

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

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?

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

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.

Proposed standard threatens to undermine climate agreements, entrench geoengineering

Who is behind backroom push to undermine climate standards?

DAVAO, MONTREAL AND MEXICO CITY—A report from Agence France-Presse has revealed a new effort to establish the basis for a market for “climate credits” for the use of geoengineering technologies. Civil society groups are denouncing the closed-door negotiations at the International Standards Organization (ISO) that could undermine efforts to curb climate change. 

Le rapport de l'agence mondiale pour la conservation sur le biologie synthétique et le forçage génétique a-t-il été truqué ?

Un groupe de surveillance trouve des preuves de partialité et de conflits d'intérêts

8 juillet 2019, Montréal

Dans un rapport publié aujourd'hui, le Groupe ETC révèle de graves partis pris et conflits d'intérêts chez les membres du groupe d'experts réuni par la très influente UICN (Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature), le plus grand organisme international à convoquer les mouvements de conservation.

Peligroso sesgo a favor de tecnologías de extinción en informe de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza

Conflictos de interés evidenciados por el Grupo ETC

El Grupo ETC publicó un análisis del reciente informe sobre biología sintética elaborado por la UICN, en el cual existen graves sesgos y conflictos de interés entre los autores de la publicación.

Was world conservation agency's report on genetic engineering and gene drive organisms rigged?

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.

La société civile dénonce le lâcher de moustiques génétiquement modifiés au Burkina Faso

Nous, soussignés, organismes de la société civile d'Afrique et du monde, dénonçons le lâcher de moustiques « mâles-stériles » génétiquement modifiés (GM) au Burkina Faso. Les moustiques GM ont été relâchés dans le village de Bana, le 1er juillet 2019 par le consortium de recherche Target Malaria. [i]
 

Civil Society Denounces the Release of GM mosquitoes in Burkina Faso

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

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.

Tech assessments building global momentum

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.

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