ETC's reports and articles

A collaborative briefing on the urgent need to prevent the normalisation and corporate enclosure of engineered life 8 Oct 2026
Technology Assessment participants, Mpongwe District, Zambia
Digital Agriculture, Land Rights, and the Exclusion of Small-Scale Farmers in Mpongwe District 7 Oct 2026
Participants at Chingola technology assessment
Digital Technology, AI, and Community Rights in Chingola District 7 Oct 2026
Our new figures confirm the intense corporate concentration of global agribusiness, leaving the food chain profoundly vulnerable to intensifying climate impacts and the ripple effects of war on Iran. 29 Jul 2026
An artist's rendition of the impacts of industrial seaweed farming underwater.
UK startup Seafields’ grand plans need exposing for what they are: a cynical greenwashing ploy that puts our oceans and our climate in jeopardy. 4 Jun 2026
Seafields report cover art showing industrial seaweed farming
Farming the Oceans for Carbon Market Profit 28 Apr 2026
Political-style cartoon of Victorian machine, with brain tech, cyborg potatoes and solar radiation management pollution
In 2025 a new ‘high risk-high reward’ agency funded by the UK Government began bankrolling outdoor solar geoengineering experiments, in direct contravention of agreed international moratoria and norms. We decided to take a closer look. 20 Mar 2026
The escalating conflict in the Middle East is setting alarm bells ringing once again, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is already shaking global trade. Food production and prices could be next.
One third of synthetic fertilizers and one quarter of the world’s seaborne oil trade pass through the Strait of Hormuz every day - two essential inputs for the industrial food chain. 18 Mar 2026
New research confirms that ag commodity traders sit at the pinnacle of the industrial food chain, influencing how, where and when a staggering volume of commercially traded food is grown, who grows it and under what conditions. 6 Feb 2026
Participants engaging in the “Narratives of Power Building” session, exploring perceptions of technological power and progress in relation to Africa’s food systems
A critical analysis of biodigital technologies and their expanding role in food and agriculture. Central to the authors' argument is the question of who ultimately stands to benefit from this so-called “fourth agricultural revolution." 8 Dec 2025
Generative Biology (GenBio) is the use of generative AI to redesign genomes, proteins, RNA and metabolic pathways. Promoted as a transformative solution for health, food, and climate challenges, its greatest value may lie in serving the AI industry itself 5 Dec 2025
This case study examines the rise of digitised, data-dependent agriculture, focusing on Bayer's Climate FieldView as a prime example of how agribusiness and technology companies are reshaping food systems 5 Dec 2025
A common political compass for the movements of the world 14 Nov 2025
55 movements and organizations from 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries published a powerful MANIFESTO rejecting carbon markets and defending territories against an avalanche of projects that are causing damage throughout the region 31 Oct 2025
Emerging Technologies • Ecological and Cultural Erosion • Global Governance • Corporate Concentration 13 Oct 2025

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