Reports on Synthetic Biology

Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) report front cover

ARIA: The UK's dubious 'deep tech' agency

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.

'Black Box’ Biotech

Integration of artificial intelligence with synthetic biology

Gene Drive Organisms

An introduction to a dangerous new technology putting Africans at risk

Genetically-Engineered Clothes

Synthetic Biology's New Spin on Fast Fashion

Haiti, Essential Oils & Synthetic Biology

Potential Impacts on Haiti’s Farming Communities

What is Synthetic Biology? The Comic Book

Engineering life and livelihood

Outsmarting Nature?

Synthetic Biology and Climate Smart Agriculture

Extreme Biotech meets Extreme Energy

an ETC Group and Heinrich Böll Stiftung Report

The Principles for the Oversight of Synthetic Biology

By Friends of the Earth, CTA and ETC Group

Biomassters Battle to Control the Green Economy

...in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Who Will Control the Green Economy?

Corporate Concentration in the Life Industries

The New Biomassters

Synthetic Biology and The Next Assault on Biodiversity and Livelihoods

Capturing 'Climate Genes'

Gene Giants Stockpile Patents on “Climate-Ready” Crops in Bid to Become Biomassters

Who Owns Nature?

Corporate Power and the Final Frontier in the Commodification of Life

Nanotech Rx

Medical applications of Nano-scale technologies: What Impact on Marginalized communities?