Hands Off Mother Earth Alliance​

The Hands Off Mother Earth (HOME) Alliance is an inclusive alliance of civil society groups, Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations (IPOs), human rights, grassroots, climate justice and feminist groups and advocates that oppose and work to reject all forms of geoengineering – the large-scale technological manipulation of the Earth’s systems and climate – as a false solution and a dangerous distraction to the climate and biodiversity crises.

Hands Off Mother Earth Alliance

 
The Hands Off Mother Earth (HOME) Alliance is an inclusive alliance of civil society groups, Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations (IPOs), human rights, grassroots, climate justice and feminist groups and advocates that oppose and work to reject all forms of geoengineering – the large-scale technological manipulation of the Earth’s systems and climate – as a false solution and a dangerous distraction to the climate and biodiversity crises.

What is geoengineering?

Geoengineering includes many different technologies. They are all risky, speculative and poised to be controlled by superpowers and wealthy corporations. They either attempt to remove already emitted greenhouse cases (CDR) or to reflect incoming sunlight (SRM). None address the root causes of climate change.

Marine geo-engineering

Dumping minerals, creating huge algae blooms and more...

Land-based geo-engineering

Causing massing land-grabs and ecosystem harm...

Atmosphere and space geo-engineering

Dimming the sun by deliberate pollution...

Geoengineering...

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…is the large-scale and intentional, technological manipulation of the Earth’s oceans, land and atmosphere as a technological “fix” to the climate crisis

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…does nothing to address greenhouse gas emissions or the root causes of climate change 

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….is based on the same thinking that have got us into the climate crisis in the first place

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…relies on technologies that are risky, speculative and likely to introduce grave new threats

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exacerbates colonialism, inequality and (climate) injustices while growing the power of wealthy elites and corporations

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is a dangerous distraction that undermines real climate action and lets big polluters off the hook 

What we need

Proven, real solutions

to the climate crisis
that are gender-just and rights-centred

A deep transformation

and overhaul of the current economic and financial system

Solidarity, equity and justice

at the local, national and global level

What does HOME Alliance do?

All members of the Alliance stand behind the HOME Manifesto.

Movement building

We mobilise movements across continents. We build power to champion real solutions and counter geoengineering.

Advocacy

We engage in policy spaces — from the local level to United Nations fora — to advocate for effective and precautionary international agreements to oppose the legitimisation of geoenegineering

Campaigning

We build and support campaigns against geoengineering projects and for sound policies and restrictive regulations and governance.

Narratives

We influence the public discourse by engaging in media and popular education work to counter efforts to normalise geoengineering.

The Hands Off Mother Earth (HOME) Alliance rejects conspiracy theories and climate denialism

There is a conspiracy theory that claims that long-lasting vapor trails left by aircraft, often referred to as “chemtrails,” contain harmful substances intentionally released into the atmosphere for various undisclosed purposes. This unfounded theory mistakenly associates such trails with weather modification and solar geoengineering research. However, vapor trails are formed from aircraft exhaust, and are not connected to weather modification or solar geoengineering.

The spread of misinformation and disinformation has led to confusion about what geoengineering is. On top of this, the information available online relating to chemtrails and weather modification conspiracy theories can be traced back to political agendas that neither seek nor are compatible with climate and environmental justice and often go hand-in-hand with climate denialism. This further undermines the understanding of the climate crisis and the real solutions needed to confront it.

Our work at HOME Alliance and that of our members has no connection to such claims, nor does it endorse or lend any credibility to these unfounded theories.

Latest news

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Press release
Website_Press Release St. Ives Bay (Instagram Post)
April 17, 2025

Press Release: From Geoengineering The Ocean in Cornwall To A Vanishing Act

*Planetary Technologies Plans to Slip Out the Back Door*

Publication
Letter
IPCC Letter
February 21, 2025

Civil Society Groups Letter to the IPCC Ahead of 62nd Session: A Call to Center Equity, Real Solutions, and End Reliance on Highly Speculative Technologies

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Press release
EU Report Reaction (1)
February 21, 2025

Press Release: Carbon Markets Are Not The Magic Pill To Scale Up Carbon Dioxide Removals

*False solutions are not the answer to the climate crisis*

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Press release
Arctic Ice PR
January 30, 2025

Press Release - Geoengineering Fails Again: Arctic Ice Project Shuts Down Over Ecological Concerns

*Communities Reiterate Geoengineering Is No Solution to Climate Crisis*

HOME Alliance News | Press release
EU Report Reaction
December 9, 2024

Press Release: Civil Society Rings Alarm on Recommendations to European Union on Solar Radiation Modification

Reiterate that technofixes are a dangerous distraction from real climate action

For immediate release  09 December, 2024 Civil society groups including Indigenous Peoples and climate justice groups are deeply concerned about recommendations on Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) published today by Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission. While the advice highlights the grave and essentially irresolvable risks of Solar Radiation Modification, the policy recommendations risk legitimising and facilitating solar geoengineering. The Scientific Opinion of the Chief Scientific Advisors draws on an...

For immediate release  09 December, 2024 Civil society groups including Indigenous Peoples and climate justice groups are deeply concerned about recommendations on Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) published today by Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission. While the advice highlights the grave and essentially irresolvable risks of Solar Radiation Modification, the policy recommendations risk legitimising and facilitating solar geoengineering. The Scientific Opinion of the Chief Scientific Advisors draws on an...

Publication
Press release
Copy of Reactive COP29 Press Release (Square Sticker)
November 23, 2024

Press Release: COP29 Gives Entry to Carbon Markets Making A Dangerous Step Backward for Climate Justice

*Gives Geoengineering A Path To Enter*

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Press release
Reactive COP29 Press Release (Square Sticker)
November 20, 2024

Press Release: At COP29 Threat of Carbon Markets Looms Large 

*Gives Geoengineering A Path To Enter*

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Press release
COP29 Press Release (Square Sticker) (1)
November 12, 2024

PRESS RELEASE: Disastrous Start to COP29 As Countries Bulldoze Ahead with Carbon Markets Paving Way for Risky Geoengineering Technofixes

*Comes at Expense of Ecosystems, Communities and Human Rights*

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Press release
CBD COP16 Final Press Release
November 4, 2024

PRESS RELEASE: A Big Win As UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP16 Reaffirms Geoengineering is a Risk| NOTA DE PRENSA: La COP16 del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica de la ONU reafirma que la geoingeniería es un riesgo

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Press release
Second Press CON CBD COP16 Square
November 1, 2024

Press Release: COP16 Still Has Opportunity to Address Geoengineering Risks | Nota de prensa: La COP16 aún tiene la oportunidad de abordar los riesgos de la geoingeniería

Stay updated on technologies and developments in Geoengineering Monitor!

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HOME Alliance members speak

“Geoengineering is logically and ethically bad science. They are based on sets of misleading algorithms aimed at profits and control. No one, no matter how powerful, should be permitted to grab the planetary thermostat. Geoengineering is an unacceptable distraction to lock in current destruction production and consumption patterns. Africa cannot afford the risks that geoengineering would offload on her. Our demand is for serious adherence to real climate actions — halt fossil fuels extraction/burning, pay the climate debt and respect the rights of Mother Earth to maintain her cycles without human interference”
Nnimmo Bassey
Health of Mother Earth Foundation
“The urgency of addressing the climate crisis cannot lead to the proliferation of false solutions like geoengineering, which provide a smokescreen for continued fossil fuel extraction, and divert attention from the real solutions already within our grasp. We must continue to mobilize against geoengineering, with the voices of Indigenous Peoples’ and affected peoples leading the way to a more just and sustainable future.”
Sara Shaw
Friends of the Earth International