Hands Off Mother Earth Alliance
Hands Off Mother Earth Alliance
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...
…is the large-scale and intentional, technological manipulation of the Earth’s oceans, land and atmosphere as a technological “fix” to the climate crisis
…does nothing to address greenhouse gas emissions or the root causes of climate change
….is based on the same thinking that have got us into the climate crisis in the first place
…relies on technologies that are risky, speculative and likely to introduce grave new threats
… exacerbates colonialism, inequality and (climate) injustices while growing the power of wealthy elites and corporations
…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.
Latest news
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...
Media Advisory – Geoengineering at CBD COP16: Updates from Week 2
(Abajo sigue la version en Español) Members of Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance will share insights into how the negotiations on geoengineering are unfolding as CBD COP16 with a focus on why geoengineering is a risk to biodiversity and climate, peoples and communities. The Convention on Biological Diversity has shown leadership in addressing geoengineering risks at several COPs, after establishing a de facto moratoria in COP10 which was reaffirmed COP13. Despite CBD’s...
(Abajo sigue la version en Español) Members of Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance will share insights into how the negotiations on geoengineering are unfolding as CBD COP16 with a focus on why geoengineering is a risk to biodiversity and climate, peoples and communities. The Convention on Biological Diversity has shown leadership in addressing geoengineering risks at several COPs, after establishing a de facto moratoria in COP10 which was reaffirmed COP13. Despite CBD’s...
Geoingeniería Climática, riesgos para la Biodiversidad y las comunidades / Climate Geoengineering, Risks for Biodiversity and Communities
Side event, Green Zone
Únase a nuestro evento Geoingeniería climática: riesgos para la biodiversidad y las comunidades ¿Qué es la geoingeniería, cómo nos afecta, que pasa en la COP 16? Informar a las y los participantes de la COP de los Pueblos sobre qué es la geoingeniería climática, (tanto geoingeniería solar, como las propuestas de remoción de dióxido de carbono terrestre y marino) y cuáles son los riesgos potenciales que estas propuestas representan para...
Únase a nuestro evento Geoingeniería climática: riesgos para la biodiversidad y las comunidades ¿Qué es la geoingeniería, cómo nos afecta, que pasa en la COP 16? Informar a las y los participantes de la COP de los Pueblos sobre qué es la geoingeniería climática, (tanto geoingeniería solar, como las propuestas de remoción de dióxido de carbono terrestre y marino) y cuáles son los riesgos potenciales que estas propuestas representan para...
