Hands Off Mother Earth Alliance
Hands Off Mother Earth (HOME) Alliance is a diverse and inclusive coalition of Indigenous Peoples’, civil society, feminists, human rights, grassroots and climate justice groups that are working to reject all forms of geoengineering as false solutions to the climate crisis, while fighting for real solutions.
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...
01
…is the large-scale and intentional, technological manipulation of the Earth’s oceans, land and atmosphere as a technological “fix” to the climate crisis
02
…does nothing to address greenhouse gas emissions or the root causes of climate change
03
….is based on the same thinking that have got us into the climate crisis in the first place
04
…relies on technologies that are risky, speculative and likely to introduce grave new threats
05
… exacerbates colonialism, inequality and (climate) injustices while growing the power of wealthy elites and corporations
06
…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
HOME Alliance News | Press release
October 2, 2024
Press Release: CSOs Gathered in New York Reiterate Geoengineering Is Not a Climate Fix
2 October, 2024 New York, USA As New York Climate Week, UN Science Summit and UN General Assembly come to a close, climate justice civil society groups and networks, Indigenous Peoples, and academics are deeply concerned about the increasing push to embrace geoengineering technofixes as climate solutions. Silvia Ribeiro, Latin America Director for ETC Group said, "We all agree we are in a serious climate crisis, but speculative geoengineering proposals...
2 October, 2024 New York, USA As New York Climate Week, UN Science Summit and UN General Assembly come to a close, climate justice civil society groups and networks, Indigenous Peoples, and academics are deeply concerned about the increasing push to embrace geoengineering technofixes as climate solutions. Silvia Ribeiro, Latin America Director for ETC Group said, "We all agree we are in a serious climate crisis, but speculative geoengineering proposals...
HOME Alliance News | Invitation
October 2, 2024
Inviting Journalists for HOME! Alliance’s Workshop on Geoengineering and COP Negotiations
Join Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance for an exclusive online workshop for journalists covering climate justice, geoengineering, CBD COP16 and COP29. The workshop will be will be held in two timezones and will enable journalists to build their capacity on geoengineering technofixes and raise awareness about the increasing focus on geoengineering in global climate policy discussions and its implications in upcoming UN summits CBD COP16 and UNFCCC COP29. Workshop...
Join Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance for an exclusive online workshop for journalists covering climate justice, geoengineering, CBD COP16 and COP29. The workshop will be will be held in two timezones and will enable journalists to build their capacity on geoengineering technofixes and raise awareness about the increasing focus on geoengineering in global climate policy discussions and its implications in upcoming UN summits CBD COP16 and UNFCCC COP29. Workshop...
Webinar | Panel | Hybrid meeting
September 24, 2024
The Dangers of Geoengineering as a Response to Climate Change
Hybrid Panel Presentation and Audience Q&A
A this hybrid event a panel of experts will lay out the current science and politics of solar and marine geoengineering and discuss the extraordinary risks associated with various geoengineering technologies. Attendees will learn more about how international treaties and federal governments are (or aren’t) stepping in to regulate geoengineering experiments, and engage with panelists in a discussion about how the environmental movement, policy makers, funders, and advocates should react to the proliferation of geoengineering...
A this hybrid event a panel of experts will lay out the current science and politics of solar and marine geoengineering and discuss the extraordinary risks associated with various geoengineering technologies. Attendees will learn more about how international treaties and federal governments are (or aren’t) stepping in to regulate geoengineering experiments, and engage with panelists in a discussion about how the environmental movement, policy makers, funders, and advocates should react...
Webinar | Side event | Workshop | Panel
September 23, 2024
Geoengineering governance event at Science Summit at Summit of the Future
Solar geoengineering, also called Solar Radiation Modification (SRM), refers to a set of speculative technologies that seek to artificially cool the planet by intervening into the earth’s climate systems. One of the most discussed options is the massive injection of sulphate aerosols into the stratosphere to reflect some incoming sunlight back out into space, in order to have a cooling effect. While some see solar geoengineering as a potential future...
Solar geoengineering, also called Solar Radiation Modification (SRM), refers to a set of speculative technologies that seek to artificially cool the planet by intervening into the earth’s climate systems. One of the most discussed options is the massive injection of sulphate aerosols into the stratosphere to reflect some incoming sunlight back out into space, in order to have a cooling effect. While some see solar geoengineering as a potential future...
Press release
June 10, 2024
HOME Alliance civil society statement on Marine Geoengineering
More than 100 organisation have issued a statement voicing their concerns about the proliferation of open air and water marine geoengineering experiments that are planned or already underway, many of which are selling carbon offsets, in defiance of international agreements. Increasingly, our oceans are at threat not only from the impacts of overexploitation and the climate crisis, but also from these misguided attempts to manipulate earth systems with the aim of countering some of the...
More than 100 organisation have issued a statement voicing their concerns about the proliferation of open air and water marine geoengineering experiments that are planned or already underway, many of which are selling carbon offsets, in defiance of international agreements. Increasingly, our oceans are at threat not only from the impacts of overexploitation and the climate crisis, but also from these misguided attempts to manipulate earth systems with the aim...
Victory
May 10, 2024
SCopEx project terminated
The HOME Alliance celebrated earlier this year the cancellation of a high-profile solar geoengineering experiment, the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment, also known as SCoPEx. This experiment sought to test a controversial geoengineering technique called Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI), which aims to partially block sunlight from entering the Earth’s atmosphere by releasing pollutants high in the atmosphere. The impacts of solar geoengineering would be disastrous for the climate, environment, humanity and...
The HOME Alliance celebrated earlier this year the cancellation of a high-profile solar geoengineering experiment, the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment, also known as SCoPEx. This experiment sought to test a controversial geoengineering technique called Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI), which aims to partially block sunlight from entering the Earth’s atmosphere by releasing pollutants high in the atmosphere. The impacts of solar geoengineering would be disastrous for the climate, environment, humanity and...
Campaign | Victory | In the media
Alameda Victory
City councils orders solar geoengineers to stop outdoor experimentation
In the early hours of this morning, City of Alameda City Council members voted unanimously to call off the University of Washington’s Marine Cloud Brightening Project (MCBP), which had been conducting a geoengineering experiment off the coast of California. The city council had halted the tests a few weeks ago following the revelation that they were being carried out without public notice or any sort of review by the council. This morning’s decision to deny...
In the early hours of this morning, City of Alameda City Council members voted unanimously to call off the University of Washington’s Marine Cloud Brightening Project (MCBP), which had been conducting a geoengineering experiment off the coast of California. The city council had halted the tests a few weeks ago following the revelation that they were being carried out without public notice or any sort of review by the council....
Stay updated on technologies and developments in Geoengineering Monitor!
www.geoengineeringmonitor.org
Track real-world projects with the Geoengineering Map!
www.map.geoengineeringmontior.org
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