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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

Press Release COP29 Gives Entry to Carbon Markets Making A Dangerous Step Backward for Climate Justice *Gives Geoengineering A Path To Enter* 24 November, 2024 Baku, Azerbaijan In a disappointing and dangerous outcome at the UN's climate change conference COP29, governments have agreed to an alarming decision to pass documents...
Reactive COP29 Press Release (Square Sticker)
November 20, 2024

Press Release: At COP29 Threat of Carbon Markets Looms Large 

Press Release At COP29 Threat of Carbon Markets Looms Large  *Gives Geoengineering A Path To Enter* 20 November, 2024 Baku, Azerbaijan As COP29 negotiations enter the final stages, Indigenous Peoples, civil society and climate justice groups are outraged at how carbon markets are being touted as a solution to the...
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

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*   12 November, 2024 Baku, Azerbaijan As climate negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties...
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

(The Spanish version follows below) PRESS RELEASE A Big Win As UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP16 Reaffirms Geoengineering is a Risk      *Champions Biodiversity and Climate Justice*   November 4, 2024 Cali, Colombia As negotiations at the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP16 draw to a close with the...
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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

(Abajo sigue la version en Español)   1 November, 2024 Cali, Colombia As negotiations at the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP16 draw to a close today, the Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance is calling on CBD to stand firm against risky geoengineering technologies that threaten biodiversity, climate,...
Copy of HOME @ CBD (Square Sticker)
October 24, 2024

Press Release: At COP16 Civil Society Calls for CBD’s Leadership in Addressing Geoengineering Risks

(Abajo sigue la version en Español) 24 October, 2024 Cali, Colombia As first week of negotiations at UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the sixteenth session Conference of Parties (COP16) almost comes to an end, civil society including climate justice, Indigenous Peoples, and Youth groups are encouraging CBD to...

HOME Alliance Press conferences

1 November 2024

Press Conference: Geoengineering at CBD COP16: Week 2 Updates – United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2024

HOME Alliance Press conference at CBD COP16, featuring Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group, Mary Church, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Adrienne Aakaluk Titus, Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)). Moderation by Tamra Gilbertson, Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)). Link to CBD web-TV. 

24 October 2024

Press Conference: Geoengineering at CBD COP16: Week 1 Updates – United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2024

HOME Alliance Press conference at CBD COP16, featuring Silvia Ribeiro ETC Group, Mary Church, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Alejandro Jaimes, Alliance of Non Governmental Radical Youth (ANGRY) and Adrienne Aakaluk Titus, Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN). Moderation by Coraina de la Plaza, HOME Alliance. Link to CBD web-TV.

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10 June 2024

Press Conference at UN Intersessions SB60 - Geoengineering: A Dangerous Climate Fix

HOME Alliance panel sharing how the geoengineering technofixes have been creeping up in UNFCCC negotiations, and how other UN spaces like the United Nations Environment Assembly, Convention on Biological Diversity are looking at it.

Featuring: Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group, Niclas Hällström, WhatNext?, Mary Church, CIEL, Panganga Pungowiyi, Indigenous Environmental Network and Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Boell Foundation (moderator)

17 November 2023

Press conference: HOME Alliance says no to 'removals' and geoengineering in UNFCCC Article 6.4

HOME Alliance Press conference at COP27, featuring Souparna Lahiri (GFC), Peg Putt (EPN / Biomass Working Group), Panganga Pungowiyi (IEN), Neth Daño (ETC Group), Nnimmo Bassey (HOMEF), Erika Lennon (CIEL). Link to UNFCCC web-TV.

 

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HOME Alliance Media advisories

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November 1, 2024
Press conference, Media advisory

Media Advisory: COP16 Still Has Opportunity to Address Geoengineering Risks | Aviso a los medios: La COP16 aún tiene la oportunidad de abordar los riesgos de la geoingeniería

(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...
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October 24, 2024
Press conference, Media advisory

Media Advisory - Geoengineering at CBD COP16: Updates from Week 1 / Aviso a los medios - Geoingeniería en la COP16 del CDB: Últimas noticias de la primera semana

(Abajo sigue la version en Español) Media Advisory Geoengineering at CBD COP16: Updates from Week 1 Members of Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance will share insights into the first week of CBD COP16 process with a focus on why...

HOME Alliance Statements

(w links) Home! Alliance Statement on Marine Geoengineering Experiments
May 29, 2024

HOME Alliance Statement on Marine Geoengineering Experiments

Photo: U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility/Flickr   We, civil society, Indigenous Peoples and grassroots organizations from around the world, are deeply concerned by the proliferation of open air and water marine geoengineering experiments that are planned or already underway, many of which are selling carbon...
2023Nov14-HOME Stop mGE in Cornwall
November 14, 2023

Stop Marine Geoengineering Experiments in Cornwall

Rather than reducing emissions to stop the climate crisis, geoengineers are dumping chemicals into the ocean