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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...
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

(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,...
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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...
CSOs Gathered in New York Reiterate Geoengineering Is Not a Climate Fix
October 10, 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...
2024Jun10-PR Geoengineering a dangerous climate fix, Bonn
June 10, 2024

HOME! Alliance Press Release – Geoengineering: A Dangerous Climate Fix

Bonn, Germany – At a press conference held today at UNFCCC pre-COP29 climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany, civil society organizations raised concerns that Geoengineering is a risky facade that is being used to divert attention away from the urgent need to address the root causes of climate crisis. As the...
2024May30-PR HOME on mGE
May 30, 2024

Press Release: Geoengineering our oceans needs to be halted

  On UN World Oceans Day, over 100 civil society organizations including NGOs, Indigenous Peoples’ groups, climate justice networks and social justice movements from across the world have signaled their deep concern about the growing number of open air and water marine geoengineering experiments in defiance of international agreements, calling...

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