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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,...
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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...

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HOME Alliance press releases

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...
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,...
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

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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)

 

HOME Alliance webinars and teach-ins

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11 May 2024

Geoengineering the Ocean is Not a Climate Solution

Outdoor experiments are going ahead in defiance of the CBD decisions and the drive for restrictive regulation under the London Convention/London Protocol, while negotiations under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement risk legitimising and entrenching these highly speculative, risky techniques. Watch our experts unpack this issue further with Lisa Levin, Scripps Oceanography, David Santillo, Greenpeace International, Panganga Pungowiyi, Indigenous Environmental Network and Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group Moderator: Eesha Rangani, HOME Alliance

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24 April 2024

Geoengineering the Ocean is Not a Climate Solution

Outdoor experiments are going ahead in defiance of the CBD decisions and the drive for restrictive regulation under the London Convention/London Protocol, while negotiations under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement risk legitimising and entrenching these highly speculative, risky techniques. Watch our experts unpack this issue further with Lisa Levin, Scripps Oceanography, David Santillo, Greenpeace International, Panganga Pungowiyi, Indigenous Environmental Network and Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group Moderator: Eesha Rangani, HOME Alliance

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17 November 2023

Grounding Teach-In on Geoengineering: A False Solution to the Climate Crisis

This (101) session critically unpacked, from a climate justice perspective, three intersections of geoengineering: its techno-financial /deterministic roots and ideology, human rights and social justice questions, and finally, global governance and sovereignty. Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group, Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) and Dr. Max Ajl, Tunisian Observatory for Food Sovereignty (OSAE) led the teach-in which was loosely facilitated by the HOME campaign coordinator, Ruth Nyambura.

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9 June 2021

Solar geoengineering: Warnings from scientists, Indigenous peoples and climate activists

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Featuring 3 scientists (Michael Mann, Raymond Pierrehumbert, Jennie Stephens) and 6 activists (Tom Goldtooth, Naomi Klein, Åsa Larsson Blind, Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva, Greta Thunberg)

HOME Alliance Press conferences

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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)

 

HOME Alliance webinars and teach-ins

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11 May 2024

Geoengineering the Ocean is Not a Climate Solution

Outdoor experiments are going ahead in defiance of the CBD decisions and the drive for restrictive regulation under the London Convention/London Protocol, while negotiations under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement risk legitimising and entrenching these highly speculative, risky techniques. Watch our experts unpack this issue further with Lisa Levin, Scripps Oceanography, David Santillo, Greenpeace International, Panganga Pungowiyi, Indigenous Environmental Network and Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group Moderator: Eesha Rangani, HOME Alliance

Play Video

24 April 2024

Geoengineering the Ocean is Not a Climate Solution

Outdoor experiments are going ahead in defiance of the CBD decisions and the drive for restrictive regulation under the London Convention/London Protocol, while negotiations under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement risk legitimising and entrenching these highly speculative, risky techniques. Watch our experts unpack this issue further with Lisa Levin, Scripps Oceanography, David Santillo, Greenpeace International, Panganga Pungowiyi, Indigenous Environmental Network and Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group Moderator: Eesha Rangani, HOME Alliance

Play Video

9 June 2021

Solar geoengineering: Warnings from scientists, Indigenous peoples and climate activists

Watch full event (2,5 hrs)

Featuring 3 scientists (Michael Mann, Raymond Pierrehumbert, Jennie Stephens) and 6 activists (Tom Goldtooth, Naomi Klein, Åsa Larsson Blind, Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva, Greta Thunberg)

Play Video

17 November 2023

Grounding Teach-In on Geoengineering: A False Solution to the Climate Crisis

This (101) session critically unpacked, from a climate justice perspective, three intersections of geoengineering: its techno-financial /deterministic roots and ideology, human rights and social justice questions, and finally, global governance and sovereignty. Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group, Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) and Dr. Max Ajl, Tunisian Observatory for Food Sovereignty (OSAE) led the teach-in which was loosely facilitated by the HOME campaign coordinator, Ruth Nyambura.

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November 1, 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. 

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October 24, 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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June 10, 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)

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November 17, 2022

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

HOME Alliance members - Global Forest Coalition (GFC), Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), ETC Group, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) press conference at COP27.

HOME Alliance Media advisories

November 1, 2024

October 24, 2024

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...
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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