Clive Hamilton, author of Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change, on why we’ve left it too late to stop climate change, his horror over geoengineering and the urgent need to become citizens rather than consumers Tom Levitt: What does this book say to the environmental movement? Clive Hamilton: One [...]
Geoengineering moratorium proposal will go to UN Biodiversity Convention Nairobi, Kenya – A formal recommendation for a moratorium on all climate geoengineering activities is being sent to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) for consideration by its 193 member governments when the CBD gathers in Nagoya Japan this October. Governments attending the Nairobi [...]
“There is a legend in our family that, shortly before his death, Einstein expressed regret in having contributed to the science that made the atomic bomb. In a conversation with our family friend, Leo Szillard, he said, “the ancient sages were right: it is better to do nothing.” Szillard, and other atomic scientists of those [...]
“The British and American scientists involved do not intend to wait for international rules on technology that deliberately alters the climate.” Such rules could be set in motion this week as scientists and diplomats from 193 nations meet under the auspices of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s scientific body.
American environmentalist and writer, Bill McKibben has led and inspired the global movement to halt climate change for several decades. Now he is adding his voice to the movement against geoengineering the climate. His 1989 book, The End of Nature, motivated a generation of global activists and policy-makers to stand up against the massive human [...]
Pat Mooney, author and award-winning director of ETC Group will provide an overview of the politics behind some of the most critical issues facing the planet today: unsustainable agriculture, corporate concentration in the life industries and geoengineering.
Announcing an Online Discussion Forum for Indigenous and Local Communities on the possible impacts of geo-engineering techniques on biodiversity and associated social, economic and cultural considerations
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