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Commercialization in geoengineering continues to increase
By Anja Chalmin The Quarterly Review summarises the latest developments on the Geoengineering Monitor Map highlighting emerging trends for civil society and climate justice movements. Key Points - Quarterly Review IV In the last quarter of 2022, the trend continues...
Marine Geoengineering – Quarterly Review III (part 2)
Photo Credit: Jeremy BishopBy Anja ChalminThe second part of the third quarterly review of 2022 looks at geoengineering developments on water and on land with a focus on marine projects. Many of the approaches to marine geoengineering involve technologies to...
Increased funds for Geoengineering – Quarterly Review III (part 1)
Photo Credit: JP Valery By Anja Chalmin Every day people in the United States, Canada and the UK are paying for some big new geoengineering projects in the form of publicly funded geoengineering projects. This, along with other new funding opportunities for...
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Japan is planning to dump captured carbon dioxide in countries in the Global South
Guest article by Ayumi Fukakusa, Deputy Executive Director of Friends of the Earth Japan As the need to drastically cut emissions grows greater than ever, so too does the attention being placed on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)—by those who want to keep polluting....
Recent setbacks for geoengineering and the path forward
By Coraina da la Plaza, Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance coordinator, and Oli Munnion, Geoengineering Monitor editor The impacts of climate change are being felt far and wide all around the globe, and Global South countries are being hit the hardest even though...
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High-risk geoengineering technologies won’t reverse climate breakdown
Climeworks’ Orca plant, the world’s largest direct air capture and CO2 storage plant, in Hellisheiði, Iceland (Photo: @Climeworks) Originally published by Climate Home News on 01/03/2022 By Linda Schneider Stronger than ever before, the...
QUARTERLY REVIEW #3: Biomass developments in 2021
Photo Credit: Statkraft By Anja Chalmin 3,000 miles of CO2 pipelines to be built and other updates on capturing carbon using plant biomass The second part of the report presents developments, projects and funding programmes aimed at capturing carbon using plant...
QUARTERLY REVIEW #3: DAC & CCUS developments in 2021
By Anja Chalmin This report presents the latest developments in geoengineering technologies, projects and funding programs worldwide in recent months. The report’s findings show an increasing interest in capturing CO2 (carbon dioxide) from ambient air and...
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Withdrawn resolution on solar geoengineering at UNEA-6 is a “victory for common sense”, says HOME! Alliance
Nairobi, Kenya – In the early hours of this morning at the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) a resolution on solar geoengineering was withdrawn. Numerous African countries, along with many others from the Global South, advocated...
Briefing for UNEA6 Delegates on Solar Radiation Modification
As the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) kicks off in Nairobi, Kenya, the Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance and allies have published a new briefing for delegates on what is set to be a hotly-debated topic at the Assembly:...
Geoengineering explodes at COP 28 but Article 6 remains undecided
More than at any other prior COP, geoengineering has featured prominently at COP28. There were more than 40 side events on marine geoengineering, especially marine carbon dioxide removal techniques like enhanced ocean alkalinity. These technologies are a dangerous...