Geoengineering Monitor publications and other resources
Technology briefings
Artificial Upwelling
Biochar
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage
Carbon Capture and Storage
Carbon Capture Use and Storage
Cirrus Cloud Thinning
Direct Air Capture
Enhanced Photosynthesis
Enhanced Weathering
Marine Cloud Brightening
Microbubbles and Sea Foam
Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement
Ocean Fertilisation
Seaweed Farming and Biomass Sinking
Stratospheric Aerosol Injection
Surface Albedo Modification and Arctic Ice Management
Weather Modification
Other briefings
New briefing offers a critical perspective on biochar
Biofuelwatch’s new briefing, Biochar: A critical perspective, looks into what the science tells us about whether biochar reliably stores carbon and boosts soil fertility. Download the briefing In 2011, Biofuelwatch published a comprehensive report on biochar:…
Protect coastal and marine biodiversity from geoengineering
New ETC Group briefing for delegates at SBSTTA 26 In a wave of “blue carbon” hype, oceans and coastal areas are increasingly pitched as tools to fight global warming. Around the globe dozens of new projects are projected to increase the ocean’s capacity to absorb CO2…
Don’t Geoengineer Africa: Hands Off Mother Earth! Alliance Policy Brief
This HOME! Alliance Policy Brief has been published by the HOME Africa working group on Geoengineering, and was distributed to delegates at the 6th United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi in February 2024. You can download the briefing in English (the French…
Technology and Geoengineering Map updates
Arctic ice management and other marine geoengineering projects should remain science fiction
This update on Marine Geoengineering through Arctic ice management and other proposals summarises the latest developments on the Geoengineering Monitor Map, highlighting new trends for civil society and climate justice movements to follow in their efforts to oppose…
Dumping biomass in the open ocean is an unproven carbon removal strategy, but that hasn’t stopped companies from selling carbon credits from it
This update on Marine Geoengineering through biomass sinking summarises the latest developments on the Geoengineering Monitor Map, highlighting new trends for civil society and climate justice movements to follow in their efforts to oppose geoengineering globally….
Carbon market-driven experiments in the open ocean endanger the marine environment
This update on Marine Geoengineering through Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) summarises the latest developments on the Geoengineering Monitor Map, highlighting new trends for civil society and climate justice movements to follow in their efforts to oppose…
In-depth reports
The Seaweed Delusion: Industrial seaweed will not cool the climate or save nature
As the world scrambles for a climate fix, seaweeds – or “macroalgae” – have been thrust into the limelight. Buoyed up by hype and hundreds of millions of dollars of so called “green” investment, a new “blue carbon” seaweed industry is invading coasts and seas,…
Carbon Capture or Captured Futures? New Report From Biofuelwatch on California Climate Politics
New Report from Biofuelwatch Exposes Sordid Workings of California Climate Politics While California state authorities continue to promote markets-based and technological approaches to advance ‘net zero’ as a primary focus for climate policy, grassroots organizations…
New report: Hoodwinked in the Hothouse (third edition)
RESIST FALSE SOLUTIONSTO CLIMATE CHANGE Hoodwinked in the Hothouse is a new report that details new and alarming false solutions to climate change. Several HOME campaign friends and allies worked on the report to expose false climate solutions.In the 12 years since…
Latest guest articles
Geoengineering is a crime against Mother Earth and her children
Ahead of the publication of her new book “The Nature of Nature: The Metabolic Disorder of Climate Change”, Dr. Vandana Shiva reflects on the risks that solar geoengineering poses to life itself, and the fallacy of using more pollution to solve a climate crisis created…
Secret marine geoengineering experiment off the coast of Cornwall sparks community resistance
By Senara Wilson Hodges, Keep Our Sea Chemical Free and The Cornwall Carbon Scrutiny Group Local residents are fiercely proud and protective of St Ives Bay. It is counted as one of the UK’s most beautiful coastal environments—flanked by award winning golden beaches…
City of Alameda puts a stop to the University of Washington’s Marine Cloud Brightening experiment
Guest article by California residents Gary Hughes, Biofuelwatch/Geoengineering Monitor, and Eesha Rangani, HOME! Alliance Marine Geoengineering Working Group coordinator In the early hours of this morning, City of Alameda City Council members voted unanimously to call…
Further reading
You can find much more information and online resources on the geoengineering pages of the organisations that contribute to Geoengineering Monitor:
- Biofuelwatch’s Geoengineering page, focusing particularly on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) and biochar
- ETC Group’s Climate and Geoengineering page, which is also available in Spanish and French
- The Heinrich Böll Foundation’s extensive Geoengineering page.
We would also encourage you to check out:
- The Climate Justice Alliance’s Geoengineering 101 page and factsheets
The Centre for Environmental Law’s (CIEL) Geoengineering page