The AI boom requires massive data centers that consume enormous amounts of water and energy. Tech CEOs have plans for hundreds more, but activists are fighting back to protect their communities and force us to ask who benefits from Silicon Valley’s future.disconnect.blog/ai-is-fueling-…

Today & tomorrow Make Sunsets are releasing more sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere from balloons in exchange for so-called "cooling credits." For more on this flawed, profit-driven approach to #climate mitigation, see: geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/06/whats-… #geoengineering Jason Carman

📢NEW REPORT JUST LAUNCHED! 📍#FoodFromSomewhere makes the case for local markets and food chains to improve #FoodAccess and resilience. Progress on world #hunger is in reverse: the real hunger solutions are closer to home. ipes-food.org/report/food-fr…

Benefits of local markets and food chains: 🪂 Resilience to shocks 🍠🥬 Access to diverse & nutritious foods 🧑🏾‍🌾 Support for small-scale producers 🌍 Environmental sustainability 🤝 Community connection Read more in @ipesfood’s #FoodFromSomewhere report 👉ipes-food.org/report/food-fr…

1/3 HOME Alliance member Center for International Environmental Law's Mary Church writes in Inter Press Service how oceans have become the new frontier of exploitation for #carbonmarkets while undermining the Convention on Biological Diversity. #StopGeoengineering #SB60 #CBDCOP16 ipsnews.net/2024/06/un-cli…

📢 Don’t miss our “Food From Somewhere” webinar! 🗓️Thurs 19 Sept 🕘9am EST | 15h CEST 📍Zoom Learn from IPES-Food experts about building food security through territorial markets. 🧑‍💻Register now: ipes-food.org/food-from-some… #FoodSecurity #SustainableFood #LocalFoodSystems

From Bonn to Baku: Carbon market negotiations are putting #geoengineering onto the #UNFCCC agenda | Read about the implications of the upcoming #climate negotiations for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) projects in our latest newsletter: geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/07/july-2… #SB60 #COP29

Here is one impressive issue of GMWatch Review, an occasional newsletter that keeps you up to date on the fight against #GMOs across the global South and North. Do subscribe if you haven't done so. mailchi.mp/gmwatch.org/re…

Rising production costs and chemical pesticide bans are pushing top agrochemical corporations like Bayer, BASF & Yara to the global #bioinputs market. Yet, the impact might be just as harmful to the environment and farmers as the chemical alternatives. grain.org/e/7175

Una oleada de presiones para que sea ilegal para las campesinas y los campesinos de guardar e intercambiar librement las semillas de sus cosechas está ganando terreno en África. ¿El último objetivo? #Zambia. Colectivamente, estamos indignadas e indignados con esta medida y

Día Internacional de Acción contra la OMC y los Acuerdos de Libre Comercio: ¡Llamado a la Acción! #OMCMata #NuevoMarcoComercialAhora Cloc Vía Campesina La Vía Campesina Español #SoberaniaAlimentariaYA biodiversidadla.org/Campanas-y-Acc…

Since 2023, #Bunge, one of the world's largest grain traders, has been preparing to merge with #Viterra, an agribusiness company owned by the mining and agricultural commodities giant Glencore. Why is this so problematic for #foodsystems? bunge.com/Press-Releases… Javier Blas

#EventAlert Geoengineering is rapidly gaining attention as potential last-ditch effort to combat #climatechange. Join Friends of the Earth (Action) and others at a discussion on why this carries extraordinary risks. 🗓️ 24 Sep ⏲️ 11 AM EST 🌐bit.ly/geoenginperson and bit.ly/geoengzoom

Our new brief by Jim Thomas, with Third World Network ETC Group, timely warns, ahead of #COP16Colombia, of overhype & dangers of ‘generative’ AI tools applied to generate new digital sequences for GMOs & proteins. t2m.io/BlackBoxBiotec… Astrid Schomaker #synbio #BlackBoxBiotech

En vísperas de la COP 16 del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CDB), la semana que viene celebraremos un seminario web sobre los retos de gobernanza que plantea la «biología generativa». Inscríbase ahora: t2m.io/BlackBoxBiotec…. #COP16Colombia #synbio

🌟 Youth leaders, it’s your time to shine! Join us and other young people for “Seeds of Change” on Sept 12 to dive into how young people can reshape global #foodsystems. Be part of the conversation & drive the change! 🌍🍽️ 🕒 14:00 UTC 🔗 Register here: ipes-food.org/seeds-of-chang…

Dans la perspective de la COP 16 de la CDB, nous co-organisons la semaine prochaine un webinaire sur les défis de gouvernance créés par la « biologie générative ». Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant : t2m.io/BlackBoxBiotec…. #COP16Colombia #synbio #BlackBoxBiotech #AI

Ahead of #COP16Colombia, if you want to find out what is at stake regarding generative AI tools in their application of generating novel digital sequences for GMOs and proteins, register for our webinar next week: t2m.io/BlackBoxBiotec…. #synbio #COP16

Register now and join our webinar tomorrow if you want to find out what is at stake regarding generative AI tools in their application of generating novel digital sequences for GMOs and proteins: t2m.io/BlackBoxBiotec… #COP16Colombia #synbio

Starting in just over 1 hour! Webinar about just published info on AI and synthetic biology...UN Biodiversity CBD Alliance Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) #COP16