23.05.2013

# New Publications

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ETC Group (2013): Opposition to Geoengineering. There’s No Place Like H.O.M.E.

ETC Group (2013): Opposition to Geoengineering. There’s No Place Like H.O.M.E. Opinion Article (‘Geoengineering Our Climate?’ Working Paper and Opinion Article Series, 2).

NGO perspective on CE politics.

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02.11.2012

# Media

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Miljö department blogg: Geoengineering - trying to control global warming (Swedish)

Swedish environmental economics professor on CE. "In this blog post, he illuminates geoengineering as one of the issues that should be noted form the COP11."

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24.10.2012

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Afroline: Biodiversity meeting calls for more science-based information

On the COP 11 of CBD. "An international meeting on biodiversity has called for more science-based information, the closure of knowledge gaps, and increased precaution, in the emerging fields of synthetic biology and geoengineering (climate engineering)"

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20.10.2012

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ground report: Biodiversity Preservation Gains Momentum

"The Convention on Biological Diversity (COP11) that concluded on Friday October 19, at the Indian city of Hyderabad had agreements made on all main topics under negotiation."

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16.10.2012

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IndiaVision: Climate engineering to reverse global warming may impact biodiversity: Experts

General information about the CBD meeting.

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11.10.2012

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ETC Group: The ABCs of Ensuring Precaution on Geoengineering

A short breefing by the CE-critical NGO ETC Group. "A briefing for delegates to CBD COP11"

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20.09.2012

# Political Papers

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Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2012): Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2012): Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Technical and Regulatory Matters. Convention on Biological Diversity. Montreal (Technical Series, 66)

"These studies—published here—were conducted by a highly authorative group of experts, thanks to financial support from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of Norway and the European Commission. The studies were subject to two rounds of peer review, and then discussed at the sixteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-16), where they were well-received."

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08.05.2012

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Geoengineering Politics Blog: Inconclusive Results from Montreal CBD Meeting

A brief summary of the meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) last week. They discussed reports on Climate Engineering.

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13.04.2012

# Political Papers

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Convention on Biological Diversity: Impacts of Climate-Related Geoengineering on Biological Diversity

Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical an Technological Advice

Sixteenth meeting, Montreal, 30 April-5 May 2012, Item 7.3 of the provisional agenda

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Documents for peer review, final round (Convention on Biological Diversity)

Deadline: 22.02.2012

1. Revised draft study on the impacts of climate-related geo-engineering on biological diversity

2. Revised draft study on the regulatory framework of climate-related geo-engineering relevant to the Convention on Biological Diversity

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