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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General information about the CBD meeting.

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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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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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