>From the letter: "The likelihood that geoengineering will provide a safe, lasting, democratic and peaceful solution to the climate crisis is non-existent." [please fill us in on the safer, longer lasting, more democratic, and peaceful solutions, and therefore why further evaluation of GE isn't needed.]
"Asking a group of geoengineering scientists if more research should be done on the topic is like asking a group of hungry bears if they would like honey. Their predictable answer should be viewed with skepticism. At the same time, independent organizations, which have devoted years of critical research to geoengineering, are not allowed to participate, even as observers." [ glad someone has been able to do years of critical research on GE. Please transparently provide results, as well as evaluations of the better, non-GE solutions] "...we urge the IPCC to ensure that a variety of civil society voices is heard, understood, and taken into account, particularly from the global South. This will provide much-needed common sense and a global perspective, as well as a counterpoint to the more prominent and extreme positions of some Northern scientists engaged in geoengineering research." [didn't realize that there is a north/south divide here. I thought global warming and ocean acidification were equal opportunity impactors. Any Southerners on the GE list? care to weigh in?] Interesting signatories* of this letter, including the African Biodiversity Network, Africa, international World Rainforest Movement, Cook Islands Climate Action Network (CICAN), Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Island Sustainability Alliance CIS Inc (ISACI) Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS, Rainforest Rescue – Rettet den Regenwald, Germany, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Congregational Leadership, United States. Certainly we are all for biodiveristy, rainforests, Pacific islands, charity, etc. Why run the risk of losing them by not considering all of our options for preserving them? I've learned that effective political messaging requires 3 things: a victim, a villain, and an opportunity. While HOME et al. certainly have the first two covered, they offer no alternative opportunities for saving the world. That's truly dangerous. Let's keep all of our options open. -Greg * African Biodiversity Network, Africa, international ATALC – Amigos de la Tierra America Latina y Caribe, Latin America, international Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas -CAOI, Andean, international ETC group, international Friends of the Earth International Global Forest Coalition, International Global Justice Ecology Project, International GRAIN, International Land is Life, international network of indigenous communities and organizations Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, International International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA), US / international OILWATCH Sudamérica, international Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), Africa, International RALLT, Red por una América Latina libre de Transgénicos, Latin America, international Red Latinoamericana contra los Monocultivos de Árboles (RECOMA), Latin America, international Redmanglar Internacional, Guatemala, international Temple of Understanding US / international Third World Network, international Via Campesina, International Peasant Movement, international World Future Council Foundation, international World Rainforest Movement / Mov. Mundial de Bosques, international Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc, Australia Acción Ecológica, Ecuador Acción por la Biodiversidad, Argentina ADEID, Action pour un Développement Équitable, Intégré et Durable, Cameroon African Centre for Biosafety, South Africa Alliance Sud, Switzerland Amigos da Terra, Brazil Amigu di Tera FoE Curaçao, Brazil APUNA, Andhra Pradesh United Nations Association, India Asociación ANDES, Cusco, Perú Bio WILD Foundation, Biodiversity and Wildlife Integration for Livelihood Development, INDIA Biofuelwatch, UK / US Casifop, México Ceccam, México Cenami, México Censat Agua Viva, Colombia Center for Cultural Interchange and Greenheart, USA Centre for Civil Society Environmental Justice Project, Durban, South Africa Centro Ecológico IPÉ, Brazil Centro Ecologista Renacer, Argentina Centro Fray Julián Garcés de Derechos Humanos y Desarrollo Comunitario, México CESTA, Amigos de la Tierra El Salvador COECOCEIBA-AT Costa Rica Colectivo COA, México Colectivo Voces Ecológicas COVEC, Panamá Consejo de Ejidos y Comunidades Opositores a la Presa La Parota (CECOP), México Cook Islands Climate Action Network (CICAN), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Cooperativa por un Ambiente Biodiverso y Sustentable, CAMBIOS, S.C. de R.L.,México Corner House, UK Cuarto Menguante Aliento por la conservación A.C., México Dewan Adat Papua, New Guinea Dogwood Alliance – Asheville, NC, USA Ecological Society of the Philippines Ecologistas en Acción, Spain Ecomunidades, red ecologista autónoma de la cuenca de México Educación AT Argentina CEIBA AT, Guatemala Ethiopian Society or Consumer Protection, Ethiopia Fair Coop (Fair Trade), Italy Family Farm Defenders, Madison, Wi, USA FASE, Brazil Fondation Sciences Citoyennes, France Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra y el Agua, Región Malinche, México Friends of the Earth U.S. Food First, US Fundación Heifer-Ecuador Fundación por el Futuro, Madrid, España Fundación Promotora de Cooperativas – FUNPROCOOP, El Salvador Gaia Foundation, UK GMWatch, UK Greenovation Center, China Grupo SEMILLAS,Colombia Grupo Thunhupha, Bolivia IBON International, Philippines Indian biodiversity forum, India Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA Institute of Science in Society, Mae-Wan Ho, UK Instituto de Estudios Ecologistas del Tercer Mundo, Ecuador. International Presentation Association of the Sisters of the Presentation, USA Institute for Social Ecology, USA ITC, Comité Intertribal, Brazil Island Sustainability Alliance CIS Inc (ISACI) Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS Movimiento Madre Tierra, Honduras Ka Lahui Hawai’i Kiee Lu’u S.S.S. México L’Union Paysanne, Canada La Asamblea Veracruzana de Iniciativa y Defensa Ambiental (LAVIDA), México Mangrove Action Project, USA Movimiento de la Juventud Kuna, Panamá Movimiento por la Vida y la Equidad Campesina, El Salvador Na Koa Ikaika KaLahui Hawaii National Indigenous Peoples of Solomons Islands (NIPS), Solomon Islands National Toxics Network Inc. Coordinator, Australia New World Society For Friendship Cooperation And Peace, India Ngati Hine tribe of the Bay Of Islands, New Zealand NusaAlifuru of Maluku (Pacific, considered Indonesian) Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflictos Ambientales -OLCA, Chile OFRANEH, Organizacion Fraternal Negra Hondureña, Honduras Ole Siosiomaga Society Incorporated (OLSSI), SAMOA Organización de Agricultores Biológicos A. C., México Philippinenbuero e.V. im Asienhaus; Germany Proceso de Comunidades Negras de Colombia Rainforest Rescue – Rettet den Regenwald, Germany RAPA NUI PARLIAMENT (Polinesia) Red de Coordinación en Biodiversidad, Costa Rica Rede Brazileira de Pesquisas em Nanotecnologia – RENANOSOMA, Brazil REDES AT, Uruguay SAFEAGE, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa Salva la Selva, Spain Savia, Escuela de Pensamiento Ecologista, Guatemala SEARICE, Philippines Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Congregational Leadership, United States Sunray Harvesters, India SWISSAID, Switzerland Seeds Action Network, Germany Terra de Direitos, Human Rights Organization- Brazil Terra-1530, Moldova Texas Drought Project, USA The Development Fund, Norway The Enviro Show, Western Massachusetts/USA The Koani Foundation, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii The Noordhoek Environmental Action Group, Noordhoek, Cape Town, South Africa Un Salto de Vida, AC, El Salto, Jalisco, México US Federation for Middle East Peace (USFMEP), USA ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Horton [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:08 AM To: geoengineering Subject: [geo] HOME/ETC Group Targets IPCC Here is the latest salvo from the HOME campaign, this time targeting the IPCC expert group on geoengineering meeting in Peru: http://www.handsoffmotherearth.org/2011/06/lettertoipcc/ Josh Horton [email protected] http://geoengineeringpolitics.blogspot.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. 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