Biodiversity: CBD, SBSTTA, IPBES: all materials

An artist's rendition of the impacts of industrial seaweed farming underwater.
UK startup Seafields’ grand plans need exposing for what they are: a cynical greenwashing ploy that puts our oceans and our climate in jeopardy. 4 Jun 2026
Seafields report cover art showing industrial seaweed farming
Farming the Oceans for Carbon Market Profit 28 Apr 2026
Political-style cartoon of Victorian machine, with brain tech, cyborg potatoes and solar radiation management pollution
In 2025 a new ‘high risk-high reward’ agency funded by the UK Government began bankrolling outdoor solar geoengineering experiments, in direct contravention of agreed international moratoria and norms. We decided to take a closer look. 20 Mar 2026
Integration of artificial intelligence with synthetic biology 5 Sep 2024
Briefing for delegates at SBSTTA 26 8 May 2024
Research shows that mass seaweed plantations pose a major threat to marine ecosystems and are unlikely to capture or permanently store significant quantities of carbon. 20 Sep 2023
Esquema de geoingeniería solar, de la página de Sola Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement
Overshoot Commission report endorses unproven carbon removal technology, opens door to solar geoengineering 14 Sep 2023
Industrial seaweed will not cool the climate or save nature 14 Sep 2023
Further tests will not be permitted, say Mexican authorities 17 Jan 2023
Profit driven experiments reveal how quickly solar geoengineering research can lead to deployment 11 Jan 2023
Despite some small victories, the critical principles of justice and precaution lost ground at COP 15 of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), as business, billionaires and biotech-backers brokered a deal for biodiversity that would work in their interest 21 Dec 2022

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