Next webinar: Thursday, 10 October
Climate crisis, geoengineering, biomass and bioenergy
All webinars are in English and Spanish.
Climate & Biodiversity (Part 2)
The link between the climate crisis and geoengeneering, biomass and bioenergy.
Time: 10 October, 15:00 CEST - convert to your timezone
You can register here: https://tinyurl.com/CBDA-Climate-Biodiv-Part2
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Slides and other materials
Climate & biodiversity
The interlinkages between these crisis and on Nature Based Solutions and offsetting
Thursday, 3 October
Synthetic Biology and Risk Assessment
Synthetic biology (COP item 24) and risk assessment (Cartagena item 11)
Time: Thursday, 26 September, 15 CEST
DSI at COP 16
Thursday, 5 September
Slides and materials:
- Outcomes of WGDSI 2
- Outcomes of ACRM3
- Our Genetic Resources, Our Rights - Global letter sent to Chairs and Parties at WGDSI 2
Black Box Biotech
Understanding the governance challenges created by 'generative biology'
Thursday, 12 September
We will explore the urgent need for assessing the convergence of synthetic biology with generative AI, as highlighted by CBD experts. This fusion, driven by tech giants like Google and Microsoft, raises serious concerns about the opaque and error-prone nature of generative AI in biology, alongside a potential biopiracy rush for global genomic data.
Slides and materials:
- Briefing "Black Box Biotech" in English, French and Spanish
- pdf: Briefing "Black Box Biotech"
Finance, biodiversity and global justice
Thursday, 19 September,