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Recap of SBSTTA 26 – what happened to gene drives?
5. July 2024
Assessing the outcome of the SBSTTA 26 in Nairobi with a special focus on gene drives and the way forward to COP16.
Seminar and Press Conference on Gene Drives in Nairobi
17. May 2024
Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are currently discussing controversial technologies in Nairobi. One such technology is engineered gene drives.
SBSTTA 26: Robust risk assessment needed for LMOs containing engineered gene drives
13. May 2024
Exploring the challenges and implications of engineered gene drives in living-modified organisms, this article delves into the complexities of risk assessment and the pressing need for international regulatory frameworks.
SBSTTA 26: Ensuring good governance of synthetic biology
13. May 2024
As the 26th Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity starts in Nairobi, we will be sharing insights through articles authored by members of the CBD-Alliance's Working Group on Synthetic Biology, to which we belong.
World Malaria Day 2023 and the gene drives deception
16. May 2023
At the occasion of World Malaria Day (25 April), the Stop Gene Drives Campaign encourages you to take a closer look at the insights and perspectives shared by prominent actors and other organisations closely monitoring the subject on this significant day.
What happened to Gene Drives at COP15 of the UN Convention on Biodiversity?
14. March 2023
In December 2022, States from all around the world gathered in snowy Montreal to discuss the future of biodiversity protection and conservation until 2030. What did they have to say about new technologies such as gene drives?
Gene drives are the opposite of nature conservation
1. December 2022
Ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP 15 and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Montreal over 140 civil society organisations from Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and the Americas have issued a joint manifesto exposing alarming risks of environmental releases of genetically engineered gene drive organisms which could lead to irreversible ecological consequences and drive entire species into extinction.