“This is a tragic and unjust ruling,” said Julia Olson, attorney and founder of Our Children’s Trust, the non-profit law firm that brought the suit.

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Cities, counties, states, and U.S. territories are now taking steps to hold these and other fossil fuel companies, as well as their trade associations, accountable, writes Elliott Negin of Union of Concerned Scientists. commondreams.org/opinion/3-bigg…

Just 6 companies dump 25% of global plastic pollution
1 Coca-Cola 11%
2 PepsiCo 5%
3 Nestle 3%
4 Danone 3%
5 Altria 2%
6 Philip Morris 2%

And just 56 companies dump more than 50% of global plastic, polluting at will with no consequences

THREAD

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Nearly 23% of the Canadian population reported food insecurity in 2022 cbc.ca/news/business/…

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AFSA Officially Launches “𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙄𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚” Campaign To Uphold Farmer Managed Seed Systems (FMSS)

“Seed Is Life” campaign, a significant initiative aimed at promoting Farmer Managed Seed Systems ( #FMSS ) and countering the…

📢 NEW: 196 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have registered to participate for the critical #INC4 #PlasticsTreaty talks in Ottawa.

That’s more participants than the entire EU delegation, scientists, and Indigenous Peoples.

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Industrial agriculture is driving the global climate and biodiversity crises, relying on unsustainable chemical-intensive monocultures and fossil fuel-based farming. In contrast, #agroecology presents a sustainable solution, promoting diversified…

Farmers and People Victorious in Environmental Court Case against GM Golden Rice and Bt Eggplant – Masipag.org masipag.org/2024/04/farmer…

The government promised the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit as a means to lift people living with disabilities out of poverty. Instead, they're offering $200/month and excuses!

More of the world’s money is still going to the causes of climate change than the solutions‼️

To solve the climate crisis, we need to #FixTheFinance

STATEMENT: 'In the context of  recurring food crises and worsening global hunger, state policies must always put the rights of peasants and other small-scale food providers at the forefront.'
#17April

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A group of women won a case against Switzerland in the European Court of Human Rights for taking insufficient action to reduce emissions showing that weak climate policies violate fundamental human rights. This could have worldwide repercussions for climate litigation.

Canadian companies are supplying key parts for the F-35 fighter jets Israel is using to destroy Gaza.

Liberals are letting it happen, despite claiming they’ve stopped weapons exports to Israel.

Important and binding court ruling on #climatechange that can trickle down to influence the law in 46 countries in Europe. www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co…

I set aside
The live streaming of genocide
To fumble with toy glasses
So that I may watch
All of humanity
Eclipse into darkness.

#genocide
#eclipse2024

Places on Earth that don't look real - thread 🧵

1. Namibia, where the desert meets the ocean

6/ Yet, governments are licensing and financing new fossil fuel projects!

With UN Environment Programme warning that we are now on track to produce more than DOUBLE the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than is compatible with the Paris agreement #climate targets

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Urgent Call for Action to Address the Genocide and Starvation in Gaza from the ⁦CSIPM⁩ to the Chair of the ⁦CFS⁩. ⁦Michael Fakhri⁩ ⁦HLPE-FSN⁩ csm4cfs.org/urgent-call-fo…

New blog post ! 🚨Feminist reflections on the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on gender equality and ways forward for social protection and climate action 👉
csm4cfs.org/feminist-refle… #CFSGender #WeExist

Today, on behalf of ICJP's Legal Working Group for Canadian Accountability, we served notice on the Government of Canada of our intention to seek the prosecution of Canadian officials who have aided, abetted, or otherwise assisted Israel's war crimes in Gaza. 🧵