📢 AOSIS is calling for use of a #MVI and not just economic growth, within the workings of global finance. "It's a tool, We're not saying it should or will replace #GNI, It's a complement. 📃rb.gy/4ie5g

This is the grim, incredibly unjust reality small islands face. "Keep 1.5c Alive" is not a sound bite but a necessity to save #SIDS from extinction. As the sea rises, our homes are slipping away. Inaction is unacceptable. We need #ClimateAction NOW. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Small island developing states #SIDS have specific needs and particular circumstances. 🔴We are small 🔴We are remote 🔴We are vulnerable 🔴We are under constant threat from external shocks and impacts See why we need the #MVIforSIDSfuture 👇🏽 WATCH NOW: youtu.be/Q4VNdSWrnvE

More Fossil Fuels = More Loss & Damage.💁🏾‍♂️ Last week, we journeyed to #Apia, #Samoa for the 1st Regional #LossAndDamage Dialogue. 🇼🇸 📽️ Watch the video to learn about why we need to support Pacific leadership in calling for a #FossilFuelTreaty today. youtu.be/eBMkC1NzKIQ

While the old colonialism continues. American Samoa (US) French Polynesia (FR) Guam (US) New Caledonia (FR) Pitcairn (UK) Tokelau (NZ) theguardian.com/world/2023/jul…

In this op-ed, I outline 3 pitfalls for US-China climate engagement: inflated expectations, defeatism, and the over-reliance on competition. Avoiding them might enable more outcome in subsequent Kerry-Xie talks. thehill.com/opinion/energy…

“Climate is often seen as a divide, but the fast-developing green economy binds both superpowers tight. They have a mutual interest in making this a success given the huge investments... into wind, solar, battery technology & EVs” - Li Shuo_ASPI thehill.com/opinion/energy…

This newly approved Florida curriculum is so messed up and yet... unsurprising? Of course fossil fuel billionaires Farris and Dan Wilks want to feed kids propaganda about the fossil fuel industry. Disinformation and massive campaign donations are how they stay rich.

As we mark a year of #InflationReductionAct success, Gina McCarthy says now is the time to deliver on funding promises and equip developing nations with what’s needed for a cleaner, healthier world. time.com/6305001/inflat…

1/ 📢 Breaking news! 📢 Analysis out today shows that many #GlobalSouth countries face a debt-fossil fuel trap bit.ly/3YP8Vre #Debt is keeping global south countries trapped in fossil fuel production We need to #CancelTheDebt to #EndFossilFuels

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PFAS, saltwater, and lead in drinking water? That's a real witch's brew. #HappyHalloween #WaterTwitter Check out more ways to meme for awareness on our blog: waterhub.org/blog/5-ways-to…

‼️ PRESS RELEASE ‼️ Make-or-break discussions on the design & working of #LossAndDamage Fund start today #TC5 A robust, independent Fund ready to serve frontline communities must be a key outcome at #COP28 climatenetwork.org/2023/11/02/mak…

Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 8: Teach-In about the interconnection of the struggle for Palestinian Liberation and Climate Justice. 🍉🌻 Register: ClimateJusticeAlliance.org/Palestine 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine #CJAOurPower #GazaGenocide

Week 1 of #COP28 is drawing to a close - here's the recap! 🗞️We've rounded up the highlights of the last week - and a reminder of what civil society came here for. A 🧵 (1/)

Utah's Uinta Basin is in the midst of an oil boom. Jim Finley, a little known TX oilman, is credited with breaking down barriers to move the basin's waxy crude to out-of-state refineries. The floodgates are open. My latest huffpost.com/entry/texas-oi…

The costs of preparing for Climate Change are huge. But there are two fallacies that I’m going to unpack. With some pretty shocking results A 🧵

i sat down w/ KUER 90.1 KUER's RadioWest to discuss my recent investigation on Jim Finley — the "mastermind" of the current oil boom in Utah's remote Uinta Basin show airs today at 9 a.m. MT (11 ET) radiowest.kuer.org/show/radiowest… link to story: huffpost.com/entry/texas-oi…

Activists welcome WorldBank leaders into DC dramatically, by transforming the Washington Monument into a massive wind turbine. They demand leaders #EndFossilFinance glasgowactions.com/washington-mon…

Exaggerating the costs of climate action is a classic "discourse of delay" Yes we need trillions of dollars, but it's an investment: the benefits (avoided damage, economic growth, fuel savings) outweigh costs. Ask whose interests are served by massive climate finance estimates.