🧵 Important thread on this week's protest by C A P P A, Health of Mother Earth, and other partners of the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay coalition at the head office of the Shell Petroleum Development Company in Lagos, Nigeria to demand accountability and liability from #BigPolluters.

Woah 👀 49 out of 50 of the supposed "top" carbon offset projects used by some of the world's biggest brands are "likely junk" or "potentially junk" - shocking new analysis by Corporate Accountability Offsets are a climate distraction, not a climate solution. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

As we approach #EnvironmentDay tomorrow, let's take a moment to remember environmental champions like Wangari Maathai, who dedicated their lives to protecting our planet.

‼️‼️URGENT‼️‼️ We’re calling on the international community to raise the alarm over Stephen’s troubling disappearance and continue efforts aimed at ensuring his safe and timely return to his family. #StopEACOP Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Uganda 🇺🇬 CNOOC Uganda Limited Office of the Prime Minister - Uganda

Kudos to PAU_Uganda for sticking to their guns & insisting that biodiversity is protected from oil risks. TotalEnergies Uganda should have never been allowed to drill for oil in Murchison Falls NP. Yoweri K Museveni should side with PAU & not allow another drilling rig in the park.

A year ago today, AFIEGO joined EACOP-affected community members from Uganda, Tasha Research Institute Africa (TASHA) Les Amis de la Terre FR & Survie to file a court case in France to protect people and nature. The court processes have been slow, but remain strong in our resolve for justice. France in Uganda 🇫🇷🇺🇬

🚫No more delays, no more denial, no more tricks! Global North gov’ts must #PayUp and deliver adequate, grants-based, unconditional climate finance through UNFCCC funds like the #LossAndDamageFund. #FillTheFund with #TrillionsNotMillions!💸

The link between SSB taxation and consumption cannot be denied. Taxation works!

#EndFossilFuels #CutTheTiesToFossilFuels #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow

🚨ALERT: AFIEGO has released a must-read research brief. Titled 'Murchison Falls National Park is dying', the first of its kind brief documents the grave impacts of the Tilenga oil project activities on wildlife in Murchison Falls national park. Read: afiego.org/wp-content/upl…

🚨 Controversial Canadian oil and gas company, ReconAfrica has just restarted its major drilling in the Kavango regions of Namibia. The people and rich biodiversity of Kavango and Okavango cannot be sacrificed for fossil fuel profits. Namibian Presidency #SaveTheOkavango

#SSBTax is pro-health, it is a proven tool for behavioral change, and can be used for #HealthFinancing #SipSmartChallenge24 #SSBTaxSaves C A P P A Healthy Food Policy World Health Organization (WHO)

Tobacco corporations will kick and scream and play dirty in order to avoid accountability, but this ruling shows us that we can stand strong to #MakeBigTobaccoPay and get justice for our communities. Thank you AG Andrea Joy Campbell! boston.com/news/local-new…

Labram Musah, Exec Dir of Programs, VALDGHANA, on behalf of Movendi International noted the rising use of alcohol among older people and its associated risk factors for NCDs and non-communicable diseases like cancers, chronic diseases, #TB and HIV at the #RC74AFRO meeting in Brazzaville.

This calls for great urgency to better address alcohol in the response to TB, HIV, and STIs and to make use of the SAFER Alcohol Policy Blueprint to achieve progress towards the 90% milestone said Labram Musah on behalf of Movendi International at #RC74AFRO. WHO Ghana

In line with the spirit of the Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels and demand for #PayUp for Climate Finance, C A P P A is joining other interest groups in the Global Week of Action in organising series of online and offline actions. The first was the release of the GWA joint

Tax justice and climate justice are deeply interconnected. The same polluters who are causing the climate crisis are committing tax abuse - reducing the capabilities of countries to address this crisis. The introduction of progressive taxation and tackling illicit financial flows

Climate Finance through #TaxJustice The New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG) should support a #UNTaxConvention which can & will mobilise additional climate finance.

CAPPA's third National Climate Climate Conference is just 3 days away. This time we are prioritising the significance of Sustainable Climate Financing and the need for urgent action. Register to be a part cappaafrica-org.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

🇺🇬 Government of Uganda launched Uganda's Energy Transition Plan (ETP) in Dec. 2023 at COP 28. In the video below, climate activist & AFIEGO staff 👨‍👩‍👧Rachael Amongin discusses why the ETP may fail to promote much-needed clean energy access in 🇺🇬. See: afiego.org/wp-content/upl… Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development