"NGOs have tamed a generation of activists. They’ve given up grand visions of social change & mass recruitment in favor of writing grants & wooing foundations; ceded control of the movement to executives in boardrooms..." INCITE! What is the "NGO-isation" of resistance?

Water privatisation is a con. (Location: Thames Water HQ)

is overpopulation causing climate change? the problem isn’t too many people. the problem is too many rich people.

They are not anti-car schemes. They are pro-human health schemes.

I’d rather ExxonMobil build up tolerance to lower profits.

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

C40 has been working with ten cities to demonstrate the transformative action a Global Green New Deal can achieve. The initiative addresses critical socio-economic challenges, resulting in successful ways of working & meaningful change at the city level. What are the outcomes?🧵

We've all seen these charts. They go viral on social media every few months, with claims that "green growth is happening". Is green growth really happening? We assess this question empirically in a new article out today in The Lancet Planetary Health: 🧵thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…

Brilliant and critical analysis showing that #greengrowth is unrealistic and the wrong policy goal. Decoupling simply won't happen fast enough to meet the Paris Agreement objectives and deliver climate justice. ⬇️

Brilliant stuff from Fadhel Kaboub فاضل قابوب, especially the last bits about the coloniality of the global financial architecture.

All aboard! Meet the inspiring and hardworking women e-bus drivers from La Rolita 🚍♀️ C40 in partnership with Alcaldía de Bogotá has been advancing gender equity in the city’s public transit by training women drivers and supporting #GreenJobsNow. #UKAID Watch ⬇️youtu.be/r49Ph3x_AN0

we are in an international debt crisis. there is a simple solution:

In E6 of S2 of the Cities 1.5 podcast produced by UTP Journals, David Miller T.O. & Tim Jackson talk about ecological economics & how cities can integrate the concept into policymaking for a healthier, more sustainable & prosperous future. ♻️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1…

New report from Oxfam out today. The richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than the poorest two thirds of humanity combined. Climate change is class war. theguardian.com/environment/20…

"Right now millionaires alone are on track to burn 72% of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5C. We are devoting huge amounts of energy to enable the excess consumption of the ruling class. In the midst of a climate emergency, this is totally irrational.” theguardian.com/environment/20…

📢We have a new session of our reading group coming up in December We'll be discussing with one of the authors Gabriela Cabaña Access the article here: Only for the Global North? Questioning the 'who should degrow' issue osuny.s3.fr-par.scw.cloud/90fkhjwd5o2jdw…

Migrants make cities. #MunicipalistMonday – for #InternationalMigrantsDay - turns to Seven Sisters Market in North London aka 'Latin Village'. Here migrants from South America trail - blaze pathways to democratically and locally organising against gentrification. Save Latin Village

📖Our next reading group is on Tuesday evening! We will be discussing the legendary anthropologist and anarchist David Graeber's book, Bullshit Jobs Give us a shout if you'd like to come along!

Thanks Community Energy London for inviting ASP to speak at your monthly meeting last week. It was great to hear from other groups about their success stories & ideas for overcoming funding & supply chain challenges. These in-person meetings are so valuable 🙏 #CommunityEnergy #London

It doesn’t matter what you think of XR. It doesn’t matter who you vote for. 5 years imprisonment for *advocating* for non-violent direct action is a draconian attack on the basis of democracy. This must be overturned.