After Princeton University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is the second university in the world to cut ties with the fossil fuel industry. Companies that have no credible decarbonization plan have no place in universities. Will other universities follow? Students, staff, and history are watching.

A statement by Michel Forst Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders : "It is important for me to stress that professional sanctions can definitely be considered as a form of “penalization, persecution or harassment” Watch here: vimeo.com/933654347 #ClimateOfInjustice

No civil service on a dead planet! Today, I joined the walk-out of Amsterdam civil servants to underline the seriousness of the climate crisis. #Climatestrike #Amsterdam #Oath 🧵1/4

5 peaceful climate protesters are facing an excessive sentence under the undemocratic Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. I’m calling on Labour to repeal the Conservatives’ repressive anti-protest laws which undermine our obligations under international law.

Critical and groundbreaking research on fossil fuel ties in higher education & the university-fossil fuel partnerships that obstruct climate action from CSSN scholars S. Hiltner, Emily Eaton, Noel Healy, Andy Scerri, Jennie C. Stephens and Geoffrey Supran wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wc…

Professor Jennie C. Stephens of ICARUS Maynooth quoted in today’s Financial Times article on fossil fuel industry influence in #universities. #fossilfuelphaseout #universities The full research paper is here: doi.org/10.1002/wcc.904

2/6 Industry funded climate research incentivizes academics & universities to focus on non-transformative fossil-fuel technologies as “climate solutions”. Universities are then legitimizing & normalizing fossil fuel expansion despite urgency for fossilfuel phaseout Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

3/6 the science tells us fossil fuel phaseout is the #1 thing to focus on but very little university research focuses on how to phaseout. As I said to Guardian US’s 𝕯𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖆 𝕹𝖔𝖔𝖗 this explains “why society has been so ineffective and inadequate” on climate theguardian.com/business/artic…

Yes, Kevin Roberts has views that are shared by a plurality of the country, fine, but it's still the professional responsibility of NYT Climate and the The New York Times more broadly to cover lies as lies, not as opinion. Let's see if they think the truth is "activist" or not.

In places where bat populations crashed, insect numbers increased, farmers sprayed more insecticides to combat the insects, and the infant mortality rate spiked due to pesticide exposure. Everything is connected. We need biodiversity. bit.ly/3XwmbBO

We're hiring! Join our small but mighty team. 💪 Climate Emergency UK is looking for a Training Coordinator to lead on the delivery of our Local Climate Academy (LCA) as well as other training programmes. This role is crucial in empowering residents, council officers, and

Delighted to be co-chair of APPG for Renewable & Sustainable Energy alongside by good friend Andrew Pakes MP and a strong group of cross party MPs committed to renewable and sustainable energy.

"Scientists therefore need to campaign within their own institutions, such as campaigning for financial divestment and cutting research ties to fossil fuel companies" #FossilFreeResearch royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Just some of the 1,150 scientists calling for UK Gov to pass the 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 & 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹 to drive the science-led action needed to protect us from environmental collapse. Hard to see why any MP wouldn't support it. zerohour.uk/climate-and-na… #CANBill Zero Hour

In the most pessimistic scenario of a business-as-usual approach with severe climate impacts, the UNFPA East and Southern Africa estimates that the number of women experiencing violence will increase by more than 90 million from now until 2060 in sub-Saharan Africa. ➡️📰esaro.unfpa.org/en/publication…

In academia we have long known the corrupting potential of industry funding, which is why health professionals won’t take funding from tobacco companies. Why then do universities welcome funding from Big Oil? Big mistake! wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wc… Geoffrey Supran Lisa Patel, MD, MESc

I'm very honoured to have been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Economics by University College Dublin - graduating along with their first fab cohort of BSc Sustainability students - here's to education that's stepping up to the future.

Today we (Earth4All Global Commons Alliance Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll ...) publish our #G20 survey on attitudes to planetary stewardship Ipsos UK. Large support for #ecocide legislation. "Time to criminalize environmental damage", says survey p.dw.com/p/4kJSs?maca=e…

⚖️As the impacts of climate change escalate, the courts are becoming crucial for demanding action. 🎧Tune in to hear CIEL’s Nikki Reisch on Policy Dispatch about the growing role of courts in the climate fight and their impact on the energy transition. bit.ly/3TmsYeX

"Sustainability crises threaten human well-being at local to global scales. A new era of actionable interdisciplinary science is needed to develop impactful solutions, now" nature.com/articles/s4189…