In 2022, we will forge connection, love, & transformation — together we will bring into being the world our 💚 hearts know is possible. Hope needs action. The future isn’t written, it’s up to us to decide! ✊
"The export ban has revealed that the coal market is vulnerable to supply shortages, which should encourage governments to make the shift to renewable energy sources." — Sisilia Nurmala Dewi,
THREAD: Fossil fuels account for 74% of total greenhouse gas emissions.
Canada continues to prop the oil industry more than any other country in the world to the tune of $13 billion/yr.
This make you enraged too? Here's one way to do something about it.
How is Exxon going to say "we're going to have net zero emissions!" and just decide to not count their central product... oil... that is one of the biggest global sources of emissions?????
's activities in South Africa at the end of the year
(Massive congrats to all the communities and campaigners that fought back and stopped Shell in it tracks)
operates in Lima. They are demanding accountability & reparations from the fossil fuel giant after a recent oil spill of 6,000 barrels of oil in the sea! ✊✊✊✊
BREAKING: The #AusOpen has ended its partnership with Santos, after our movement ran a campaign to pressure Tennis Australia to drop Santos' dirty sponsorship. http://ow.ly/b6Pi50HAGt8
This victory reminds us that when we take action together, we create a safer climate for all.
Tonga has faced climate impacts due to the continued burning of fossil fuels and has been building resilience because of that. That same resilience is what will help them recover from the aftermath of the recent volcanic eruption. Watch
We need record-breaking drops in fossil fuel production, but we're still living in the expansion era.
The funders of these projects know that they're plunging our world into climate chaos — they need to be stopped + to be accountable for wrecking havoc.
Last month, more oil was pumped out of the Permian Basin than ever before. The US remains the world’s number one producer of oil and gas. Just remember this whenever you hear someone use the word “petrostate” as if it only applies to other countries.
"As of the end of December, 1,502 groups had announced they would partly or fully divest from fossil fuel companies...The count is up by 195 from the end of 2020 -- the biggest rise in three years."
We cannot let this pass without proper investigation and immediate, effective damage control measures! Our solidarity to the communities affected by the spill in Peru and to those fighting for justice in this case. ✊
As described by The Guardian: 'images on social media and TV showed blackened beaches and dozens of dead seabirds drenched in oil, among them the rare Humboldt penguin, in an area considered a marine biodiversity hotspot'.
MOCICC shared this statement on Wed: 'After 5 days of the occurrence of the ecological disaster caused by the oil spill in Ventanilla, the responses of
and other Peruvian organizations' request for justice and reparations after a terrible oil spill of 6,000 barrels of oil in the sea, in the region of Ventanilla, about a week ago.
260+ groups in the #StopEACOP coalition and @fridaysforfuture demand that the French government put a stop to EACOP.
And that banks stop funding this destructive project.
#StopEACOP
"Calling fossil gas a sustainable alternative to coal is willful ignorance - in most cases, greenhouse gas emissions ‘saved’ during combustion are emitted during extraction & transport [...] current plans will shift the problem elsewhere.” - Michele Grunewald,
"Gas infrastructure has a technical lifetime of 20-50 years so we, as a climate movement, must resist these projects that will lock us into decades of destructive greenhouse gas emissions & pollutants we can not afford." - Katja George,
"There are houses on 'hills' with 3 or 4 families in them with open doors. We are praying and singing through the night, we'll get through the storm together. There is a feeling of faith."
- @JoLatuSanft
"The victim perspective of Pacific islands is a narrative we're seeing play out with climate change ... yet you speak to people on the ground and they are laughing."
- @lagipoiva
"People in the Pacific have their own ideas on food sovereignty and power and resiliency and those stories just aren't being told."
- Joseph @350Pacific
"A 14-yr-old environmental activist has been shot dead in Colombia in the latest attack in the world’s deadliest country for environmentalists."
We join the calls for justice for the murder of Breiner David Cucuname! #DefendTheDefenders
Last night the dangerous #PolicingBill suffered FOURTEEN defeats in the House of Lords.
This is a HUGE victory and down to all of you who resisted the bill and fought for the right to protest.
But the fight still continues. #KillTheBillhttps://350.org/big-win-uk-govs-dangerous-protest-bill-suffers-defeats-in-house-of-lords/…
Remember when we were promised a "phase-down..." of coal. It's been 2 months since #COP26, & clearer than ever how important our work is on the not-so-long road to #COP27. The era of fossil fuels is over, we need a just transition now! 📣
Without funding from developed countries fossil fuel projects wouldn't be sustained. If we are to stop fossils Developed countries must commit not to fund fossil fuel projects @stopEACOP#StopEACOP@350Africa@350