Promoting climate & conservation solutions
Arlington, VA.
Joined September 2012
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Ladd Connell retweeted
The industrial food system is the leading cause of biodiversity loss via deforestation and synthetic pesticides & fertilizers for animal feed crops. According to @UNEP, threatens >85% of the 28,000 species at risk of extinction. @WorldBank: #StopFinancingFactoryFarming
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Today we delivered our demands to the @WorldBank on behalf of 160,000+ citizens from 200+ countries across the globe & 280 organizations during the #SpringMeetings. Join us to demand stop using our taxpayer dollars to finance industrial livestock production. (EN/ESP)🧵
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Take action ✊: Please watch and share our video, then sign our citizen petition to demand the World Bank #StopFinancingFactoryFarming now!
LINK HERE t.ly/WorldBankPetition
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NEW: Our letter published today in the @FT questions @WorldBank fossil finance.
Fossil fuels are not the future.
Evidence shows pairing RE with long-duration energy storage solutions provides a cleaner, more cost-effective answer for most cases.
ft.com/content/903a41e0-ea97…
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❗️Fossil fuel projects backed by @WorldBank - past & present - have caused irreversible harm to the health & livelihoods of local communities.
Their voices have gone unheard. Until now.
We sent journalists to 🇦🇷Argentina🇪🇬 Egypt🇮🇩Indonesia. Please RT🔁bit.ly/46EDDpI
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🟢¡VICTORIA PARA LA NATURALEZA!
Los ecuatorian@s votaron a favor de dejar el petróleo del Yasuní ITT y los minerales de Quito bajo tierra. 🌱
HOY ES UN DÍA HISTÓRICO
HOY ES UN DÍA DE CELEBRACIÓN
HOY GANAMOS TOD@S
@Yasunidos @QuitoSinMineria
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This @S3F_global report––endorsed by 18 civil society organizations, including ours––urges @EBRD @IFC_org @WorldBank @BIDInvest and @EIB to #StopFinancingFactoryFarming expansion and exclude industrial livestock from sectors they consider “Paris-aligned.”
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) like @IFC_org & @BIDInvest continue to invest billions in #FactoryFarming. Our new @S3F_global report urges them to exclude industrial livestock & feed operations from sectors they consider “Paris-aligned.”
foe.org/resources/climate-mi…
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@WorldBank own report recognising the "cost of inaction" on halting deforstation, biodiversity and habitat destruction in Brazil, largely linked to #cattle #ranching tinyurl.com/2p8tsz2h @4accountability @foe_us @InstitutoMaira
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Ahead of the 🇯🇵-led @G7 Summit later this month, Japan’s PM Kishida @JPN_PMO is touring Africa this week. @ThuliMakama, @ndutagachie, Amos Nkpeebo & Daniel Ribeiro tell him: African communities want investments in renewables, not fossil fuels: context.news/just-transition…
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🚨NEW🚨 175 organisations call on the @OECD to end all new oil & gas export finance - AND launch a joint position explaining how it can be done. 50% of OECD member countries already committed to #StopFundingFossils, and now the rest must follow. Read more: wp.me/paO9Ct-aId
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At #AUSummit, Africa’s leaders must speak with a common voice and:
🔥Call out claims that gas is a clean fuel
🌍Label gas what it is… a dangerous distraction for Africa
🌞Call for rapid transition to people-centered, clean energy
#DontGasAfrica
🤝🏿 dont-gas-africa.org
ALT Don't gas Africa, picture of solar panels behind text about low investment but high extraction in African countries.
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Update: The World Bank can't follow its stated mission of eradicating poverty with leadership that doesn't accept the scientific consensus around climate change.
bankinformationcenter.org/en…
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This is also critical for supporting climate just development. As @NnimmoBassey and @AnabelaLemos write, fossil fuel extraction in Africa has deepened inequalities, failed to deliver energy access, & increased militarization and political oppression. fam.ag/3qXWrhi
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The science is clear that investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure, including #LNG, is not compatible with 1.5°C, while clean energy investment needs are significant. Public finance should be used strategically to unlock large sums of private finance for just climate solutions
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If anything, yesterday’s report reminds us that these countries should accelerate their efforts to shift international public finance out of fossil fuels to clean energy rather than backsliding on their commitments: wapo.st/3K6wDXE
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At the last climate conference in Glasgow, 39 countries & institutions responsible for USD 24bn/yr in int’l public finance for fossil fuels committed to #StopFundingFossils by the end of 2022 and shift 💸 to clean energy. Throwback to this quote from OCI's @LaurievdBurg 👇
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The @IPCC_CH says public finance plays a 🗝️ role. We agree - public backing for projects through finance provided by (multilateral) development finance institutions & export credit agencies helps lower investment risks and leverages huge sums of private finance.
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We’d add that with volatile, soaring fossil fuel prices, Putin’s fossil fueled war in Ukraine & deadly air pollution; energy efficiency & renewable energy solutions are not only a logical answer to the #climatecrisis, but also to unaffordable energy bills, war & people’s health.
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The good news is that the @IPCC_CH says that renewable alternatives like solar, wind & battery storage can rapidly replace fossil fuels this decade. They are already the cheaper sources of electricity in many regions.