Gilles Cols
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Gilles Cols
@gillescols.bsky.social
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BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year. ​

Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price. ​

👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund...

#MakeRichPo#MakeRichPollutersPay
October 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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New research shows that ocean acidification has now crossed the planetary boundary. That's 7 of 9 boundaries crossed. Capitalism is driving ecological catastrophe and will continue to do so until we align production to a new law of value.

www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Scientists announce that 7 of 9 key 'planetary boundaries' have been crossed
A team of global scientists issued a new report on Wednesday, noting that seven out of nine of key "planetary boundaries" have been crossed. Carbon dioxide emissions have increased ocean acidification...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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For every #ElectricVehicle that contains about 3kg of cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tesla earns approximately $3,150 in profit. While the DRC government receives less than $10 in royalties and the average miner earns just $7!

📢 Read our new report to learn more:​ oxf.am/3W68E2o
September 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Pour vous inscrire au Shifting Economy Day, c'est ici: shiftingeconomy.brussels/shifting-eco...
September 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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*Let’s stop pretending economic growth will end poverty*

My piece in El Mundo @elmundo.es.web.brid.gy ahead of the Conferencia Más Allá del Crecimiento in Madrid next week @beyondgrowth-es.bsky.social #MásAlládelCrecimiento

www.elmundo.es/opinion/2025...
Dejemos de fingir que el crecimiento económico acabará con la pobreza
Durante casi seis años, las Naciones Unidas me han encomendado la tarea de informar sobre las soluciones más prometedoras del mundo para erradicar la pobreza. Hoy puedo afirmar...
www.elmundo.es
September 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Power does not reside in the hands of those who dominate or divide. Real power rises from people - from our shared resolve to uphold dignity. To defend equality. To believe, fiercely, in our common humanity, and the potential of every human being." UN SG's Address to the GA
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM