Leonardo
@terr-es.bsky.social
Sustainable development, migration and cooperation, with a focus on marginalized territories and local knowledge for a just climate transition
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Les grands projets agroindustriels en Afrique du Nord - comme le Plan Mattei ou des investissements qataris - épuisent les aquifères et excluent les paysan·nes, au nom d'une improbable 'sécurité alimentaire' grain.org/e/7230
January 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Les grands projets agroindustriels en Afrique du Nord - comme le Plan Mattei ou des investissements qataris - épuisent les aquifères et excluent les paysan·nes, au nom d'une improbable 'sécurité alimentaire' grain.org/e/7230
Grassroots action can break the fear and division that right-wing movements rely on
McCarthyism stalked my family. Its paranoia contains a lesson for Trump’s second term | Richard Sennett
McCarthyism stalked my family. Its paranoia contains a lesson for Trump’s second term | Richard Sennett
Trump’s eerily familiar evocations of the ‘enemy within’ may be harder to shake off than the man who targeted my parents
The rise of Donald Trump aroused in me an old fear of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Both McCarthy and Trump rose to power as demagogues…
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Grassroots action can break the fear and division that right-wing movements rely on
Reposted by Leonardo
I wrote about how the tiny island nation of Vanuatu has put the industrialized world on trial: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The International Court of Justice Takes On Climate Change
Thanks to the maneuverings of the tiny nation of Vanuatu, the entire industrialized world is effectively on trial in The Hague.
www.newyorker.com
December 14, 2024 at 8:38 PM
I wrote about how the tiny island nation of Vanuatu has put the industrialized world on trial: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
“Our” elected representatives in the European Parliament today approved a resolution calling for “the supply of long-range missiles” to Ukraine…What is wrong with these people?? What did they study in political school, Rambo? For your evening reading: see
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
www.europarl.europa.eu
November 28, 2024 at 9:05 PM
“Our” elected representatives in the European Parliament today approved a resolution calling for “the supply of long-range missiles” to Ukraine…What is wrong with these people?? What did they study in political school, Rambo? For your evening reading: see
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
COP29’s $300bn pledge highlights a critical gap. With commitments postponed to 2025, doubts arise: will this result in more debt than justice?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP29: Landmark $300bn for poorer nations in climate deal - BBC News
A deal is salvaged at the UN summit as poorer nations are promised record funding for climate action.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:33 AM
COP29’s $300bn pledge highlights a critical gap. With commitments postponed to 2025, doubts arise: will this result in more debt than justice?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A draft deal at COP29 proposes $250B/year by 2035 from wealthy nations to help vulnerable countries fight climate change. Developing nations are demanding $1T+.
Key question: Who will manage these funds, and how will marginalized communities be included in decision-making?
#ClimateJustice
Key question: Who will manage these funds, and how will marginalized communities be included in decision-making?
#ClimateJustice
Organizers of the UN climate summit issued a draft agreement today that would see the US, EU and other wealthy governments send $250 billion annually in climate finance to developing nations by 2035.
Climate proposal would see rich countries pay $250B a year
The draft agreement comes with many uncertainties about which nations will provide how much financing to poorer countries, especially with a new Trump era looming in the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 22, 2024 at 2:15 PM
A draft deal at COP29 proposes $250B/year by 2035 from wealthy nations to help vulnerable countries fight climate change. Developing nations are demanding $1T+.
Key question: Who will manage these funds, and how will marginalized communities be included in decision-making?
#ClimateJustice
Key question: Who will manage these funds, and how will marginalized communities be included in decision-making?
#ClimateJustice
“Climate talks today should prioritize the need for a decolonial mindset, focusing on an alternative economic model rooted in our relationship with nature, our relationship with self, with each other, and rethinking growth and development” www.commondreams.org/opinion/deco...
Climate Change Gives Us the Chance to Truly Decolonize; Will We Take It? | Common Dreams
If we are to safeguard our very existence, climate change will challenge us to rethink, review, and reinvent the very notion of civilization and modernity.
www.commondreams.org
November 21, 2024 at 6:12 PM
“Climate talks today should prioritize the need for a decolonial mindset, focusing on an alternative economic model rooted in our relationship with nature, our relationship with self, with each other, and rethinking growth and development” www.commondreams.org/opinion/deco...