This International Waste Pickers Day, we celebrate the contributions of waste pickers and waste workers at the forefront of sustainability.

We stand in solidarity with them and call for a just transition.
Together, we can build a more just and sustainable future.

#GoForZeroWaste #JustTransition

🚨 Victory! IFC/World Bank pulls funding for 4 waste-to-energy incinerators in Gujarat, India!

Thanks to strong community resistance, Abellon lost financing for WTE projects in Rajkot, Vadodara, Ahmedabad & Jamnagar.

👏 A win for clean air & zero waste!

📖 Read more: www.no-burn.org/174-civil-so...

💸 Is waste-to-energy (WTE) worth the cost? Our webinar exposed the financial risks of WTE in Asia Pacific—draining public funds while failing to deliver. From Indonesia to New Zealand, hidden costs and economic threats make WTE unsustainable. Rewatch now: www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bri... #IZWM2025

GAIA is proud to have reviewed Fair Finance Asia’s report, “Towards a Gender-Transformative Energy Transition in Asia.” It highlights gaps in ADB's ETM pilot, including the marginalized groups and warns against false solutions like co-firing and WTE.

Read more: bit.ly/FFAgenderETM

Fiji welcomes progress in the Chair’s Non-Paper at #INC5 but stresses it still falls short of UNEA Resolution 5/14.

🗣️ "We cannot leave Busan with this text. Let’s take the time to refine it and uphold the spirit of multilateralism."

#INC5 #BreakFreeFromPlastic ♻️🌊

Nearly 40 years after the 1984 disaster, toxic waste still poisons Bhopal. Plans to incinerate it at a failing facility risk spreading deadly toxins.
🌍 Safer cleanup methods exist. Bhopal deserves justice, not more contamination.
📢 Learn more: www.no-burn.org/gaia-and-env... #BurnNotBhopal