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A historic agreement and equally disappointing.COP28, the United Nations Climate Conference in Dubai, agrees with the climate movements:the climate crisis is the fossil fuel crisis.But the countries that signed the agreement do not follow through with this admission.A historic agreement, because for the first time fossil fuels are indicated as the main cause of the climate crisis;disappointing and devastating for the commitments made, or rather not made.With winners and losers. COP28:the transition begins, but with many concessions to the fossil fuel industry He wins the oil and gas industry who rejoices because there is no clear obligation to "abandon fossil fuels" and there are many loopholes in order to continue to exist;they win the United States and China, the world's two largest emitters that can continue to produce oil and build coal plants;wins Sultan Al Jaber, the president of COP28 and of the state oil company of the United Arab Emirates, which obtained an agreem...

“COP28:governments speak, the earth sinks."It is the slogan used by Extinction Rebellion on December 9, when activists staged a nonviolent protest action coordinated in five cities.Arrests immediately followed: 28, specifically, on charges of interruption of public service, private violence, unauthorized demonstration and spillage of dangerous substances.Five people were served with a 4-year expulsion order - which includes not being able to return to the municipality from which they are removed - and another three with a 48-hour urban warning - an administrative sanction with a removal order.The group's press office was also stopped and then accused. It is only the latest act of a progressive trend towards criminalization of dissent which we have been witnessing in recent years, and which is affecting climate activists in particular.Criminalization also happens when it comes to nonviolent protests, and it was the same in this case:yes, because what the newspapers defined as "envir...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. While world leaders were gathered for the United Nations General Assembly and the subsequent “climate ambition summit”, over 70 thousand climate activists they filled the streets of New York on Sunday 17 September, to ask the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to stop the approval of new fossil fuel projects.The demonstration was supported by more than 700 global climate organizations who participated in protests in numerous other countries. “Thousands of people around the world are returning to the streets to demand that we stop what is killing us.We need to think about who will be living on our planet in 30, 40, 50 years.And negative responses are not contemplated,” he said Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during the rally. Among the participants was 8-year-old Athena Wilson of Boca Raton, Florida.She and her mother Maleah flew from Florida to New York.We...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A new relationship of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), “Turning off the Tap:How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy” (“Turn off the tap:how the world can end plastic pollution and create a sustainable circular economy”), outlined a roadmap to dramatically reduce plastic pollution. According to the report – which outlines the scale and nature of the changes needed to create a sustainable, human- and environmentally-friendly circular economy – plastic pollution could be reduced by 80% by 2040 if countries and companies used existing technologies to make significant policy and market changes. Plastic pollution could reduce by 80% by 2040 if governments and companies make policy and market shifts using existing technologies.OUT NOW – UNEP’s new report provides a pathway for nations to...

The Jagalingou Aboriginal tribe in Australia, the indigenous communities of the Philippines and the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon.A article by DW told how these groups are fighting to preserve their territories.All over the world, indigenous peoples must fight for their fundamental rights.The defense of their rights coincides with better protection of the environment and climate.However, although they are considered custodians of natural resources, indigenous tribes often face repression, discrimination and mass racism. And they pay with their lives. Between 2012 and 2021, human rights groups and organizations documented the deaths of more than 1,700 environmental and land defenders in approximately 60 countries.According to data published by the environmental and human rights organization Global Witness, more than 35% of those killed were indigenous. At the heart of conflicts are often large mining projects, agricultural logging, reservoir dams and oil, gas and coal extraction...