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NEW – Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025 ✍️ Written by @giulianaviglione.bsky.social and @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org 💬 With comments from @evazabey.bsky.social @ronsteenblik.bsky.social Paul Elton & Prof Jessica Dempsey Read here: buff.ly/RFf8Nor

This is why we can't have rich ecosystems and safe food. The farm lobby threatens us all. www.grilled.media/inside-copa-...

Inside Big Ag’s plot to kill the EU Green Deal

Documents from inside Europe's most powerful farming lobby reveal plans to block efforts to cut pesticide use and reduce factory farm pollution

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Qatar Airways has suspended a social media advertising campaign related to its service offering passengers the option to #offset carbon emissions after it was deemed to be misleading by the UK's advertising regulator 👏 travelgossip.co.uk/latestnews/t...

Two airlines forced to remove ads over misleading environmental claims

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Another man is dead after an ICE operation, this time in Biddeford, Maine. “Reform” is not a serious answer. Stop funding ICE, writes @ruwithsonali.bsky.social.

There’s Never Been a More Fitting Time for Democrats to Stop Funding ICE

The money fueling ICE’s abuses comes directly out of the pockets of working Americans who are already struggling.

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Greenwashing the AI boom with carbon offsets? The World Bank Group’s Spekboom restoration outcome bond is a 14 years AAA rated bond with a coupon of 2,41% + proceeds from the sale of carbon removal units (CRUs) linked to a restoration project in South Africa. 1/9 www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...

World Bank Prices 14-Year Spekboom Restoration Outcome Bond in South Africa

World Bank Prices 14-Year Spekboom Restoration Outcome Bond in South Africa

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The Society for Conservation Biology - Indonesia Chapter (SCB-ID) is proud to present a special discussion: "Nature Finance in Biodiversity Conservation" Monday, July 13, 2026 04.00 PM - 06.00 PM (Jakarta Time) (11.00 - 13.00 CEST | 10.00 - 12.00 BST) Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This discrepancy is why billionnaires own media.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · last mo.

This is REALLY important. “Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll.” They want you to think you’re alone. You’re not. #ClimateCrisis

The chart made me laugh (in a painful way.) It's part of this incredible story: projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c...

Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · last mo.

Incredible chart from @propublica.org. If you don’t follow enviro stuff closely, your instinct might be that the hold-your-nose solution (carbon capture from fossil fuels) would be the “pragmatic” one versus covering Earth in solar panels, which seems utopian. In fact it’s the opposite

👉NEW -- Palestine Action lawyer faces renewed contempt proceedings by Dania Akkad Judge rules to refer Rajiv Menon KC once again over his closing speech in trial of pro-Palestine activists www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...

Palestine Action lawyer faces renewed contempt proceedings

Judge rules to refer Rajiv Menon KC once again over his closing speech in trial of pro-Palestine activists

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There were $85,000 worth of voluntary #biodiversity credits sold in May, down from $280,000 in April. 🤣 🤣 #SolutiontotheFundingGap carbon-pulse.com/519997/?site...

EU #GreenWeek

France seeks allies to stop #EUETS extension to international flights. Back in 2012, the proposed extension of the EU ETS to extra EU/EEA flights was postponed until 2026. That derogation expires at the end of 2026 1/3 carbon-pulse.com/519103/?site...

A recent article stated that “the accelerating pace of global #biodiversity loss forces ecosystems, economies, and financial markets into uncharted territory (...) Yet the financial sector (...) has, until very recently, remained largely unresponsive... 1/8 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Introduction to the special issue: ‘Biodiversity and finance: Risk, disclosure and double materiality’

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Remove AI bloatware installed without your permission in Google Chrome

Lᴇɢꜱ Bᴇɴᴇᴅɪᴄᴛ ✨@maybecam.blacksky.app · 3mo ago

did this + some research in URL: chrome://flags/ search "gemini nano" disable items found search "on device" disable items found in URL: chrome://settings/ai turn off "history search" and "help me write" this all fully disables the AI summary that generates when you google something! yay.

Clive Spash and I just published an article analysing the claims made in the recent paper, that attempted to rehabilitate #biodiversity #offsets. 1/2 seecentre.org/wp-content/u...

Many recent surveys show that we are by far the majority, but we just don't know it. Let's start acting like it. - UNDP / University of Oxford — Peoples' Climate Vote 2024 lnkd.in/eX4-V6_b - Green Economy Coalition — Global Green Attitudes Survey 2024 lnkd.in/exdmqA87 1/5

"custodial sentences for acts of direct action or civil disobedience were once rare but are now being imposed with increasing length & frequency" The mean detention period in 256 cases for which data was available was 28 weeks, with 1 in 3 protesters jailed for 6 months or more & 1 in 5 for >a year

Nina Lakhani@ninalakhani.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Britain has created a new breed of political prisoners through the systematic incarceration of people acting to prevent climate breakdown and the annihilation of Gaza, new research has found. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may...

This paper shows that public support for an ecosocialist-style transformation is very high in the US and UK. Support is high regardless of the label when policies are explained. But when the word "degrowth" is used without explanation, support drops considerably. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Assessing public support for degrowth: survey-based experimental and predictive studies

Contrary to concerns from politicians and commentators that degrowth is broadly unpopular, the core degrowth proposal received substantial support from UK and US participants in this study, regardless...

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"96% of Australians surveyed want more action to care for nature," we are the majority, let's start to act like it!

Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS@euanritchie.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Oh look, yet *more* evidence that markets are highly unlikely to be the great saviours for nature conservation that the corporate cheerleaders suggest they are! I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya! biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/could-e...

Legendary global water activist Maude Barlow will discuss her new book Earth for sale on 28 May. Link to the webinar : lnkd.in/esqvXmyj

The EU Commission just launched a public consultation on EU’s Habitats and Birds Directives, ahead of a stress test. “The Commission plans to spot ways to reduce unnecessary administrative burden.” #HandsOffNature carbon-pulse.com/511266/?site... link to the consultation ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

🎉 "On May 1, Amsterdam became the first capital city in the world to ban ads for fossil fuel products and meat. It is part of the city’s efforts to discourage consumption of goods linked with high carbon emissions."

In Permissive Amsterdam, Ads for Fossil Fuels or Meat Are Now Verboden

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“This is illegal under international law. Israel has no jurisdiction in these waters. Boarding these boats amounts to illegal detention – potentially kidnapping on the high seas,” said Gur Tsabar, a spokesperson for the Global Sumud Flotilla. Attack on unarmed civilians in international waters.

Israeli forces raid Global Sumud Flotilla boats in international waters

Seven out of 58 vessels were captured by Israel near Crete, as flotilla aims to deliver aid to Gaza under blockade.

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Important petition on fair access to pathogens, vaccines and fair sharing of revenues: fairpabs.com #biopiracy

If you're in Brussels on 19 May and want to hear about biodiversity credits, come and say hi! frdo-cfdd.be/fr/activites...

20260519 | A credit to nature: a matter of interest - How to finance biodiversity? - FRDO

Conférence en anglais | Mardi 19 mai 2026 | 08h30 - 16h45 | Centre Pachéco, Boulevard Pachéco, 1000 Bruxelles

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Meanwhile

Prof Bill McGuire@profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A collapse of global harvests will be the trigger that brings about predicted societal collapse by 2050 One estimate is that there could be a 30% fall in crop yields by mid-century, by which time the population could be 50% bigger A halving of calories per head www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

🔴 ReCommon condemns ENI’s decision to file yet another frivolous lawsuit against the association in an attempt to silence its representatives. 👇 www.recommon.org/en/new-slapp...

New SLAPP lawsuit by ENI against ReCommon over licences awarded to the fossil fuel multinational in Palestinian waters. The organization: “This is yet another attempt to silence us; we will not back d...

Rome, April 15, 2026 – ReCommon condemns ENI’s decision to file yet another frivolous lawsuit against the association in an

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“Our results show that the next 20 years will be decisive. The choices we make now will set Britain on a path either towards accelerating biodiversity loss or towards nature recovery.” www.ceh.ac.uk/press/we-hav...

We have just 20 years to stop spiralling decline in British biodiversity

There is a closing 20-year window in which decisions on climate and land use will determine the fate of dozens of native birds, butterflies and plants across Great Britain, says a new study led by the...

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