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Reasons to support environmental defenders and citizens’ assemblies
Democracies depend on citizen engagement

“States must address the root causes of mobilisation” not the mobilisation itself. Indeed, tackling protesters and not oil producers is the democratic equivalent of rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic."
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https://theconversation.com/three-reasons-to-support-environmental-defenders-227742

The repression and criminalisation of environmental protests
State repression of environmental protest and civil disobedience: a major threat to human rights and democracy. Position Paper by Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention, 2024
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https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/UNSR_EnvDefenders_Aarhus_Position_Paper_Civil_Disobedience_EN.pdf

Public Participation
The Aarhus Convention and its Protocol on PRTRs empower people with the rights to access information, participate in decision-making in environmental matters and to seek justice. They are the only legally binding global instruments on environmental democracy.
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https://unece.org/environmental-policy-1/public-participation

Re-imagining the Making of Climate Law and Policy in Citizens’ Assemblies
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/transnational-environmental-law/article/reimagining-the-making-of-climate-law-and-policy-in-citizens-assemblies/A591CF2EBFF3E60CF2BC4FE3655503E3
#activism #protests #HumanRights #PublicParticipation #democracy #governance #ethics #ClimateBreakdown #BiodiversityCrisis #Nature #AarhusConvention #rights #climate #CitizensAssemblies #CivilDisobedience

faab64, to sweden

Greta Thunberg joins tens of thousands of people protesting in against 's inclusion of genocidal in the contest, which takes place on Saturday.

The world leaders and media are not interested in her any more. Unlike the time she was on every major news when she was ONLY focusing on and climate change.

jackofalltrades, to climate
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https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=Kfyx2FIJtM4

A lot in this interview resonated with me.

How social movements tend to fizzle out after presumably the "correct" people (like Democrats in the US) are elected to office.

Or how it's not hope that motivates people to move to the streets and demand change, but anger or sadness.

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gratefuldread, to Tennessee
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psi36, to tesla
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Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg
Factory in Grünheide, Germany wants to expand and use even more of the ground water than it is already doing. These activists are fighting to stop the expansion and save the forest: https://vimeo.com/938795435 #Tesla #ElonMusk #TeslaGigafactory #Grünheide #water #waterIsaHumanRight #activism #directAction #ElonMuskIsATwat #ElonMuskGoToMarsAndStayThere

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”My organizing background is the reason that a bedside emergency room nurse ... was able to break onto the political scene and move into the electoral space with success in a brief period of time.”

New: The ER nurse and community organizer wants to bring “the Capitol to the people and the people to the Capitol.” From Reporting Fellow @josephinelee ... https://www.texasobserver.org/molly-cook-senate-special-election/

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We want to know what the youth climate justice movement needs to support their goals, and what’s next for the youngest generations fighting #climatechange. We’re seeking articles that describe the current state of youth climate justice work, concerns of youth, and new visions for the planet: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/supporting-the-youth-climate-justice-movement/ @xrfrance @xr_oxford #activism #writingcommunity #climatejustice

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