NEW Just launched: @level_human Be Human Rights Confident Video Series. We are striving to make these important topics accessible, tangible and relatable for the private sector. First up: What is the climate crisis and what does it mean for people? https://t.co/2whvoNvdKy
Grievance redress mechanisms are channels to safeguard the #humanrights of communities where development projects operate. @ATriponel illustrated this point during our October #GRAMpartnership webinar. Learn more on why #redressCounts 🤝https://t.co/6yY6992yZA @TripImpact
My remarks from #COP26@iccwbo and @SDGBenchmarks session on #justtransition: what it would take to move from where we are now, to where we need to be – drawing on lessons learned from the #bizhumanrights space
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“We will not make this transition at the pace and sale we need if policymakers are not willing to consider the affordability of the transition for lower-income communities (carbon tax waivers, re-distribution of funds etc.)” @climatemorgan#COP26
“People won’t support the energy transition if they feel that it will come at the cost of not being able to find work, needing to fire teachers or not being able to finance waste pickers who are paid by tax revenue from extractives” Chris James, Engine No. 1 #COP26
“We have a responsibility to apply a broader view to our supply chains. We’ve moved away from traditional banking partners; we’ve stopped advertising through Facebook. We seek ambitious partners who are aligned with our values” @RyanGellert#Cop26
“There is a strong emotional reaction that happens when business leaders are asked to take externalities into account when they are not used to doing so” Chris James, Engine No. 1 #COP26
“We need to move to mandatory meaningful commitments from companies, it shouldn’t be NGOs’ job to run after companies to check: governments need to take responsibility. We are in a climate emergency, and we have no time for offsetting or greenwashing” @climatemorgan#COP26
“Decarbonising businesses over three decades is not enough. We need more boldness from business, and we need to move past mixed messages of companies saying one thing but then financing associations that are undermining progress” @RyanGellert#Cop26
“We’re talking a lot about #justtransition, and we are in a rush, but I’m not seeing the metrics or the processes the demonstrate that the transition is being just” @JafryT#COP26
"This is total systems transformations, the best thing we can do is prioritize this transition and ensure the transition is viewed as the greatest transformation for humankind” @johndoerr#COP26
“I’m not sure that feminists can be feminists without being ecofeminists, since if you care about gender equality, you probably care about the planet because these issues are so inter-connected” @Leahtommiat #COP26
.@Malala calls on world leaders at #COP26 to place gender equality and girls’ education at the heart of the climate crisis, because girls are more impacted and can bring alternative solutions to the crisis
“World leaders like to call us ‘inspiring’ but youth climate activists are not in the negotiation room and leaders can’t put the responsibility of tackling the climate crisis onto us” @vanessa_vash #COP26
“There is urgency, but there is also agency. There is still time to act to prevent the worst impacts from unfolding. A flourishing planet is still a potential future for our children and grandchildren, if we act now” @MichaelEMann#COP26
"How will we know whether Glasgow was a success? To quote @algore, we will have to follow up. That is our role as journalists. We also have to witness things first-hand. We have to keep holding the powerful to account and have those conversations” @RBlumenstein#COP26
“We can’t deny climate change anymore, so climate deniers have turned to other tactics, like sowing division, deflecting attention away from needed systemic changes, focusing on delayed net zero targets, etc. Delay is the new denial.” @MichaelEMann#COP26
“We need more data for climate justice issues. We don’t have flood maps, we don’t have data on impacted communities... Who is going to get the benefits and who is going to bear the costs? Too often it’s the poor who bear the costs” @JRanganathanWRI#COP26