Martin Simonneau

[Equal Right @EqualRightOrg]

Carbon markets are pointless without meaningful steps to end reliance on fossil fuel extraction. They often fail to achieve environmental aims & disadvantage indigenous and vulnerable communities. This is not a win - more radical solutions like #CapandShare and #UBI are needed.

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

@EmmaEHoward 🤦

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

Always a pleasure engaging with @ProfJuliaMO1 and her thought-provoking students on some of the most pressing issues of our time.

[Prof.Julia Martin-Ortega @ProfJuliaMO1]

@MartinSimonneau from @coolearth on the million* dollar question ‘what’s the most efficient & just mechanism that will allow people at the frontline of deforestation to hace control and decision-making power?’ . Great guest lecture in our @SRILeeds @SEELeeds MSc course! Thanks!

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

@NeilPHoward @BasicIncomeOrg @basicincome @basicincomeEU @BasicIncomeIMG @USBIG @income_movement @scottsantens @AndrewYang @UBILabNetwork @ZackPolanski Thanks for this @NeilPHoward - super insightful, as always.

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

@nicklangridge @Georgie_Barber @iz_milligan @VibhorM11 The recommendation is spot on. And also very much under way!

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

Something big coming up!! Super excited to see how a somewhat foreign concept like a #basicincome will be conceptualised and implemented by #indigenouswomen in the #PeruvianAmazon to tackle injustices and fight the #ClimateCrisis

[Cool Earth @coolearth]

We are thrilled to announce that Cool Earth and @onamiap (The National Organisation of Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Women of Peru) have signed an inter-institutional cooperation agreement! Together we will continue to strengthen Indigenous Communities.

https://t.co/H5vUEipSuq

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

@SpurthiKolipaka @coolearth Thanks so much @SpurthiKolipaka ! Really enjoyed your questions and please keep them coming.

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

@Tom_Webb_222 @ProfJuliaMO1 @coolearth @SRILeeds @SEELeeds Thanks Tom. Keep checking in, we'll definitely be talking about how things are going.

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

@Tom_Webb_222 @ProfJuliaMO1 @coolearth @SRILeeds @SEELeeds More importantly, it'll be up to the Indigenous organisations and people of the villages to decide next steps. We need to move away from organisations like Cool Earth deciding on behalf of people who depend on the forest.

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

@Tom_Webb_222 @ProfJuliaMO1 @coolearth @SRILeeds @SEELeeds Hi Tom, great question which highlights huge ethical questions. I think it will be complicated to attribute an increase in deforestation solely to the introduction of unconditional cash transfers. It'll be a combination of many factors, as it's always the case.

[Prof.Julia Martin-Ortega @ProfJuliaMO1]

The awesome Martin Simonneau from @coolearth delivering a fantastic guest lecture to our MSc students @SRILeeds. What an amazing opportunity for us to hear first hand on their programme on universal basic income for #rainforest conservation! Thank you Martin! 💫💫 @SEELeeds

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

Thanks @ProfJuliaMO1 for introducing us to Callum. Huge congratulations from all of us @coolearth .

[Prof.Julia Martin-Ortega @ProfJuliaMO1]

Is conservation basic income a good idea? Check what #conservation professionals think in our scoping study https://t.co/Udj4w70Ux6 @SRILeeds @ZoologyDave @_GeorgeHolmes @wateratleeds

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

@KevinClimate @fionaharvey @jrockstrom @SimonLLewis Why not replace the carbon offset/market-based rationale with a universal basic income one, grounded in equity, justice, basic security? @SimonLLewis 's reflection on cash to forests is nearly there. Why try and regulate offsets that will inevitably continue to marginalise people

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

Verra’s response to the @guardian investigation on carbon offsets is out of this world. Not a single mention of Indigenous peoples and local communities but an enduring faith in “academics and experts” who almost certainly don’t live in the rainforest: https://t.co/GiKjoCDLUI

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

Some inspiring opening statements at #FLARE22ROME with a big focus on making funding more accessible and flexible for peoples living in the forest. What’s so complicated about making funding direct? The big question this weekend IMO

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

A pretty accurate definition of payment for ecosystem services (PES) #conservation #Crisis

[Scott Santens @scottsantens]

Quite a story just shared here at @bien2022 of an Indigenous leader needing to constantly ring up a government bureaucrat to let her know how much money she has permission to use and to transfer a bit to a card to buy food. UBI puts an end to that kind of control by colonialists.

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

"Less than 1% of the academic literature on basic income addresses the natural environment" - @nicklangridge from @bathsps talking about the implications of UBI in addressing the climate crisis @bien2022. A gap @coolearth is trying to fill.

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

How have I only discovered this today? Thanks @bien2022 @MassiveAttackUK feat. Guy Standing. https://t.co/3KUP9nphdA

[Martin Simonneau @MartinSimonneau]

@scottsantens @coolearth @bien2022 Hi @scottsantens, I'm so glad you stumbled upon our short talk. We'd love to discuss this further with you. Thanks.