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[SOMO @SOMO]

This is our last post!👋

The value of using X is now outweighed by how it operates. We'll no longer post here.

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[SEATINIUGANDA @SEATINIUGANDA]

❓ Can investment policies truly serve people and the planet?

🌍 The Entebbe Declaration says YES! Civil society unites to demand frameworks that champion human rights, climate justice, and sustainable development—not corporate exploitation.

Read the full declaration here: https://t.co/ItTQgloU7I

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[Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope]

In water scarce areas like the Northern Cape, #greenhydrogen projects will only make things worse. They also threaten local fishing grounds. For Walter Steenkamp, who is already trying to stop offshore oil & gas drilling, it is all part of the same fight.

[Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope]

🚨New report: The scramble for hydrogen in South Africa🚨
👉Read it and spread it: https://t.co/85VWJq0lM9
🇪🇺The EU's push for #greenhydrogen will have a devastating impact on communities in South Africa
🤐 Meanwhile their voices are being ignored by EU policy makers
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[Ahmed Abofoul | أحمد أبو فول @AhmedAbofoul]

🚨The Advocate General has advised the Supreme Court of the #Netherlands to uphold the ruling that the #Netherlands must put an end to the export of F-35 components to Israel.

#StopArmingIsraelNOW

https://t.co/nZ5C5x0GkA

[Ahmed Abofoul | أحمد أبو فول @AhmedAbofoul]

🚨From yesterday’s Court hearing in The Hague for the case of @alhaq_org, @SOMO, @AlMezanCenter, @pchrgaza, @elsclegal, et al. against the government of the Netherlands.

More about the case: https://t.co/XnJvfh6tg6

Credit: @Plant_olijfboom.

#GazaGenocide‌
#StopArmingIsrael

[SOMO @SOMO]

@EnergiaJCyL @EUH2Week Green hydrogen is being developed as an important part of Europe's energy transition.

Do you agree that it needs to be a win-win situation for both Europe and the communities who live near platinum mines?

[European Legal Support Center (ELSC) @elsclegal]

⏳Let's cut Dutch ties with genocide - hearing approaching!
This Friday we will be challenging the Dutch state in court for failing to prevent genocide in Gaza, join us online!
📹The hearing will be live-streamed here with English interpretation: https://t.co/4CR3AVH9lY

[SOMO @SOMO]

Read more in our report 'Hyped hydrogen – Hidden harm': https://t.co/Lm76YsSgKm

📓By @ActionAid_NL @macua_sa @SOMO

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[SOMO @SOMO]

The EU is getting #GreenHydrogen wrong 🇪🇺⚠️

We're calling for a just energy transition – just for *both* the Global North and communities in the Global South 👇

#COP29 #EUH2Week

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[🌍⚖️ Seb Duyck | @duycks.bsky.social @duycks]

📢 🇺🇳 UN #HumanRights experts raise concerns re: adoption at #COP29 of carbon market standards through a procedural twist, stressing risks for h human rights and #ClimateAction
👀 Read below the joint statement by @AttiyaWaris & @SRclimatechange ⬇️

[SOMO @SOMO]

Producing green hydrogen in a just way means:

💬 listening to mining-affected communities
📣 prioritising the voices of marginalised groups, like women and youth
👁️ holding companies accountable for human rights abuses and environmental damage

https://t.co/4R9oNPJpCT #EUH2Week

[SOMO @SOMO]

Our research team shows why #CarbonOffsets are an obstacle to real climate action on the blog 👇
https://t.co/11SWVIw1nK

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[SOMO @SOMO]

REDD+ carbon offset projects don't target the real drivers of #deforestation 🌳🌳

Most projects target forest-dependent communities and their traditional agricultural practices as a threat, instead of industrial agriculture or logging.

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[SOMO @SOMO]

Green hydrogen isn't a win-win situation‼️

In South Africa, the communities of Mokopane have faced the harmful impacts of platinum mining for decades.

And it's about to get worse 🚨

That's what our new report reveals:
https://t.co/4R9oNPJXsr
#EUH2Week @ActionAid_NL @macua_sa

[SOMO @SOMO]

What does #GreenHydrogen mean for the communities of Mokopane, South Africa?

Are marginalised communities listened to?

Tune in:
https://t.co/K6KcGdv1D5

@macua_sa @ActionAid_NL

[Mining Affected Communities United in Action @macua_sa]

Episode 5, our Green Hydrogen Podcast on “Radio Macua” titled “Women’s experiences, hopes and fears on Green Hydrogen” will be dropping this coming Wednesday.

Follow us and turn on your notifications so you don’t miss it when it drops.

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#GreenHydrogen

@DMRE_ZA

[SOMO @SOMO]

@PriceofOil 👏👏👏

[Oil Change International @PriceofOil]

Especially in the Global South, green hydrogen projects promoted by countries and companies from the Global North risk diverting renewable energy resources from meeting local populations' energy needs in an example of energy (neo)colonialism. 7/8 https://t.co/zAFeZcgPZu

[SOMO @SOMO]

@Energy4Europe @EU_Commission @H2Europe @CleanHydrogenEU The EU is getting green hydrogen wrong ⚠️

Green hydrogen is exacerbating inequalities between the Global North and the Global South; energy poverty, water scarcity, gender inequality...

We urge EU policymakers to read our report: https://t.co/4R9oNPJpCT