Ioannis Aeon Agapakis

Lawyer at @ClientEarth

#EnvironmentalJustice. #ClimateJustice. #Biodiversity.
No "business-as-usual" on a burning planet.

(Views expressed are my own)

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

Against all odds!
#RestoreNature is now a reality, thanks to the coordinated & tireless work & dedication of so many individuals across NGOs (our own coalition and beyond), Member States (ie @Teresaribera , @lgewessler), businesses, scientists & over 1m citizens!

[ClientEarth Europe @ClientEarthEUR]

.@EU_Commission's proposal to scale down wolf protections is flawed & shouldn't be adopted, says the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe. The wolf is falling prey to unscientific political games that endanger the core of EU biodiversity conservation. 🔎🐺https://t.co/HLqfSqvygQ

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

@Giorgos_Lialios Έχοντας παρακολουθήσει στενά όλη τη νομοπαρασκευαστική διαδικασία της ανα��εωρημένης οδηγίας για τις ΑΠΕ και κάνοντας νομική έρευνα για την εφαρμογή της, μπορώ να σας πω με βεβαιότητα ότι οι "ανεπιθύμητες καταστάσεις" που αναφέρετε, θα είναι δυστυχώς αναπόφευκτες.

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

Very mixed feelings with @COP16Oficial . I am afraid that we are setting ourselves up for "Aichi 2.0", failing to meet any of the Targets by the end of the decade.

[Pierre Cannet @pierrecannet]

#COP16 concluded with a bittersweet taste of unfinished business for nature and people. From 3/4 of countries’ national plans missing to billions in finance gaps, to decisions on financing and monitoring postponed, many governments have so far failed to keep their promises. (1/2)

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

@99blackbaloons After spending two weeks at @COP16Oficial theoretically advocating for biodiversity conservation, I was slapped once again with the "reality" that humanity's "purpose" is, indeed, the call of perpetual growth and extractivism.

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

Despite the inconclusive outcomes on other issues, #COP16Colombia delivered for #indigenous peoples' rights

[COP16 COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 @COP16Oficial]

¡Esto es un verdadero hito! Celebramos la aprobación del órgano subsidiario para el Artículo 8J de @UNBiodiversity. Con esto cumplimos uno de los principales objetivos para la #COP16Colombia, la COP de la gente.

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

@COP16Oficial : While some, incl. the @EU_Commission, are pushing hard for the commodification of #nature, #indigenous peoples' reps shed light on the #genocide they experience from #BigOil, #carbon markets & #deforestation.
"Stop #extractivism, our lands are not for sale".

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

I highly regret @IUCN 's side event on financing the #Amazon 's #conservation , where one of the speakers shamelessly said that there can never be adequate public funding to cover the biodiversity financing gap & we need to rely on the private sector. 😂

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

And yet @COP16Oficial has been, till now, silent on the major impacts of industrial animal farming on biodiversity, indigenous & other human rights.

#CoP16
#GoVegan
#deforestation
#soy

[ClientEarth @ClientEarth]

We’re calling for an investigation into German meat producers for possible ties to human rights and environmental abuses. The companies use soy from Brazil for animal feed where these violations are rife. We don't think they're complying with German law.
https://t.co/jXXsB9cQvY

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

We need resilient ecosystems at the centre of the fight against climate change, not unproven, unreliable and excessively costly technological solutions.

[ClientEarth @ClientEarth]

Today’s UK budget announcement raises real concerns.

Pouring billions into carbon capture makes no sense when it's at the expense of support for effective solutions like home insulation and improved public transport.

Read our statement: https://t.co/zCUfsUk9fD

#UKBudget2024

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

"Marine conservation" without a total ban on bottom trawling is nonsensical, at best.

[ClientEarth @ClientEarth]

⚠ We're taking the Spanish government to court to stop bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas. The government has flouted the rules so we're taking action with @OceanaEurope to make sure that "Protected” means “Protected”.

https://t.co/bI95TUzcwT

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

Full house in @EU_Commission 's event on #biodiversitycredits. @florikafink talked about non-commodification of #nature, still she referred to a purely #market mechanism to fill the biodiversity financing gap.
This is #deregulation in its worst form.
@COP16Oficial
#COP

[Ariel Brunner🇺🇦 #Xdissenter @ArielBrunner]

The EU is shaming itself by trying to prevent vital biodiversity conservation measure to cater for a small and rapacious commercial lobby (Danish sand eels trawlers).
@vonderleyen please put some order in the house.

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

... And the EU vs wildlife fight continues.
Seriously, is everything ok with y'all down at the @EU_Commission ? Blink twice if you need help.

[Ariel Brunner🇺🇦 #Xdissenter @ArielBrunner]

EU vs Puffins-
Shamefully, the EU has just triggered post Brexit arbitration mechanism to to try and force the UK to reopening the ecologically devastating Sandeels fishery that is at the heart of the collapse of North Sea marine food chains. https://t.co/bMUzDxsAmm

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

These are your elected representatives. Nothing more to be said.

[Thomas Bajada @thomasbajada]

This is embarrassing.

This was the @Europarl_EN Plenary during the rare debate discussing the ocean, at such a perilous time for #ourocean and our future.

#EUOceanPact needs political will from all, including the leadership of this same parliament.

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

I am glad that @EU_Commission 's asks at #COP16 are a bit more science-based than its proposal to downgrade the wolf.
#COP16Colombia

[ClientEarth Europe @ClientEarthEUR]

🐺As EU leaders meet their counterparts at #COP16 to discuss how to reverse biodiversity loss and step up species conservation, let's not forget their absurd recent decision to lower wolf protection despite its key role in maintaining healthy ecosystems and biodiversity.

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

@meme_ec Accurate, although not that intellectual.

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

EU Dystopia: Member States want to downgrade the protection of cormorants for... eating too much fish!

Let's do everything, besides addressing the elephant in the room: overfishing!

[BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @BirdLifeEurope]

🚨Cormorants are under attack! Why? Because they eat fish.🤯

"It’s a classic tale of man versus beast, only instead of the great white shark, it’s seals and cormorants that are keeping ministers in European Union countries on the Baltic Sea awake at night. The countries, backed by a number of others, have united in a push to relax EU rules limiting the shooting of seals and cormorants, arguing that these predators threaten their fish stocks and, by extension, coastal communities."

Read the full article: https://t.co/ad6coAAfyH
#Agrifish #restorenature

[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

... and what of national legal action? While a full assessment of revised #NBSAPs & national targets has not yet been completed, early insights show that the #KMGBF has not triggered highly necessary legal reforms to align sectoral legislation with global #biodiversity objectives

[ClientEarth @ClientEarth]

With #COP16, the UN biodiversity conference in full swing in Cali, Colombia, we're setting out the key actions and outcomes we need to see from this nature COP.

Here's what some of our lawyers and policy experts on the ground have to say
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[Ioannis Aeon Agapakis @IoannisAgapakis]

Currently following negotiations at #COP16Cali. Besides the interesting events on amazing initiatives around the world, one may still wonder if world leaders will achieve the #KMGBF 's targets? Short answer is: not in the absence of a proper review mechanism & adequate funding!

[ClientEarth @ClientEarth]

Right now, world leaders at #COP16 are discussing progress made towards nature protection.

1 week later, leaders will gather for #COP29 to assess progress made on tackling climate change.

But what's the link between these two global crises? 👇 https://t.co/xPWpLGHLwY