Svenja Meyerricks

Human ecologist & Krautscot. PhD on low carbon community projects. Degrowth, commons, climate justice, just peace. Fellow @CHumanEcology.

[Svenja Meyerricks @krautwild]

My & @cymbalics's article 'Towards critical resilience: Political and social dimensions of work in community projects' has been published in justice spatiale | spatial justice - open access, French & English!
https://t.co/LqmYdSCgqG

#community #work #criticalresilience #degrowth

[Dr. Aaron Thierry @ThierryAaron]

“[emergency doctors] who come to horrible accidents frequently... have to somehow distance themselves emotionally from that & just take a professional attitude. That’s what I’m trying to do, but I have two children & I do really worry about their future”

https://t.co/sKduPpnweh

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

As the COP29 climate meeting is reaching its end, it should not come as a surprise that yet another COP is failing. The current draft is a complete disaster. But even if our expectations are close to non-existent, we must never ever find ourselves reacting to these continuous betrayals with anything but rage.

The people in power are yet again about to agree to a death sentence to the countless people whose lives have been or will be ruined by the climate crisis. The current text is full of false solutions and empty promises. The money from the Global North countries needed to pay back their climate debt is still nowhere to be seen. The host country - Azerbaijan - is a repressive and authoritarian petro-state that has committed ethnic cleansing and genocidal acts towards Armenians. Civil society present at COP29 are being silenced, yet continue fighting and pushing negotiators towards the bare minimum.

All this while oppression, inequalities, wars and genocides all over the world continue to intensify. Those in power are worsening the destabilisation and destruction of our life supporting ecosystems. We are on track to experience the hottest year ever recorded, with the global greenhouse gases reaching an all time high just last year.

It is clear that our current systems are not working in our favour. The COP processes aren’t just failing us, they are part of a larger system built on injustice and designed to sacrifice current and future generations for the opportunity of a few to keep making unimaginable profits and continue to exploit planet and people.

With every negotiation, with every speech made by a world leader and with every agreement they sign, it becomes clear that it is up to us as a global collective to take the action we so desperately need and show where the leadership truly lies. They are not going to do it for us, as this COP29 yet again proves.
#COP29 #PayUp #ClimateJusticeNow

[Ecosocialism Conference @Ecosocial_conf]

Massive blow up at COP29 as Saudi Arabian delegates have come out and openly said they will not accept any final resolution which targets fossil fuels for reduction. This is a wrecking ball through the COP and means any final wording to come out of it will be next to useless.

[Svenja Meyerricks @krautwild]

Prof. Amos Goldberg: “Yes, it is genocide”

https://t.co/SGVFPlz7gY

[Prof Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger]

Elon Musk is the worst, reminder of a large series.

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Israeli authorities are responsible for crimes against humanity in Gaza.

New HRW report examines how Israeli authorities’ conduct has led to the displacement of over 90% of Gaza's population and widespread destruction.

Read the full report: https://t.co/NdvymRim6A

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

2. Trump’s campaign was an economic war against the interests of almost everyone on Earth, on behalf of the planet’s most powerful and destructive industries. But it was dressed up, as always, as a culture war: a trick that has been used to great effect for more than a century.

[Massive Attack @MassiveAttackUK]

Really smashed the elite there guys.

[Isabella M Weber @IsabellaMWeber]

Can we now finally have a serious conversation about an anti-fascist economics?

[Media Lens @medialens]

Unimaginable horrors await. 👇

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

God help us all.

[Svenja Meyerricks @krautwild]

@MGSchmelzer Gratuliere, Matthias! Das kann die Welt gut gebrauchen. Liebe Grüße

[Svenja Meyerricks @krautwild]

This is one of the biggest problems in capitalism actually, as we end up being ruled by and validating these people. Call them wealth hoarders, not billionaires!

[Prof Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger]

Every human population has a small percentage of sociopaths, people who just dgasf about others. Egalitarian human societies developed strong mechanisms to curb and expel them, due to the danger they posed to all. Neoliberalism and capitalism promote them to the very top.

[Matthias Schmelzer @MGSchmelzer]

“Capitalist realism is dispelled. Today it is easier to imagine the end of capitalism by 2048 than to imagine the end of the world.”

Thank you, @koheisaito0131, for endorsing our new book Future for All, out now with @MayflyBooks.

Open Access ⬇️
https://t.co/HPy9GAZMpM

[ScientistsForXR @scientistsx.bsky.social @ScientistsX]

‼️Breaking news
Scientists occupy the lobby of the Prudential Regulation Authority, responsible for the regulation of around 1,330 banks, building societies, credit unions, insurers & major investment firms
The insurance industry must stop propping up fossil fuel investments
🧵/8

[Alison Phipps አሊሰን 🧡🕊️ @alison_phipps]

We refuse to state we are “so tired” but instead to find words every day. This is our task. We are workers with words.

Poetic resistance becomes moral code, when The Wicked shred every words of its meaning the wordsmiths must work harder in the void

@SidhePress @KhawlaBadwan

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

Carbon capture instead of stopping oil & gas

EVs instead of reducing car dependency

Ocean cleanups instead of stopping plastic production

Planting trees instead of ending deforestation

Ever notice how all the fashionable 'solutions' are all aimed at not changing anything?

[UNRWA @UNRWA]

Horrifying scenes unfolding in northern #Gaza Strip, where tens of thousands of people are stranded amid intensified violence, relentless Israeli strikes, and an ever worsening humanitarian crisis.

The situation is only getting worse. This war must end.
#CeasefireNow