lien de brouckere

Advocate for #humanrights #landrights #FPIC #zerowaste #breakfreefromplastic #circulareconomy.

[BankTrack 🦋 @banktrack.bsky.social @BankTrack]

🚨 Out NOW: Six international banks helped mining company Nordgold raise #ESG-linked financing, but failed to address the impacts of its Lefa gold mine in Guinea. Today, an impacted community seeks urgent relocation & #Accountability.

Read more👇
https://t.co/btJxHbdNCk

[impakterdotcom @impakterdotcom]

Recent data reveals a stark reality: Globally, 54% of the mining projects that involve minerals used in #RenewableEnergy technologies are located on or near #indigenous lands and territories.

What's the future going to be like for them?
@CSORG

https://t.co/vAYy5Pjliw

[RAID @raidukorg]

TODAY: We join 145 organisations to condemn lawsuit brought by US-sanctioned Dan Gertler against the 'Congo is Not for Sale' coalition. It targets spokesperson Jean-Claude Mputu. Anti-#corruption campaigners should not be intimidated and silenced. https://t.co/1OesAF4lH5 #SLAPPs

[Jim Wormington @jwormington]

Aluminum’s Amazon Footprint

Deforestation, land grabs, forced labor, coal - car makers shouldn’t need any more reasons to source aluminum responsibly…

https://t.co/cgsNuTlCrC

[Jim Wormington @jwormington]

Massive iron ore project in #Guinea poses severe human rights, environmental, and climate risks.

New @hrw press release on #mining Simandou, the world’s biggest untapped high-grade #iron ore deposit.

https://t.co/dCvi0xT8bk

[CODEC-Guinée @CodecGuinee]

Nous nous engageons à apporter un accompagnement éffectif à l'État pour la mise en place des politiques foncières accessibles, inclusives et durables !

[lien de brouckere @liendebro]

Surmonter les obstacles à la sécurisation foncière des femmes en Guinée https://t.co/31GnerArYl

[OEARSE RDC @OearseRdc]

1/2 #RDC: Le profil énergétique démontre que le pays dispose d'un énorme potentiel
énergétique et diversifier étendue sur l’ensemble du territoire et pouvant permettre de
déployer rapidement le mix #énergétique.
Malheureusement, -de 5 % de ce potentiel est exploité à ce jour

[Bloomberg Green @climate]

Guinea's Simandou mountains hold the largest untapped iron-ore deposit on the planet.

A consortium of China-connected companies is moving ahead with a mining plan that jeopardizes a biologically rich ecosystem in Africa.🧵

Report by @SheridanAsia: https://t.co/urIMgZYk0G

[Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 @foeeurope]

The EU’s material footprint is double a sustainable level.

Yet overconsumption is not on the agenda at #EUGreenWeek!

The EU needs to urgently reorient to a #postgrowth economy.

Here’s how to heal the disease of overconsumption
👉https://t.co/fhPWzbl4HJ

[Jim Wormington @jwormington]

Massively increasing battery production means that we need to track down the critical raw materials needed for batteries and other energy technologies.

https://t.co/XuRqJ63o7N

[Jim Wormington @jwormington]

THREAD ON ELECTRIC CARS, HUMAN RIGHTS, BATTERIES, TRANSITION MINERALS

EU institutions are negotiating a law on batteries. What’s that got to do with human rights?

[lien de brouckere @liendebro]

European electric car makers have a Russian nickel problem https://t.co/RpiUerlFNF

[lien de brouckere @liendebro]

Wow this deadline spells disaster for communities and the environment at Simandou. #guinea #humanrights #mining

[Helen Reid @helenmariareid]

Simandou iron ore mine developers Rio Tinto and Winning Consortium Simandou risk penalties if they don't meet Guinea's end-2024 deadline https://t.co/PjFpzKhCue

[GAIA -Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives @GAIAnoburn]

#BREAKING

#UNEA5.2 today approved the proposal to create a mandate for a legally binding, global #plasticstreaty covering the full lifecycle of plastic.

Read our statement: https://t.co/ZgMx8iY6J6

👏👏👏
#breakfreefromplastic

[GAIA -Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives @GAIAnoburn]

The time for a legally binding, life cycle #plasticstreaty is NOW.

READ our piece in @ForeignPolicy

#AllEyesOnUNEA #breakfreefromplastic

https://t.co/C6obIKyl2S @ciel_tweets @brkfreeplastic

[lien de brouckere @liendebro]

Moving mining from one site to another doesn’t address the root causes of predatory extraction in the first place: the policies, everyday practices, and modes of production and consumption that require a constant stream of raw materials. https://t.co/s5b9vjbovU

[Jim Wormington @jwormington]

What is the future of #Guinea’s mining sector after the coup?

My @TRF oped: https://t.co/JBmFCvhZ7N

[Inclusive Development International @inclusivedevt]

Our report with @hrw shines a light on the human rights impacts of the #aluminum industry, concluding that car companies like @Daimler, @Ford, @GM, @Stellantis, @renaultgroup, & @Toyota must do more to ensure respect for human rights in their supply chain. https://t.co/D4QNdkxWyq