Robert Pitman

[Natural Resource Governance Institute @NRGInstitute]

📢 We are seeking a consultant to develop a draft citizen engagement strategy in the extractive sector.

The consultancy includes strategy design, stakeholder consultation and producing a public guidance note.

Apply by 22 July 👉 https://t.co/HNwfyJPgIp

[Resource Justice Network @RJNglobal]

This isn’t a shortcut — it’s a step backwards.

The cost? Trust, transparency, and long-term value for people & planet.

Must-read from @RohiteshDhawan & @SuneetaKaimal via @ReutersSust

🔗 https://t.co/N1jyzmHp0t

@NRGInstitute @transparencyUSA @FACTCoalition @BHRRC

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[Resource Justice Network @RJNglobal]

“Corruption doesn’t level the playing field — it rigs it.” ⚖️🛑

It rewards the unscrupulous over the responsible — and in mining, where lives, land & livelihoods are at stake, that’s dangerous. 🌍

Read more: https://t.co/N1jyzmHp0t

@Ianpgary @pitmanrob @KeRafitoson

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[Resource Justice Network @RJNglobal]

The #EU wants to replace its corporate accountability directives #CSRD & #CSDDD by a weak #omnibus proposal.

Amongst other setbacks, the omnibus would erase sector-specific standards for #oil, #gas & #mining industries.

Read the CSO statement: https://t.co/llIXafzjYk

[Joseph Kraus @hurrayforfacts]

Some #climate relevant news ahead of COP29: New analysis reveals that rich countries spend 6 times more on fossil fuel subsidies than on climate finance to vulnerable countries. https://t.co/pjyfSA75hs

[ReCommon @Recommon]

🔴Gubad Ibadoghlu is a renowned economist and critic of the Azeri fossil fuel industry. Last year he was severely beaten by police and imprisoned on fabricated charges while visiting Azerbaijan.
We met her daughter @BayramovaZhala.

📹Watch her interview. #COP29 #FreeGubad

[Tutu Alicante @TutuAlicante]

While thousands of people in #EquatorialGuinea continue to live in entrenched, grinding poverty and inequality created by Teodorin, oil company execs wine and dine him in NYC.

[Patrick Heller @prpheller]

Decompressing after hectic Climate Week NY, so huge that it feels like we each get only a small slice. Some highlights from my slice. General impression first: feels like minerals equity has turned a corner, from being seen as fringe in climate circles to recognized as essential.

[Natural Resource Governance Institute @NRGInstitute]

"At #ClimateWeekNYC we're promoting social accountability within producer countries. For too long, the #methane discussion has been driven at the global level & has been focused on investors & international institutions."

📺@pitmanrob + @tgikoli7

More: https://t.co/gUoL7Xhny4

[Andrea Furnaro @AndreaFurnaro]

This new briefing shows #Pemex faces greater financial costs than ever if it fails to reduce GHGs. My colleagues @mfballe and @pitmanrob offer recommendations to close the gap between the NOC’s sustainability plan and its effective implementation.

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https://t.co/zsRHSgqWB6

[Tengi George-Ikoli @tgikoli7]

@NRGInstitute's President & CEO @suneetajan at IEA-COP29 Presidency High-Level Event on "Turning Methane Pledges into Action" @pitmanrob ensuring the perspectives of lowtomiddle income countries are reflected in thinking on global energy transition @EnvDefenseFund #ClimateWeekNYC

[Thomas Scurfield @thomasscurfield]

⛏️ New UN guidance calls for justice and equity to be at the center of transition mineral supply chains.

An important step, which @NRGInstitute is proud to have been part of. But lots of work ahead to ensure effective follow-through.

For more: https://t.co/LajextM3Mo

[richard shotton @rshotton]

Fascinating data analysis from the Economist looking at 7.5m US car crashes

The chart below shows likelihood of you dying in a car crash by weight of your car (grey line) and weight of other car (red line)

So it’s in our own self interest to get a heavier car (slight reduction in chance of our own death) but definitely not in society’s (big increase in chance other driver dies if our car gets heavier)

Potential case for additional tax for cars over 4000lbs (from that point on there’s little extra safety for the driver but a lot of risk for others)

[Resource Justice Network @RJNglobal]

🌍As we approach #COP29 the world is watching Azerbaijan

Dr Gubad Ibadoughlu was arrested a year ago on fabricated charges & still awaits trial

Last week his son delivered a letter signed by 25 UK lawmakers to the Azerbaijan embassy calling for his immediate release

#FreeGubad

[Natural Resource Governance Institute @NRGInstitute]

"#Nigeria must balance gas expansion with climate goals," says NRGI's @tgikoli7 on @ARISEtv with @aledeh, calling for stronger methane reduction frameworks toward net zero by 2060.

Full interview: https://t.co/apmxkzd1wR

More insights in this briefing: https://t.co/8u9aAaMwuw

[Natural Resource Governance Institute @NRGInstitute]

🌍 Civic space violations threaten effective resource governance, especially in extractive industries. Learn how countries can protect civic space amid the energy transition in this post by @NxumaloPhesheya & @pitmanrob.

https://t.co/L0PkKR8GkO

[Resource Justice Network @RJNglobal]

All eyes are on the UNSG's Critical Energy Transition Minerals panel this week👀

🤝210 organisations, including Indigenous Peoples groups, unions, climate & human rights groups, have developed recommendations for a just global energy transition

🔗https://t.co/Wo3juqgg58

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[Matteo Civillini @m_civillini]

The UAE launched $30bn green fund ALTERRA at COP28 to much acclaim. Its stated focus would be "entirely on climate solutions".

Yet four months later a BlackRock fund backed by ALTERRA snapped up a gas pipeline in North America.

https://t.co/tpfdNGTFzR

[Resource Justice Network @RJNglobal]

A year ago, the #anticorruption expert Gubad Ibadoghlu was arrested in Baku.

🔇Repression of critical voices is increasing in #Azerbaijan. We can’t remain silent.

📢Gubad’s children are sending a message to people going to #COP29: speak up!

#FreeGubad

https://t.co/4a6JpYBigu

[Resource Justice Network @RJNglobal]

A glimmer of hope: Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu was granted house arrest, allowing crucial access to medical care.🌟

But he remains conditionally imprisoned and confined to Baku. Our fight for his freedom and open civic space in Azerbaijan goes on.

#FreeGubad
https://t.co/SYfxUeXvKx