Richard Pearshouse

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[Richard Pearshouse @RPearshouse]

👇🏻👇🏻Job alert: we ⁦@hrw⁩ are recruiting a Fossil Fuels Senior Researcher with at least 7 yrs experience working at the intersection of human rights + the fossil fuel industry. Deadline Nov 3.

Further details: https://t.co/2sb0cVl4V4

📷 © 2018 Christophe Viseux/Bloomberg

[Luciana Téllez @lucianatellez]

I spoke to @FRANCE24 about our @hrw investigation into Indigenous rights abuses at one of the world's largest carbon offsetting projects, located in Cambodia. Our efforts to pursue accountability for rights violations are ongoing - watch this space.

[Giorgi Gogia @Giorgi_Gogia]

“We are gathered here for the good of humanity” -says Azerbaijani #COP29 official while failing to respond to important question on the govt’s relentless crackdown on climate activists &other critics in the country. Decimating civil society NOT good for any humanity! #FreeThemAll

[Erica Bower @EricaRBower]

At COP29? Join this side event tomorrow where we tackle one of the most thorny aspects of the #ClimateCrisis. No community *wants* to abandon their home, but if it’s a last resort, how to plan a relocation in a dignified way? What role can human rights guardrails play?

[Global Witness @Global_Witness]

🚨BREAKING: COP29 CEO EXPOSED using climate summit to discuss new oil deals

Our latest investigation exposes how Azerbaijan were willing to facilitate fossil fuel deals as part of a sponsorship package. 🌍💰

https://t.co/BZyXqKWTpn

[Richard Pearshouse @RPearshouse]

"We have a lot of gas fields that are to be developed”

- Elnur Soltanov, chief of Azerbaijan's #COP29 team, discussing "investment opportunities" in the state oil + gas company with a man posing as a potential investor https://t.co/YzpdaWYnvZ

[Richard Pearshouse @RPearshouse]

Given yesterday’s US presidential election results, the need for strong action within the framework of global climate diplomacy becomes more urgent- not less.

@hrw demands countries come to #COP29 with clear plans to phase out fossil fuels https://t.co/uusQiGvO2K

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Trees are essential for life on earth — and almost a third of tree species are facing extinction in the wild.

Strong laws are needed to combat deforestation and incentivize conservation.

[HRW en français @hrw_fr]

Les projets de la RD Congo en matière de forage pétrolier et gazier manquent de clarté https://t.co/dkpZvXVl7L

[Richard Pearshouse @RPearshouse]

The massive expansion of oil + gas production in DR Congo would threaten human rights and worsen the climate crisis.

Local groups are right to point out that the govt's recent decision to cancel the auction of 27 oil blocks doesn't quell concerns.

https://t.co/M1Punnqxot

[HRW en français @hrw_fr]

L’#Azerbaïdjan accueillera en novembre la conférence mondiale sur le climat #COP29. Mais ses propres projets liés aux combustibles fossiles ne répondent pas aux objectifs de l’Accord de Paris. https://t.co/nl15kIOoAe

[Mark Dummett @MarkDummett]

Earlier this week the Nigerian oil industry regulator @NUPRCofficial announced it was blocking the sale of Shell's polluting Niger Delta business. (Thread)
https://t.co/b3tpC175GY

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Azerbaijan, this year’s host of the global climate conference COP29, plans to expand gas production in the next decade.

These plans undermine the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

[Netflix Canada @Netflix_CA]

The Wet’suwet’en nation is fighting to protect their ancestral lands from several of the largest fossil fuel companies on Earth. YINTAH, a feature-length documentary spanning more than a decade of their fight, is now on Netflix.

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

COLUMN: Electricity consumption is accelerating faster than renewable sources can provide. And so the world -- or, better said, China and India -- turns to coal.

@Opinion #CoalTwitter #EnergyTransition

https://t.co/DJw288wpHu

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

A joint investigation by POLITICO and @Source_Mat found at least nine instances of covert shadow fleet vessels leaving spills in the world’s waters since 2021.

It’s a problem that’s only grown worse following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

🔗 https://t.co/biw0jlM0Yf

[Katie Buehler @bykatiebuehler]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court votes 7-1 to allow the @EPA to implement new greenhouse gas emissions standards for power plants, even as several states, companies and industry groups challenge the rule is unlawful.
Justice Thomas dissented & Justice Alito didn't participate #SCOTUS

[Richard Pearshouse @RPearshouse]

Today #EU ambassadors decide on the
@EU_Commission proposal to delay the #EUDR

@hrw + 225 organisations urge EU governments & @Europarl_EN to reject this delay.

The need for the EUDR is as pressing as ever.

Full #Together4Forests statement:
https://t.co/jFMWW70xa2

[Richard Pearshouse @RPearshouse]

The EU has just significantly improved outdoor air quality standards. The directive still needs to be incorporated in national laws but it will open new avenues to challenge the extreme pollution from fossil fuel infrastructure in Europe's sacrifice zones

https://t.co/T6M7dVZg5g

[Mark Dummett @MarkDummett]

Amnesty's new human rights ranking of the EV industry is out today

#recharge4rights

[Hugh Williamson @HughAWilliamson]

.@FinancialTimes gets right to the point in an editorial in today’s paper @hrw