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Hundreds of Indigenous and Frontline activists demand world leaders deliver a strong treaty for people, community and climate! 🌍
Help amplify their voices and get world leaders to champion a strong Global Plastics Treaty that drastically cuts plastic production. 📣
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Leave something to your children. Future generations need to live in a world with gorillas. Share a wish for the forest
#CongoBasinWish
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Nestlé uses more than 2.8 billion pounds (1.3 million metric tonnes) of plastic each year 🥤🥤🥤🥤🥤🥤🥤- and only 1% of its entire packaging is reusable. Its plastic waste has been discovered in over 30 countries worldwide.
The plastic pollution crisis is out of control! ✊🏽
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This. 👊
"We are in the country that built pyramids." Barbados PM Mia Mottley slams inaction on the climate crisis at
#COP27
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@miaamormottley
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Governments - take a page out of Hikmet's book! 💚💚
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Join us on Twitter Spaces this Friday @ 13:00 SAST for more on
#UNEA
, the global plastic treaty and how you can play your part and have a say! 🎉💪>>
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
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The entire industry is built on colonialism and injustice.
For a safe and fair world, we need climate justice and to fast-track a just transition to clean, renewable energy that will create jobs across Africa.
Add your voice 👉
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She DID NOT hold back 😮
"Men in office, do you wish to be remembered as one who did a lot of nothing while in power?"
@Leahinitiative
delivers scathing, powerful words at
#COP27
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There is no economic growth on a dead planet.
Pass it on.
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From all over South Africa people are uniting to
#SaveTheWildCoast
. On Friday our friends at
#SeaTheBiggerPicture
helped us send a clear message to Shell! This is NOT over. Sign our petition:
#ToHellWithShell
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They can crop out a photo, but they can’t erase what an inspiration .
@vanessa_vash
has, and continues to be, for African youth in the fight against the
#ClimateCrisis
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Youth in 2 052 places in 123 countries across the globe are taking a stand demanding
#ClimateAction
!💪 💪 💪.
Students outside parliament in
#CapeTown
making their voices heard.
#FridaysForFuture
#SchoolsStrike4Climate
#ClimateStrike
#Fridays4Future
Video source: .
@AshrafRSA
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⛔ BREAKING NEWS ⛔
Our friends in the Netherlands gave
@Shell
a taste of their own medicine 🙌 Shell's reckless seismic blasting off SA’s Wild Coast will have a devastating impact on marine life.
#StopShell
:
#ToHellWithShell
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@OceanCLTV
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@soufien_kontrast
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🚨🚨 This month, the UN will meet in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss solving the plastic pollution crisis via - a global, legally-binding treaty on plastic. Join our Twitter space to find out more >>
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
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We are sad to bid farewell to a great defender of liberty, a man of sharp intellect and of deep love for humanity and the planet.
#RIPDesmondTuTu
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Today a High Court ordered Shell to CEASE its seismic blasting along South Africa’s Wild Coast, while ordering Shell and the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy to pay the costs of the application for the interim interdict.
#ToHellWithShell
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The exploration of oil in the DRC will affect pristine biodiversity, cause premature deaths and severe health problems for local communities.
We can and must live in harmony with nature.
Add your voice 👉
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Scientists just discovered 60 million ice fish nests on the floor of the Weddell Sea 😮😮.
This is the biggest fish breeding ground IN THE WORLD. We need to protect it from destructive industries and make it a safe haven for marine life to thrive.
#ProtectTheOceans
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Did you get that? 🤔 No?
Well, then let's spell it out for you.
Renewable energy is the key to Africa's development - not this colonial agenda of extractivism.
#COP27
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Toxic pesticides banned in Europe, but being pushed to Global South farmers. 😡
Don't you think our leaders should be doing something about this?
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We cannot recycle our way out of the plastics crisis.
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Kenyan farmers who share their own seeds face:
1. PRISON sentence of up to two years, OR
2. FINE of up to 1,000,000 Kenyan Shillings (8,000 US Dollars)
All the while big companies are profiting! 😡
How's that fair?
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The climate crisis is REAL!
DEFORESTATION is a major contributor!
Sign the petition to stop the sacrifice of the Congo Rainforest to the GREEDY OIL INDUSTRY! 👉
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Should big corporations stop producing unnecessary single-use plastic?
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🚨VICTORY
The Makhanda High Court JUST revoked
@Shell
's exploration rights to do seismic blasting off the Wild Coast of SA! This is a massive victory for local communities fighting toxic fossil fuel companies to protect their livelihoods and our environment✊✊
.
@naturaljustice
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BREAKING NEWS: Mauritians take to the streets to denounce their government's perceived mishandling of the oil disaster! 🇲🇺 We stand in solidarity with Mauritius!
#NotoOil
#ProtectTheOceans
#JusticeforMauritius
#Mauritius
#MauritiusOilSpill
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Big brands need to keep oil and gas in the ground and protect our climate against the destruction caused by plastic pollution.
Add your voice 👉
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This is the MAGIC 💥 that happens when people come together to make a change. 💚
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Hey South African activists! Be sure to join in on the action at the Global Climate Strikes this Friday.
Contact
@ChristineCooman
for more information.
#ClimateStrikes
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WHY DID WE DO IT? 🤔
The South African govt is blocking progress, jobs and a key solution to the load shedding crisis.
They must commit to signing an additional 13,600 MW of renewable energy to the grid by end of 2023.
Enough to power a MILLION homes.
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Don't underestimate your power to make a difference in calling out polluting organisations! 💪
Add your voice 👉
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An exposé by
@UE
revealed that the American Chemistry Council wants to use the US-Kenya trade deal to expand plastics across Africa >>
Urge
@Trade_Kenya
to say NO >>
.
@GreenpeaceUK
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@greenpeaceusa
#PlasticFreeSeptember
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Due to hunting and poaching, these magnificent creatures were classed as Vulnerable on the Red List of Threatened Species. Today we remind ourselves we have a responsibility to put a STOP to this SILENT EXTINCTION! >>
#worldgiraffeday
#silentextinction
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There is no Planet B.
People everywhere are rising up against the fossil fuel industry.
As Africans, we are on the frontline of a new colonial scramble for oil and gas.
It’s time to resist. It’s time for justice.
Add your voice 👉
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On August 28, Kenya will enforce a ban on the manufacture, supply and use of plastic bags. Who's excited? >>
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Our volunteers will no longer allow plastic-producing corporations to get away with plastic pollution crisis they have put us in.
Our volunteers are collecting plastic trash within their communities and sending them back to the polluters. 👏
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FACT: Plastics are making the climate crisis worse - 99% of plastics are made from fossil fuels and corporations keep making more.
We need a solution that matches the scale of the plastic pollution problem, and a global treaty on plastic is that solution.
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“We cannot eat oil. We cannot drink oil. ENOUGH with the fossil fuel industry!” -
@vanessa_vash
speaks out speaks out to call for an end to the oil age!
#BreakFreeFromFossilFuels
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Happy
#WorldKindnessDay
!
A nice moment to think about how we can be more kind to ourselves and our planet.
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❌ Deforestation as a result of the oil industry's greed
✔️ Renewable energy and living in harmony with nature
If you agree - add your voice here 👉
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African leaders must do better for our people:
1. Phase out coal in all African countries
2. Resist the new scramble for African oil and gas
3. Ditch short-term, reckless investments in fossil fuels
4. End new industrial logging in rainforests
5. Curtail illegal fishing
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Today is the BIG day! A huge thumbs up to Kenya for making this commitment!
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"Decades of fossil fuel development has failed to help the 600 MILLION people in sub-Saharan Africa without basic electricity access."
@vanessa_vash
One of many young climate activists' voices concerned about the future of our planet and the climate crisis.
#COP27
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This Thursday we'll find out if our united court action with partners and coastal communities to STOP Shell for good, has been successful ✊ Have a look at our journey thus far to stop
Shell from destroying the Wild Coast 👉👉
#ToHellWithShell
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Who should be responsible for plastic pollution?
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We need a global plastics treaty because the plastic pollution crisis touches every corner of the globe.
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⛔ URGENT⛔
Shell’s seismic survey on the Wild Coast will be destructive in several ways! The best way to mitigate the effects of seismic surveys is NOT TO DO IT!
#StopShell
from seismically blasting the Wild Coast >>
#ToHellWithShell
📸
@Desiree_Laverne
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SERIOUSLY?! 😱 😱 😱
This is video footage taken at the Nairobi River. This has to stop, it's insane!
If you haven't yet, ADD YOUR NAME calling out these corporations for contributing to single-use plastic waste >>
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
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A strong message from
@vanessa_vash
!
Tell the African Union to act now for Africa and the planet.
Add your voice 👉
#AfricaClimateSummit
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BIG NEWS! 🥳
Canadian oil company ReconAfrica suspends controversial drilling in Namibia's Okavango Delta watershed, facing environmental concerns and lawsuits!
The company faces class action lawsuits from Namibia's Ministry of Environment, Forests and Tourism.
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It's impossible to tree-plant our way out of the
#ClimateCrisis
. Recognising the land rights of Indigenous Peoples & other local communities in defending rainforests is the best solution to
#SaveCongoRainforest
>>
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@sylvie_djacbou
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@LamfuY
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“The plan for big oil companies to trash Congo’s most sensitive ecosystems is a historic error that must be scrapped immediately.” -
@Irenewabiwa
>>
#SaveCongoRainforest
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@unkyoka
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Be sure to join the incredible line-up of panellists on this Twitter Space this Friday 😍😍 >>
#GenderEquality
is a key ingredient for an equitable future as the
#ClimateCrisis
intensifies.
#WomenEmpowerment
.
@Shenever_knew
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@ComSecYouth
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🚨 EXPOSED: Can you believe the fossil fuel industry has insurance? Watch the video to see why. Our research shows that any company that’s allowed exploration and exploitation rights in the DRC oil auction could find itself without financial protection.
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HAPPENING NOW📢
We’re in Nairobi for the
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
movement March with a clear message, END THE AGE OF PLASTIC!
#GlobalPlasticsTreaty
@brkfreeplastic
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We demand an end to the era of fossil fuels.
Polluters must pay for the damages they continue to cause across Africa.
Add your voice 👉
🎨 Karien van Wyk
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“More and more people are stepping up to fight for
#ClimateJustice
and against
#coal
. We are with you, brave activist in Germany – your fight is also ours!"
#Hambacherforst
#EndCoal
#HambiBleibt
.
@greenpeace_de
.
@HambiBleibt
.
@greenpeacepress
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WATCH 🚨 our activists just paid a visit to SA's Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe while he addressed a room of company heads and African Ministers.
Isn't it time we ended his obsession with coal and sorted out load shedding
@PresidencyZA
?
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No tree, no tomorrow - PERIOD!
Add your voice to ensure we all have a safe and sustainable tomorrow for all 👉
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Do you think we can recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis?
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Our present is struggling.
Our future needs alternatives.
A fair, green and peaceful world is possible but we have to work together to build it. Change is happening – alternatives already exist.
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.
@Irenewabiwa
says, “instead of allowing new ways of destruction, DRC needs a permanent forest protection plan, taking into account the management by local & indigenous populations who live there & depend on it for their survival”. >>
#SaveCongoRainforest
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“Leaders: you must wake up, you must listen to the science, and you must face the climate emergency.” –
@vanessa_vash
,
#ClimateActivist
>>
#ClimateCrisis
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The death of at least 17 dolphins is a great loss for Mauritius’s
#Biodiversity
, and necessitates a thorough investigation.
If the recent oil spill is indeed the cause of this tragedy, then those responsible for it MUST be held accountable!
#BreakFreeFromFossilFuels
📸 :Shav
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Today, our Nairobi team is .
@NestleEAR
HQ to bring the
#PlasticMonster
back home to them. The company’s 3rd place ranking in the 2018 global brand audit of top polluters contradicts their claim of taking plastic pollution seriously.
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
#PlasticPollution
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Volunteers from Douala will not stand for the
#PlasticPollution
that plagues their communities! 😡😡 Stand by them in calling for strong, legally binding global treaty that covers the entire life cycle of plastics 💪💪 >>
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
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We want climate justice in 2024!
Will you help us get it?
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Happening NOW! Consumers and farmers in Nairobi march to the Kenyan parliament to hand over a petition calling for better support for
#EcologicalFarming
to ensure safe and healthy food is produced in the country's food system and farmer's welfare is secured.
#FoodForLife
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An important story about the uniqueness of the
#CongoBasin
forest, and why we should fight for its existence and the protection of its caretakers >>
#ProtectTheForest
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Leo makes his biggest commitment ever to the environment
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PLASTIC IS OIL!
But that's not a problem if we just recycle, right?
Not when we find it is being dumped in other countries or being burnt.
Only a tiny fraction ever gets recycled - so let's stop falling for these greenwashing tactics.
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“Plastic threatens human health at every stage of its production pipeline - from the extraction of the fossil carbon, to its manufacture, use & disposal.” - Philip Landrigan, director of the Global Observatory on Pollution & Health >>
#PlasticPollution
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The Okavango Delta is one of Africa’s most prominent
#Biodiversity
hotspots.
It's now threatened by the oil industry.
Stand with
@fff_whk
as they strive to protect it >>
#BreakFreeFromFossilFuels
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Today we stand in solidarity with all the courageous
#ClimateStrike
youth leaders across Africa who are demanding
#ClimateActionNow
! ✊✊
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My New Year's resolution is to connect with nature!
What's yours? 😘
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The
#ClimateStrike
youth leaders are our future and Greenpeace Africa stands behind them!
#ClimateActionNow
#FridaysForFuture
#ClimateJustice
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Support individuals and community members that will be devastated by oil extraction in the Congo Basin Rainforest.
Add your voice 👉
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The draconian seed law in Kenya steals farmers’ right to choose and grow what they want, pushing them towards costly, corporate-controlled seeds.
Stand with Kenyan farmers! Demand an end to the seed law and support their fight for seed sovereignty 👉🏾
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46 million people in the Horn of Africa are facing food insecurity due to consecutive years of climate-induced droughts.
Together, we can bring relief and hope to the lives of millions 👉
📽️
@vanessa_vash
(X)
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BREAKING: Congo oil and gas auction exposed as a sham and monumental fail. The DRC government has tried to sell off oil fields the size of Ghana for the third time - and FAILED! This is thanks to the thousands of Africans rising against the scramble for oil & gas on the continent
Report dates limites de depots des candidatures
Appel d'Offres sur les quatre (4) Blocs pétroliers du Graben Albertine.
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Supporters attaching their wish for the Congo Basin Forest to a tree. Do the same with by sharing your wish with the hashtag
#CongoBasinWish
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Renewable energy could provide more than 90% of Africa's rural electrification needs by 2030, according to the African Development Bank.
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What we want is a fair future for all.
Future generations are counting on us. Let's not let them down.
Add your voice to hold polluters accountable 👉
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There is no economic growth on a dead planet.
Pass it on.
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📣 Corporations!
📣 Governments!
Kenyan farmers will NOT be SILENCED!
Punitive seed law that jails farmers for sharing or exchanging their own seeds must be overturned.
Add your voice to theirs 👉
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🛑Plastic is clogging our world!
Join the movement to reduce plastic production for a cleaner, greener future: 👇
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This incident must be investigated fully and transparently!
If the oil spill was indeed the cause of this tragedy, then the polluters must be held accountable for the harm done to coastal communities and their
#Biodiversity
>>
#BreakFreeFromFossilFuels
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WATCH: Oil companies are the good guys right?
@TotalEnergies
make big bucks & wreck Africa while using its biggest sporting event
#AFCON2024
to convince us they care - they don't.
Time for them to stop drilling & start paying.
#KickTotalOutOfAFCON
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Check out all the beautiful things we saw in the Amazon Reef, then add your name and tell world leaders to create a strong Global Ocean Treaty now! >>
#ProtectTheOceans
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Devastating floods in Ladysmith, South Africa claim 21 lives with many missing.
This underscores the urgent need for governments to take decisive action against polluters!
Our condolences go out to the families who have lost loved ones during this catastrophic event. ❤️
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“Leaders: you must wake up, you must listen to the science, and you must face the climate emergency.”-
@vanessa_vash
>>
Tell your government to take
#ClimateActionNow
>>
📷 📷
@Riseupmovt
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@AP
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The
#ClimateCrisis
threatens to destroy our planet’s
#Biodiversity
on land and in the oceans >>
Here's how you can help protect it >>
#ProtectTheOceans
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