All things forests, climate, human rights. Campaigner at @Global_Witness. Persisting is resisting. Views my own. She/her.
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Giulia Bondi retweeted
What a day to be alive: the EU Council (!) rejected European Parliament controversial amendments to deforestation law one-year postponement, saying they want to stick to the Commission's proposal instead
✒️@EleonoraVasques and myself
euronews.com/my-europe/2024/…
The same corporations that are complicit in global #deforestation are also attending #COP29 and influencing the talks.
Analysis by @DeSmog shows large numbers of Big Ag lobbyists on the ground in Baku: theguardian.com/environment/…
💡Why the #EUDR amendments voted last week would create more confusion and risky loopholes: wri.org/news/statement-propo…
Giulia Bondi retweeted
Worried about climate change? 🌍
Concerned that our forests are going up in smoke?
Next time you hear of a forest burning, thank these MEPs👇
They voted to delay the deforestation law (#EUDR) and created huge loopholes, allowing corporations to continue destroying forests.
The @Europarl_EN agreed to a one-year delay of the #EUDR. But also to include a fourth-category to the risk assessment of countries, that is 'no-risk'. This would simply create further confusion to companies and undermine the objective of the law.
globalwitness.org/en/press-r…
Giulia Bondi retweeted
🪓 Between 2022 and 2024, @EPPgroup changed their tune on forests
💥 This is responsible for lots of confusion
✅ We need clear rules to stop #deforestation
❌ That's why MEPs should vote NO to all amendments and NO to any delay on Thursday
xitter.cf/EPPGroup/status/156933…
🪓Between 1990 and 2020, 429 million hectares of forest were cut down worldwide.
💥This is responsible for 11% of greenhouse gases.
✅ We need clear rules for products such as soy, palm oil, coffee and chocolate to stop #deforestation.
@CHansenEU
epp.group/q548zk
Giulia Bondi retweeted
🚨This Thursday EU leaders are voting on whether to delay (and possibly weaken) the anti-deforestation law we need NOW!
The #EUDR could be delayed by a year, risking 150,000+ hectares of forest. 🌳
🇪🇺Tell your MEPs and EU reps: Enforce the EUDR NOW! Hands off our forests!
Giulia Bondi retweeted
The #EU was about to solve a huge chunk of the global deforestation crisis with a new law. 🌲
Now they're proposing a delay.
Here's why that's a catastrophe for forests, biodiversity, and human rights.
Giulia Bondi retweeted
World leaders have agreed to end #deforestation by 2030, yet forests around the world are still being destroyed at staggering rates.
Voluntary schemes aren't working — we need regulations like the EU deforestation law #EUDR now
gwitness.org/3U3ajW2
The #EUDR delay could drive #deforestation an area more than 14 times the size of Paris.
This is a slap in the face of European citizens and business who don't want to be complicit with forest destruction and Indigenous communities who risk their lives to defend their lands.
🚨 The @EU_Commission has proposed a delay to its landmark anti-deforestation law, the #EUDR
We've shown that this 12-month delay could unleash #deforestation with carbon emissions equivalent to 188 million long-haul flights ⬇️
gwitness.org/3XO28xK
Giulia Bondi retweeted
BREAKING 🔴
Over 2,000 land and #EnvironmentalDefenders have been murdered since 2012.
196 of these murders occurred in 2023 alone.
We demand immediate action to #DefendTheDefenders
gwitness.org/3AYVwVH
🥺Wildfires, droughts, and floods are becoming more frequent in Europe. Are you feeling powerless? Angry? Fearful?
❤️🩹You can protect what you love. Vote in the #EUelections2024! #votefutureEU #UseYourVote
Over 170 NGOs are calling on President @vonderleyen to stand by her promise to tackle #deforestation and not cave in to weakening efforts by industry & 🇪🇺govs!
Almost 10 football fields of forest per minute are being lost. Backtracking is not an option.
rb.gy/621amn
Giulia Bondi retweeted
🌳🔥The evidence is loud and clear: European banks are continuing to finance the destruction of forests around the world to the tune of billions of euros
It’s time for the 🇪🇺 EU to put the brakes on the financial institutions that are destroying the planet
euronews.com/business/2024/0…
Together with @Germanwatch, @Umwelthilfe, Harvest, @milieudefensie, @OroVerde_GER, @profundoNL and @RAN we looked at the EU's 20 biggest banks 💶and analysed their investments in commodity-driven #deforestation.
The evidence is clear.
The EU🇪🇺 must end this credit chainsaw.
🚨 The 20 biggest banks in the EU are still bankrolling #deforestation to the tune of billions of dollars, according to our new review.
It's time for mandatory rules to stop finance destroying our forests.
gwitness.org/3IAfZR8
ICYMI: check-out our new investigation on the Cerrado #deforestation crisis.
Once again, hard-hitting evidence is showing the need for stronger regulatory measures to protect this precious biome.
news.mongabay.com/2024/02/ma…
Giulia Bondi retweeted
🍖 The world’s largest meat company, JBS, is getting sued. Again.
🌳 A notorious deforester, as documented in our reports, JBS now stands accused of greenwashing. Again.
💰 So why do major investors including BlackRock and Vanguard continue to back them?
reuters.com/markets/commodit…
Numbers speak for themselves.
#COP28
🚨BREAKING: Explosion in the number of fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to #COP28. A RECORD 2456 - finds new analysis from #KickBigPollutersOut coalition.
Inaction is costing millions of people their homes, livelihoods, and lives #PollutersOut NOW!
gwitness.org/3Gv6Bxi
Giulia Bondi retweeted
🔴NEW🔴
Mapped: Big Ag’s Routes to Influence at COP28
✍️@rachel_sher @ClareCarlile & @hazel_healy
desmog.com/2023/12/01/mapped…
