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How can we talk about governance & internet access where #InternetShutdowns are being used as a tool for genocide?
This year’s @intgovforum is taking place in Ethiopia, a country that continues to weaponize internet shutdowns against the people in #Tigray 🧵 #IGF2022
This year’s @intgovforum is taking place in Ethiopia, a country that continues to weaponize internet shutdowns against the people in #Tigray 🧵 #IGF2022
For years, the Ethiopian government has relied on its dominance as a telecom & internet provider to cut groups out of the web, and hide war crimes and #HumanRights violations.
Since 2020, it has engineered the longest continuous internet shutdown in the world, keeping Tigrayans isolated in the middle of a war that has cost their livelihood and lives. #KeepItOn
Community-led initiatives and the #EuropeanGreenDeal: Towards transformational local development policies.
On November 28 the European Economic & Social Committee (@EU_EESC), in collaboration with @ECOLISE will host ECOLISE's main policy stakeholder event.
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On November 28 the European Economic & Social Committee (@EU_EESC), in collaboration with @ECOLISE will host ECOLISE's main policy stakeholder event.
lnkd.in/ejVSJUpP
@EU_EESC @ECOLISE @RIPESSEurope @rurener @TheGoodLobby @drifteur @SharedGreenDeal @degrowth_info @EU_CoR @theILDN @transitiontowns #CommunityLed paths to transformational systemic change.
Our partners for this #ECOLISEpolicy event include @ARC2020eu, @cultivate_ie, @EU_CoR, @drifteur, @EcodorpBoekel, #ELARD, @RIPESSEurope, @ECOLISE & Sunny Hills of Istria 🌎
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Our partners for this #ECOLISEpolicy event include @ARC2020eu, @cultivate_ie, @EU_CoR, @drifteur, @EcodorpBoekel, #ELARD, @RIPESSEurope, @ECOLISE & Sunny Hills of Istria 🌎
soncnigrici-istra.eu + elard.eu
3) Why is it important to acknowledge extractive economic systems - & the prioritisation of growth as the only and leading metric (GDP) - as the root cause of the planetary crisis?
The root cause of the planetary crisis is a deeply embedded cultural view that there are no limits
The root cause of the planetary crisis is a deeply embedded cultural view that there are no limits
The pain inflicted by the pandemic has devastating effects on sustainable development, the concept that reflects the complexity of our world by combining and juxtaposing the socio, economic and environmental aspects of human activity #SDGs
