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A New Hope: The RePlanet Sessions 2022 is this weekend! Sunday Oct 2.

Hear discussion on environmental issues from a range of great speakers. 🧵

Registration is still open to attend virtually.
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Mark Lynas (@mark_lynas), environmental writer, on RePlanet.

What is it, and why does it exist?

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Patricia Nanteza (@PatNanteza), Associate Director for Africa, Alliance for Science, on GMOs in Africa.
How can we make sure African countries speak for themselves on the issue of GMOs, and how can we stand up for science across the continent?

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Christian-Frederic Kaiser (@CF_Kaiser) of the Germany-based ÖkoProg, on precision fermentation.
How can programming micro-organisms revolutionize the way we make animal-free proteins and fats?

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Iida Ruishalme (@Thoughtscapism), environmental blogger, on agriculture and land use.
How can we ensure a sustainable food supply that helps both human welfare and natural ecosystems to thrive?

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Margaryta Pravylo, a Ukrainian-born ecologist living in the UK, on how the war in Ukraine is causing environmental damage, and how nature can be restored.

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Marcin Napiórkowski, a contemporary mythologies scholar, on how we can create new stories to help save the world.

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Hear Wiktor Kotowski discuss the importance of bogs & marshes in our fight against climate change at our upcoming conference A New Hope: The RePlanet Sessions 2022.

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We are really excited to hear from these excellent speakers and hope that you will too.

Registration still open to attend virtually this Sunday.
replanet.ngo/post/a-new-hop…

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Oct 2
Be one of 50k people across 🌍 persuading the 🇩🇪German government to keep its nuclear electricity.

Your personal share of the emissions saved - by not burning lignite coal - will be bigger in one year than your carbon footprint over your whole life.

Here's how 🧵
Step 1 - Sign up

Visit the 🇩🇪German federal parliament website and provide a email, password, name, and address. You don't have to be a 🇩🇪citizen to sign up or sign petitions.

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Aug 17
This is a major shift from the 🇩🇪 government.

The science is clear, keeping nuclear plants operational protects the environment & the economy, something environmental and energy experts have been saying for many years.

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Last year member of our network including @mark_lynas, @TeaTrmn, @simonfriederich, @amardeo, @Thoughtscapism signed an open letter to the 🇩🇪 to save the at the time 6 operational plants.

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On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine adding another reason to save the remaining 3 reactor. Solidarity with #Ukraine.

We launched our #SwitchOffPutin campaign which showed that keeping the plants open could help Europe cut off Russian Fossil fuel imports.

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Jun 15
Let's talk about the EU Sustainable Finance #Taxonomy, what it is, why it's needed and why #nuclear energy must be included if Europe is to meet its climate goals.

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The @EU_Commission states that the #taxonomy is necessary, "In order to meet the EU’s climate and energy targets for 2030 and reach the objectives of the European green deal"

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They also state that the "#taxonomy is a classification system, establishing a list of environmentally sustainable economic activities. It could play an important role helping the EU scale up sustainable investment and implement the European green deal."

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Apr 8
The @guardian has today reported on our #Switchoffputin report and campaign.

We have just released polling which shows that nearly 70% of Europeans want an immediate boycott
of Russian oil and gas in solidarity with #Ukraine.

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The Guardian reports "It would be possible for Europe to quickly end its reliance on oil and gas from Russia by taking strong measures", citing our report by @mark_lynas @Kaikenhuippu @EnergyJvd .

theguardian.com/environment/20…

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We polled over 12,000 adults across Europe and found that nearly 70% of Europeans want an immediate boycott of Russian oil and gas.

This graph shows the breakdown of support across the countries we polled.

Full data: switchoffputin.org
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