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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 1d

📢📨 Three letters. One message.
We wrote to the @ec.europa.eu, @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu, @europarl.europa.eu & @eu2025dk.bsky.social asking them to stop exporting #pesticides banned in the EU.
www.pan-europe.info/resources/le...

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 23h

🌎 El Grupo de Trabajo de la Sociedad Civil UE–ALC se complace en invitarle a:

"América Latina y el Caribe y la UE frente a los desafíos globales"

📅 ¿Cuándo? 13 de octubre de 2025 | 🕒 15:00 CEST
Únase en línea: ep.interactio.eu/oc2t-hfe-o82...

ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 23h

🌎 The EU–LAC Civil Society Working Group is delighted to invite you to:

"Latin America and the Caribbean and the EU in the Face of Global Challenges"

📅 When? 13 October 2025 | 🕒 15:00 CEST
Join us online ep.interactio.eu/oc2t-hfe-o82...

ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 1d

“Today we have the hopeful news of a first phase of a ceasefire agreement. After two years of genocide, this announcement brings cautious relief.”

Read more about ActionAid’s statement on the ceasefire announcement here:
actionaid.org/news/2025/ce...

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 2d

The panel proposed key actions moving forward:

💡 Shift from loans to grants
🤝 Co-create with communities
🌍 Put climate & social justice at the core
🔍 Ensure due diligence
🏭 Support local industries
📊 Ensure transparency
⚖️ Rebalance power dynamics

ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 2d

Civil society excluded:
From Kazakhstan to Zambia, local voices are missing in decision-making.

Transparency gap:
There is a lack of transparency and public participation in projects.

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Key takeaways from the event on the EU’s #GlobalGateway:

Debt over Development:
In the Global Gateway approach, projects rely heavily on loans, not grants, adding to the debt of African countries.

Green Colonialism:
Africa provides raw materials while no local benefit is generated.

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 2d

In anticipation of the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels on 9-10 October, ActionAid EU, @concord-europe.bsky.social , @counter-balance.bsky.social and @eurodadnews.bsky.social organised The EU's Global Gateway: a civil society perspective event to discuss the real implications of the EU strategy.

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ClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 8d

CAN condemns the illegal Israeli aggression against the #GlobalSumudFlotilla and its activists.

International law is clear. Israel is in violation.

We call for the immediate and safe release of those illegally abducted by Israel.

Full statement: climatenetwork.org/2025/10/02/c...

#FreePalestine

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SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 ExxonMobil has been lobbying relentlessly to take down the EU’s CSDDD.

Its playbook?
- Lobbying
- Funding think tanks
- Media sponsorships

⚠️The EU cannot let those causing the climate crisis write the rules to get out of it.

www.somo.nl/how-big-oil-kills-sustainability-and-climate-legislation/

How Big Oil kills sustainability and climate legislation - SOMO

Inside ExxonMobil’s lobby campaign to take down the EU’s CSDDD When the EU finally agreed on its landmark Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in 2024, it was hailed as a breakthro...

www.somo.nl

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 11d

❓What are the real implications of the #GlobalGateway?

Join @concord-europe.bsky.social, eurodadnews.bsky.social, Counter Balance and us on 8 October as we'll discuss the impacts of #energy, mining, #climate & infrastructure projects on the ground.

Register here: www.eurodad.org/eu_global_ga...

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ActionAid Ireland @actionaidie.bsky.social · 11d

"The EU is making moves that would trample on hard-fought protections meant to prevent catastrophic workplace tragedies and environmental abuses. Ireland should stand up against that effort." Read Cillian Quinn's piece in today's TheJournal.ie www.thejournal.ie/readme/irela...

Opinion: Ireland must resist EU attempts to slash and burn environment standards for businesses

The EU is trying to gut hard fought protections for workers and the environment. Ireland should get in its way, writes Cillian Quinn of ActionAid Ireland.

www.thejournal.ie

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 16d

@amnestyeu.bsky.social @msf.ca @sosmediterranee.org

ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 One month since the EU-backed Libyan Coast Guard fired on rescue workers + shipwreck survivors, yet cooperation continues.

Today we tell the politicians: no more business as usual. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu: time to defund violence at sea.

www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 17d

🌍 We just launched our study on EU support to #Agroecology in 5 African countries.
➡️ Key takeaway: EU must align finance w/ farmers, pastoralists, Indigenous peoples & CSOs for a just transition.
Full report: lnkd.in/eiwjG8mH

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European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) @eccjorg.bsky.social · 17d

🗨️“Violations usually occur further down the value chain. If an EU company only looks at its direct suppliers, it'll overlook the real hotspots of abuse or violations & fail to address them”

Our member talking about the #BackToTheFuture march against deregulation
www.publico.es/sociedad/m-a...

Ecologistas marchan hasta Bruselas para denunciar el abandono de la UE de las políticas ambientales

Varias organizaciones marchan desde Maastricht hasta la sede de la Comisión Europea para exigir una renovada ambición medioambiental que haga frente a la presión de los lobbies contaminantes....

www.publico.es

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European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) @eccjorg.bsky.social · Feb 26

📰It's out: the @ec.europa.eu has announced its #Omnibus proposal

And it's BAD🚨

If adopted as it stands, Omnibus would deliver a devastating blow to the EU’s commitments to climate neutrality & its pledge to uphold human rights on the global stage
corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...

PRESS RELEASE EU Commission’s Omnibus proposal is full-scale deregulation designed to dismantle corporate accountability - ECCJ

corporatejustice.org

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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · 23d

❓What are the real implications of the #GlobalGateway?

Join @concord-europe.bsky.social, @actionaideu.bsky.social, Counter Balance and us on 8 October as we'll discuss the impacts of #energy, mining, #climate & infrastructure projects on the ground.

Register here: www.eurodad.org/eu_global_ga...

The EU’s Global Gateway: a civil society perspective. The European Commission's second Global Gateway Forum promises to be a carefully stage-managed success story. This panel will provide an alternative to the official narrative, spotlighting the real implications of the strategy and the impacts of energy, mining, climate and infrastructure projects on the ground. The event will feature voices from the European Parliament and civil society in the Global South. 8 October. 9.00-11.00 CEST at the Press Club Brussels Europe. This event will be live streamed.

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Teresa Anderson @1teresaanderson.bsky.social · 25d

Agriculture employs 25% of the planet!

#COP30 must deliver a #JustTransition in Agriculture to ensure climate action protects farmers, land rights, and safe, affordable food for all.

#JustTransitionRising #Agroecology #DrawTheLine

Photo of Brazilian farmers with Babassu coconuts, and the words #JustTransition in Agriculture: A seat at the table to ensure food on the table

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 25d

@melissacamara.bsky.social @estrellagalan.bsky.social @muriellelaurent.bsky.social @amnestyeu.bsky.social @picumofficial.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social @enareurope.bsky.social

ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 25d

We join 200+ organisations, to call on
@europarl.europa.eu to reject the proposal for a new "Return" Regulation (aka Deportation Regulation).

❌ Offshore “return hubs”
❌ Expanded detention
❌ Surveillance & racial profiling

Read our joint statement ➡️ actionaid.org/publications...

More than 200 Organisations: Inhumane Deportation Rules Should be Rejected

On 11 March 2025, the European Commission presented a new proposal for a Return Regulation to replace the current Return Directive. Behind the euphemistic name, the proposal outlines coercive, traumat...

actionaid.org

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 25d

This week we are going to mobilize also in Europe to #DrawTheLine against the climate crisis for a #JustTransition!

Visit drawtheline.world to check out the planned actions to join us in our fight to #FundOurFuture, not the crisis.
#ChangeTheSystem #FundTheFuture #ReclaimTheCommons

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ClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 25d

TODAY We Rise Up! ✊

Today We Rally! ✊

Today We #DrawTheLine! ✊

📢Join us TODAY for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!

Be inspired by activists from across the planet and let's unite for a better world! 🌍

The people united will never be defeated! 👊

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ClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 28d

📢 It's time to rise up to #DrawTheLine against the unjust systems at the root of the climate crisis! It's time for #JustTransitionRising!

⚡️ Join us for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!

➡️ bit.ly/DrawtheLineO...

✊ The people united will never be defeated!

Orange, red, black and white banner with instruments and text.

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Sep 11

It's coming!! The #BackToTheFuture march 🥾💪
Let’s get together to demand

- Accountability for human rights violations and pollution
- Protection for communities from corporate harm

We're ready to pound the pavement, fly our flags and sing out loud.

Will you come along?
backtothefuturemarch.org

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