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This is our last post!👋 The value of using X is now outweighed by how it operates. We'll no longer post here. Here's why👉somo.nl/somo-is-leavin… Follow us on: #BlueSky → bsky.app/profile/somoam… #LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/somo/ #Mastadon → @SOMO" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mastodon.ngo/@SOMO

❓ Can investment policies truly serve people and the planet? 🌍 The Entebbe Declaration says YES! Civil society unites to demand frameworks that champion human rights, climate justice, and sustainable development—not corporate exploitation. Read the full declaration here: seatiniuganda.org/people-and-the… @TNInstitute @both_ends @SOMO @CANIntl @mtic_uganda @AIFMarketPlace @UNFCCC @ugandainvest @actionaiduganda @ActionAid_Kenya @tatic2022 @South_Centre @ActionAidGhana @mofpedU @GovUganda @Smart24TVnow @EA_Bunge @eacsof @IISD_AG @IISD_ELP @CGIARclimate @UNHumanRights @FaithLumonya @SKidwingira @TaxJusticeAfric @IST_Uganda @Accu_Ug @TIKenya @AFRODAD2011 @IATI_aid @ElliotOrizaarwa

In water scarce areas like the Northern Cape, #greenhydrogen projects will only make things worse. They also threaten local fishing grounds. For Walter Steenkamp, who is already trying to stop offshore oil & gas drilling, it is all part of the same fight.

🚨New report: The scramble for hydrogen in South Africa🚨 👉Read it and spread it: corporateeurope.org/en/ScrambleFor… 🇪🇺The EU's push for #greenhydrogen will have a devastating impact on communities in South Africa 🤐 Meanwhile their voices are being ignored by EU policy makers 🧵

🚨The Advocate General has advised the Supreme Court of the #Netherlands to uphold the ruling that the #Netherlands must put an end to the export of F-35 components to Israel. #StopArmingIsraelNOW hogeraad.nl/actueel/nieuws…

🚨From yesterday’s Court hearing in The Hague for the case of @alhaq_org, @SOMO, @AlMezanCenter, @pchrgaza, @elsclegal, et al. against the government of the Netherlands. More about the case: alhaq.org/advocacy/25219… Credit: @Plant_olijfboom. #GazaGenocide‌ #StopArmingIsrael

@EnergiaJCyL @EUH2Week Green hydrogen is being developed as an important part of Europe's energy transition. Do you agree that it needs to be a win-win situation for both Europe and the communities who live near platinum mines?

@EUH2Week ✍🏼 Al concluir la mesa de diálogo, el director general del EREN, Alfonso Arroyo, firmará el Memorando de Cooperación entre Clean Hydrogen Partnership y las autoridades de gestión regionales y nacionales. ℹ️ energia.jcyl.es/web/jcyl/Energ… #EUH2Week #EnergíaJCyL

📢 Mañana, en el marco de la @EUH2Week que se está celebrando en Bruselas, Orlando Redondo, Jefe de Área del EREN, participa a las 10:00 h. en una mesa de diálogo junto a otros expertos europeos, dentro del Foro de Innovación. #EUH2Week #EnergíaJCyL

⏳Let's cut Dutch ties with genocide - hearing approaching! This Friday we will be challenging the Dutch state in court for failing to prevent genocide in Gaza, join us online! 📹The hearing will be live-streamed here with English interpretation: rechtspraak.nl/livestreams

Read more in our report 'Hyped hydrogen – Hidden harm': somo.nl/the-hidden-har… 📓By @ActionAid_NL @macua_sa @SOMO (2/2)

The EU is getting #GreenHydrogen wrong 🇪🇺⚠️ We're calling for a just energy transition – just for *both* the Global North and communities in the Global South 👇 #COP29 #EUH2Week (1/2)

📢 🇺🇳 UN #HumanRights experts raise concerns re: adoption at #COP29 of carbon market standards through a procedural twist, stressing risks for h human rights and #ClimateAction 👀 Read below the joint statement by @AttiyaWaris & @SRclimatechange ⬇️

Producing green hydrogen in a just way means: 💬 listening to mining-affected communities 📣 prioritising the voices of marginalised groups, like women and youth 👁️ holding companies accountable for human rights abuses and environmental damage somo.nl/the-hidden-har… #EUH2Week

Our research team shows why #CarbonOffsets are an obstacle to real climate action on the blog 👇 somo.nl/myth-offsets-v… (2/2)

REDD+ carbon offset projects don't target the real drivers of #deforestation 🌳🌳 Most projects target forest-dependent communities and their traditional agricultural practices as a threat, instead of industrial agriculture or logging. (1/2)

Green hydrogen isn't a win-win situation‼️ In South Africa, the communities of Mokopane have faced the harmful impacts of platinum mining for decades. And it's about to get worse 🚨 That's what our new report reveals: somo.nl/the-hidden-har… #EUH2Week @ActionAid_NL @macua_sa

What does #GreenHydrogen mean for the communities of Mokopane, South Africa? Are marginalised communities listened to? Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/38JrX5… @macua_sa @ActionAid_NL

Episode 5, our Green Hydrogen Podcast on “Radio Macua” titled “Women’s experiences, hopes and fears on Green Hydrogen” will be dropping this coming Wednesday. Follow us and turn on your notifications so you don’t miss it when it drops. Follow us on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7xTkOUeTe… YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=… #MACUAWAMUA #RadioMacua #GreenHydrogen @DMRE_ZA

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Countries and other actors serious about a just transition should not endorse the COP29 Hydrogen Declaration. Instead, they should stop fossil fuel exploration, not open new oil/gas fields, and make detailed plans for a just transition that rule out dangerous distractions. 8/8

Last week, the #COP29 Presidency launched a Hydrogen Declaration that endorses 'low-carbon' hydrogen, code for 'blue' hydrogen made from gas using CCS. 🧵 x.com/COP29_AZ/statu…

Especially in the Global South, green hydrogen projects promoted by countries and companies from the Global North risk diverting renewable energy resources from meeting local populations' energy needs in an example of energy (neo)colonialism. 7/8 aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/23…

@Energy4Europe @EU_Commission @H2Europe @CleanHydrogenEU The EU is getting green hydrogen wrong ⚠️ Green hydrogen is exacerbating inequalities between the Global North and the Global South; energy poverty, water scarcity, gender inequality... We urge EU policymakers to read our report: somo.nl/the-hidden-har…

The 2024 edition of #EUH2Week is co-organised by the @EU_Commission @H2Europe and the @CleanHydrogenEU. It starts today, Monday 18 November, at 14.00 (CET). If you cannot attend on site in Brussels, follow the web stream 📹! 🔗 euhydrogenweek.eu