South African Chapters

Commenting on the UK context, one of the main spokespersons for #ExtinctionRebellion, Dr Rupert Read, has just called for XR to focus on #deepadaptation https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/2025-no-more-tory-victory-xr-and-coming-storms/ @deepadaptation @GreenRupertRead @XrYouth @XRIntSol

@ssteingraber1 @Mleppard01 @AaronRegunberg @PaulWeissLLP @carolynsehn @StephenMurcott There's no right to unethical representation.

Students: "Exxon knew about climate change 35 years ago yet continued to wreck the planet and fund climate denial that led us to this crisis. That’s what this firm is enabling and the tactics they are using are extreme and unethical”

"When glaciers retreat...pressure lifts and volcanic activity surges."

*Get Ready for More Volcanic Eruptions as the Planet Warms* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/get-ready-for-more-volcanic-eruptions-as-the-planet-warms/

.@zarahsultana is a beacon of light. This is an exceptional first speech. She should be so proud. It isn’t easy saying those words in that room.

Here's an interesting new strategy in the fight against climate breakdown: put public pressure on law firms to drop fossil fuel clients.

Yesterday Harvard Law students shut down a fancy recruitment session by @PaulWeissLLP over their defense of Exxon. #DropExxon.

"As climate change fuels extreme weather and threatens harvests, Africa needs more scientific expertise to help small-scale farmers adapt, especially women who tend to be hit worst"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-africa-women/women-step-forward-in-push-to-nurture-african-climate-scientists-idUSKBN1ZC0MJ