📣 COP27 round up

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📣Calling all makers,

It’s time to stop the talking and start the doing. Every action, big or small, is vital during this intense transition period. Create, join, craft, start, participate, ignite— show the leaders that despite their blahblahblah we won’t wait around and change is coming, with or without them.

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🗞️ COP 27 Highlights

• 🇫🇷 France calls for ban on deep sea mining.

• 🔥 UN Climate Chief Says 'We are on a highway to climate hell' at COP27 Climate Summit.

• 🤑 IMF chief says $75/ton carbon price needed by 2030.

• 🇺🇸 U.S. climate envoy Kerry launches carbon offset plan.

• 🤝 ‘Loss and Damage’ compensation key point in negotiations, what does it mean?

• 🤝‘Cooperate or perish’: At COP27 UN chief calls for Climate Solidarity Pact, urges tax on oil companies to finance loss and damage

• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Who’s attending COP27, and who isn’t.

• 🇪🇺 EU calls on all Parties to take concrete steps to limit global warming to 1.5°C and respect the Paris Agreement.

.📈 Cool Trends

• 🌸 Meadows instead of lawns.

• 🐠 Underwater art for coral restoration.

🩸 From BlahBlahBlah to Blood Blood Blood

A year on after Greta’s memorable speech “blah, blah, blah” it seems that not much has changed in the international arena. This week COP27 began in Egypt, with a pretty big elephant in the room: should countries with questionable human rights be allowed to host the yearly climate talk?

“Defending human rights, wherever we live, is therefore inextricable from defending a livable planet.”—Naomi Klein

🍙 Plant-Based Food Groups Call for Clear Food System Transition Targets at COP27

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International Plant Based Foods Working Group (IPBFWG) has called on world leaders at COP27 to set clear, measurable targets for food system transition.
The group recommends that nations should:

1. Support farmers in transitioning to more sustainable methods, including moving from animal agriculture to crop production.

2. Educate the public about plant-based diets.

3. Label plant-based foods appropriately to encourage sustainable choices.

4. Make plant-based foods available in institutions such as schools and hospitals, along with recommending them as part of dietary guidelines.

5. Ensure sustainable foods are affordable.

6. Fund research into plant-based foods and climate-friendly crops.

7. Present plant-based foods as the sustainable choice in environments such as retail stores.

💩 WTF? news

• 🟢 UN calls out greenwashing at its own conference, despite accepting Coca-Cola as its main sponsor.

• 🚸 COP27 has a dedicated space for young people: “The Children and Youth Pavillion” - are kids’ voices too loud for the main talks?

🌏 The Culture Club

📺 What we’re watching: Brazil’s Lula da Silva, Explained

📸 Profile of the week: @emergencemagazine

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📖 What we’re reading: This Is Your Mind on Plants, Michael Pollan

🤯 Scary fact we learnt this week: The world is expected to reach 1.5°C warming by early 2030s.