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The world’s richest polluting nations are spending thirty times as much on the military as they do on climate finance for the world’s most climate-affected peoples.
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Dear reader,
The world’s richest polluting nations are spending thirty times as much on the military as they do on climate finance for the world’s most climate-affected peoples.
Our new report shows that military spending and arms sales have a deep and lasting impact on the capacity to address the climate crisis, let alone in a way that promotes justice. Every dollar spent on the military not only increases greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but also diverts financial resources, skills and attention away from tackling one of the greatest existential threats humanity has ever experienced.
Read the full report here.
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This report addresses a complex and highly technical topic that is shaping the global economy
now and in the future. Data storage is already strategic and critical in terms of development,
with multiple impacts not only in relation to economic opportunities but also in terms of the social,
environmental, design and other impacts of the future digital economy.
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In the light of the UN Climate Change Conferences (COP), this report unmasks where the multilateral system of global governance is being reshaped into a multistakeholder system that benefits private corporate capital. Furthermore, it unpacks some of the methods and mechanisms of multistakeholderism.
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We all know that industrial livestock farming is destroying our ecosystems and damaging the climate. But does that mean going vegan is the only way to save the planet? Not all meat and milk is created equal, and traditional communities around the world raise animals in very different ways, with hugely different environmental impacts.
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Environmental impacts are rarely considered in the cannabis regulation debate. The assumption is that legal regulation would automatically reduce the negative environmental consequences of the unregulated illegal market because authorities would compel the industry to comply with basic environmental standards. Practices in North America and the direction of the emerging regulation debate in Germany and other European countries, however, reveal a disturbing trend towards indoor cannabis cultivation. The high carbon footprint of indoor grow facilities could jeopardize policy aims to reduce energy use and to meet climate goals.
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Help activists, scholars and policy makers learn about our work. Tell the TNI story. Help make our social media shine.
Would you like to join our communications team for four or five days per week for a six-month traineeship? We are looking for a dedicated trainee who is interested in working in the field of digital communications and has a political and activist spirit.
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In this longread, the aim is to scrutinise a particular financial instrument promoted by this conservation finance industry, a debt swap. Over the past few years, the world’s largest conservation organisation, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), has concluded three of these: in the Seychelles, Belize, and Barbados.
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Germany’s current interpretative approach puts the fate of the entire project for cannabis regulation on very thin ice. But there is still time to change course, and legally sound and politically viable alternative options are available.
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Climate change is increasingly treated as a security issue by high income countries with disproportionately high levels of military spending. However, there are more low- and middle-income countries integrating climate security language into their national strategies. This discussion paper explores the implications and the dangers of militarised responses that could further deepen injustice for those most affected by the climate crisis.
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This article offers a review of the evolution of political and academic debates on public ownership in general and public services provision in particular, over the last decades, with emphasis on the energy sector.
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On October 25, 2022, Mike Davis, the legendary scholar-activist and veteran of many social movements from the 1960s onward, who became one of the most prolific, brilliant lights in the progressive universe, passed away. Born in the Fontana suburb of Los Angeles in 1946, his family moved to San Diego when he was young, and Mike grew up here. Born into a working-class Catholic family, Mike was transformed by the Black Civil Rights movement, his “burning bush.” After long stints as a meat-cutter and long-distance truck driver, in the 1980s, Mike moved to London, becoming a long-time editor of New Left Review, and remained active on the editorial board until his final days.
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Sofia Scassera is an economist, and associate researcher at TNI working on issues of digital society and the digital economy. In this conversation, we discuss why data is an important raw material? Why is it important for data to be seen as a public good and not hidden away by corporations. Exactly why are tax havens becoming data havens? What is to be done?
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12:00-14:00 PM EST (18:00-20:00 CET)
Join the symposium (in NYC and online) in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Chile's late president Allende’s speech at the UN General Assembly.
This symposium is held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the late President Salvador Allende’s Speech at the United Nations General Assembly. His monumental speech draws a portrait of corporate role in the sustenance of what can be called economic colonialisation. His speech captured the move from physical coercion to economic coercion, highlighting the insecurities caused by international law’s full-fledged subscription to the public-private distinction. Furthermore, his speech also calls out on the political usage of international law, in the service of the status quo. Following his speech, there was a move towards serious engagement with the figure of the corporation evidenced in the established of the UN Centre for Transnational Corporations.
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4pm - 5pm Amsterdam (CET)
On 9 December 2022, the Transformative Cities Initiative will announce which initiative received the most popular support for each of the four categories and are thus the recipients of the Transformative Cities 2021–2022 People’s Choice Award.
One representative from each winner initiative will speak during the award event; discussing the opportunities and challenges for transforming our local contexts and addressing the global challenges we are facing.
Join us for this unique global celebration of transformative practices!
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