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For next week we invite you to join the sixth webinar in our series on May 13 and our live broadcast Future Beyond Shell Presents: Future Beyond Crises on May 16.
Webinar 13 May: A Global Green New Deal
Dear TNI supporter,
We hope you have been able to attend one of our recent popular Wednesday webinars.
We have been encouraged by the thousands of activists attending from more than 80 countries. This week TNI took a one week break and cosponsored a webinar organised by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and TRANSFORM -
With everything up for grabs: The Green New Deal(s) the world needs now which featured Mike Davis and Maude Barlow. Listen to the recording here.
On 13 May, we invite you to join the sixth webinar in our series. The webinar on Wednesday 13 May 16:00 CET focusses on a Global Green New Deal and features Richard Kozul-Wright (UNCTAD) and activists from across the globe leading the struggle for a just transition in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. (Live interpretation into Spanish available)
The webinar will explore the opportunities and challenges of this moment for a transformational shift towards climate justice. It will most of all explore what a truly global climate justice programme would look like – one that centers the needs of those who will suffer the most from the consequences of climate change - and who are also those disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
Make sure you register to receive an invite and link to the webinar.
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Panellists:
- Richard Kozul-Wright, Director of the Division on Globalization and Development Strategies at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, author of Transforming Economies: Making Industrial Policy Work for Growth, Jobs and Development
- Karin Nansen, chair of Friends of the Earth International, founding member of REDES – Friends of the Earth Uruguay
- Asad Rehman, Executive Director of War on Want. Former Head of International Climate, FOE
The webinar is organised by TNI and co-sponsored by Alternative Information & Development Centre (AIDC), Focus on the Global South and Institute for Political Ecology
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Future Beyond Shell Presents: Future Beyond Crises
In addition, we are happy to invite you to our live broadcast Future Beyond Shell Presents: Future Beyond Crises on Saturday, May 16 19:30 CET. This online event is organised in cooperation with Climate Liberation Bloc (CLuB), Code Rood, Gastivists, and Shell Must Fall.
The planet is and has been in crisis. In crises, in fact, as no issue is isolated. Lives, livelihoods, land, and nature are sacrificed for corporate profit. And while corporate multinationals like Shell are scrambling to profit from crises, and governments bend to their demands, we must ask ourselves: which future do we want to bail out?
How can we support communities, social movements, sectors, and industries to move towards the future we want? A future beyond crises.
Join us for this special event, please register to receive the information to join the livestream.
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Program:
- Musical introduction (19:20)
- Welcome & opening speech (19:30)
Speaker: Suzanne Dhaliwal (No Tar Sands UK)
- Panel 1: The crises we know - How do current crises intersect and how is this affecting impacted communities and sectors? (19:50)
Speakers: Suzanne Dhaliwal (No Tar Sands UK), Ilham Root (JA! Mozambique), Laurie van Der Burg (Oil Change International)
- Musical intermezzo (20:30)
- Panel 2: What Is Needed - How to transition from the fossil empires of the past to the decolonial energy democracies of the future? (20:40)
Speakers: Meera Ghani (Ecolise), Tatiana Garavito (Wretched of the Earth), Suzanne Jeffery (Campaign Against Climate Change)
- Closing musical performance (21:35)
Next to fantastic speakers we are looking forward to musical contributions by artists: Pravini, The Sounds of Climate Justice as well as a graphic harvesting performance by Willemijn Lambert. What more is needed for a wholesome live broadcast to channel your revolutionary energies in times of crises? Don’t miss out on this and register here.
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Online survey: A Global Survey on Public Sector Capabilities and Responses to the Pandemic
Together with COMUNA, a team of economists and social researchers based in Montevideo, Uruguay, TNI has launched a survey to map public sector responses to the pandemic.
In many countries the Corona crisis has led to a strong new appreciation of the public sphere. The crisis shows how essential public health systems. Countries with strong teams of scientists based at universities and other public research bodies have been able to implement massive testing. Many of the economic contingency policies in response to the crisis are being implemented through state-owned enterprises, including public banks. And as the pandemic expands, basic public services such as water and sanitation networks, energy and telecommunications become even more essential. Mapping and bringing out the magnitude and value of the public sector will greatly contribute to finding the most appropriate alternatives to deal with the worsening recession and to better prepare for a future beyond the pandemic.
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The survey takes about 15-20 minutes. Please share with relevant contacts.
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TNI is proud to provide our webinars and research for free, as a contribution to the movements and activists responding to this pandemic. However, it takes time and resources to organise these events, to research and to publish. If you would like to support us in this work, we would gratefully accept any donation you can make. Please donate here.
Sincerely,
Jess Graham
Community Builder
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