This past weekend marked the International Day of Forests, a moment to recognise the essential role forests play in sustaining life on our planet. Vitaly Servetnik, CSF Board member and coordinator of the Environment Working Group, shared his thoughts with us on the challenges ahead.

#OpEd The Kremlin once suggested climate change could bring Russia advantages, opening trade routes and growing agricultural yields. But the chaos from recent storms tells a very different story, warns Vitaly Servetnik.

The #climatecrisis is the greatest threat to #Russia. 📢 In a @themoscowtimes.com op-ed, @vitservetnik.bsky.social highlights the Kremlin’s lack of preparedness to combat #climatechange as the country relies on Soviet infrastructure and prioritizes funding its war against #Ukraine. shorturl.at/6hJgG

Rather than cutting emissions, #Russia—the world’s fourth-largest polluter—plans to increase them. Read a blog by Vitaly Servetnik, a Russian #climate expert and activist, on the #RussianClimateCase at the European Court of Human Rights. And sign the petition #RussianClimateCase tinyurl.com/2scahhrm

C'est un procès extrêmement important et une étape majeure pour la reconnaissance et la protection des groupes environnementaux, autochtones, de jeunes et de défense des droits humains, des militants et des avocats qui y participent. Rejoignez-les : tinyurl.com/2scahhrm

Vitaly Servetnik est un activiste russe pour le climat. En 2022, avec le groupe Environmental Crisis group, ils ont poursuivi la Russie en justice pour son inaction climatique. Ce #RussianClimateCase est désormais devant la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme. srdefenders.org/information/...

I'm proud to be able to share again about the ongoing struggle of the Russian environmental movement for climate justice! 💚✊ In extremely difficult circumstances we find hope and power in every local victory to continue the global fight. Join us in asking ECtHR to act on #RussianClimateCase

For the first time since a Kremlin crackdown on NGOs following Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine, a groundbreaking report into its war-waging authoritarianism shows that the environment is one of the few topics that still has the power to generate protest. act.gp/4pTbYf5 It's #TimeToResist

Russia is in a spiral toward a terminal war economy 'troika' of extractivism, authoritarianism and war - groundbreaking new report sourced by experts from outside Russia defies a Kremlin crackdown on NGOs following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine act.gp/3It7OtD #TimeToResist

Friends of the Earth International condemns the brutal siege on the West Bank. We support the formation of The Hague group standing against the escalating crimes of the Israeli occupation #FreePalestine #StopTheSiege