Why did the CEO of one of the world's largest demining charities The HALO Trust defend a shipment of banned landmines from the US to Ukraine? spoileralerts.substack.com/p/questionab...

The story — written by journalist @emmaanne.bsky.social — raises tough questions about the perverse incentives at play in mine action. Emma reached out @thehalotrust.bsky.social for comment. They declined. Read the full story: spoileralerts.substack.com/p/questionab...

Why is the CEO of the world’s largest de-mining NGO defending landmines? James Cowan of @thehalotrust.bsky.social has publicly supported the shipment of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine — even suggesting the Mine Ban Treaty should be revised 🧵

The UN Human Rights Council has just officially recognised plastic pollution as a threat to human rights. Here's a look at how plastic disproportionately affects Indigenous Peoples - and how they're fighting back dialogue.earth/en/pollution... @dialogueearth.bsky.social

✊ "We were completely being ignored. We were saying: ‘Chair, we need just two minutes. Chair, Indigenous Peoples are also here!’" – Prem Singh Tharu, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Indigenous Peoples fight to be heard at plastics treaty talks. ✍️ @emmaanne.bsky.social loom.ly/7ACy-To

Super proud of this co-publication with @emdashsanders.bsky.social at ExxonKnews, about the DOE's unusual relationship with plastics industry lobbying groups. @gristnews.bsky.social grist.org/accountabili...

"Plastic, he added, is undeniably useful. But it comes with a clear risk. One day, if fire strikes, 'it will burn faster, and it will burn hotter.' The advantages will turn to threats." www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

Lovely to wrap up the year (nearly) by publishing this piece from @oliveheffernan.bsky.social on @dialogueearth.bsky.social dialogue.earth/en/ocean/exp...

I don't think we talk nearly enough about the quiet wonders of #peat and what it does for our planet - or how frightening it is when it catches fire! Thanks to TED Ed for featuring this video, with beautiful animation by Ivana Volda, and expert insight from Guillermo Rein youtu.be/brdrOzVgZX0?...

I spoke to BBC Radio Wales' Science Cafe about Christmas waste, listen: 🗓️ 17th December ⏰ 18.30 📍 BBC radio Wales Or on demand : www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... @bangoruniversity.bsky.social #Christmas #plasticwaste #plasticpollution

When the history of the #PlasticsTreaty process is written, #INC5 in Busan 🇰🇷 will be remembered as the point where the large majority of countries in favour of a strong treaty discovered their capacity for collective action medium.com/points-of-or...

Late to post, but still thinking about the INC-5 plastics treaty talks in Busan, where 100+ countries stood up to support an ambitious agreement to tackle the escalating quantities of plastic that enter our lives each day dialogue.earth/en/pollution... @dialogueearth.bsky.social

#PlasticsTreaty: La communauté internationale quitte aujourd'hui Busan sans l’accord qu’elle était venue y chercher. Si la majorité en faveur d’un traité ambitieux repart renforcée, elle se heurte à la ferme opposition d’une minorité de pays. Partie remise en 2025. www.contexte.com/article/envi...

"There’s a great lot of countries that want to see the betterment of this planet.” Fiji's Sivendra Michael on the 100+ nations who now want curbs on plastic production to be included in a global #plasticstreaty being debated in Busan www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...

What’s going on at the #PlasticsTreaty talks? Slightly jetlagged, I got together with the one and only @magnuslovold.bsky.social for an update last night. Listen to where we stand midway at #INC5: m.soundcloud.com/plastisphere...

220 industry lobbyists here at the global #plasticstreaty talks in Busan, making it the largest delegation, outnumbering those of both Korea and the EU @cielorg.bsky.social www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...

Huge congrats to @karyna-mi.bsky.social for her paper published today in Science! She found that the hippocampus is really important for a key strategy we use to make decisions called hidden state inference! 🧪 🧠https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq5874 1/7

Next week in Busan, South Korea a final meeting on a treaty to curb plastic pollution starts. @emmaanne.bsky.social outlines what to look out for at INC-5 for Dialogue Earth. dialogue.earth/en/pollution...

New - At least 123 oil & gas company bosses and staff were invited to #cop29 as “guests” by the Azerbaijan and given host country badges - i.e. the red carpet treatment, inc Aramco, Exxonmobil and BP CEOs Post by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

with the final round of UN plastics treaty negotiations in two weeks, we have published a preprint paper on the risks and limits of 'plastic credits' as a solution to this planetary crisis @melaniebergma18.bsky.social @emmaanne.bsky.social @lisalsong.bsky.social zenodo.org/records/1411...

NDCs, Article 6 and finance: this is a very helpful guide on what to watch at #COP29 and the key terms to know www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The world is working on a treaty to end global plastic pollution, and the final meeting is this month in Busan: here's my take on what to watch: dialogue.earth/en/pollution... @dialogueearth.bsky.social