At COP30, we’re amplifying the voices of frontline communities and showcasing proven zero waste strategies that cut methane emissions, create jobs, and protect both people and the planet. Learn more, visit: www.no-burn.org/GAIA-COP30 #COP30 #ClimateFinanceForMethaneReduction 2/2

Global Experts Championing Zero Waste Solutions and Environmental Justice We're a global network of climate & zero waste experts coming together to spotlight community-led solutions that put environmental justice & just transition at the heart of climate action. #COP30 1/2

As Chair Luis Vayas steps down, GAIA urges the Bureau to elect a Global South leader who can unite the ambitious majority and deliver the strong, just #PlasticsTreaty the world needs. Read full statement here: EN: no-burn.org/gaia-urges-g... ES: no-burn.org/gaia-insta-a... #couragenotcompromise

Check out this second batch of infosheets on the global impacts of the batteries industry — from battery waste trade and waste colonialism to the risks of PFAS chemicals in EV batteries. Swipe to explore our latest guides. 1/2

In honor of #WorldCitiesDay, we celebrate some zero waste cities and municipalities across the movement. #GoForZeroWaste 1/3

The GAIA@COP30 webpage is live! Know more about our calls to action, the staff and members participating on the ground, and our events. Visit www.no-burn.org/GAIA-COP30 #GoForZeroWaste #ClimateFinanceForMethaneReduction #ZeroWasteToZeroEmissions #GAIACOP30

GAIA NDC Tracker webpage is live! Visit www.no-burn.org/NDC-Tracker With this Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) Tracker, we hope to support communities with monitoring country-level commitments and progress, identifying gaps and opportunities to advance this critical agenda.

NEW PUBLICATION: South Africa’s 2025 NDC: Prioritizing the Waste Sector for Methane Reduction and a Just Transition South Africa’s waste sector presents both a climate challenge and an opportunity for social equity. Read our latest brief with GroundWork & SAWPA: www.no-burn.org/ndc3-south-a...

En espanol aqui: www.no-burn.org/ndc3-chile

NEW PUBLICATION: NDC 3.0: Incorporating Municipal Solid Waste Management into Chile's Climate Justice Agenda Check out the latest policy brief from GAIA & Zero Waste Chile Alliance: www.no-burn.org/ndc3-chile/ (Available in English and Spanish) #ZeroWasteToZeroEmissions #GAIACOP30 #GoForZeroWaste

🎥Hear from one of our network members from Türkiye 🇹🇷, Sedat Gundogdu, a waste and plastic pollution expert with over 10 years of experience. #GAIA25 #GoForZeroWaste #ZeroWasteForum #NoBurn #BreakFreeFromPlastic youtube.com/shorts/Phbba...

That’s a wrap! As the Global Zero Waste Forum 2025 ends, our message remains clear: #zerowaste is not about burning waste or shifting blame to individuals. It’s about proven, affordable systemic change that redesigns production, cuts plastic, and invests in communities.

Giving voice and making space for real #zerowaste solutions already happening around the world. 🌍 From inclusive waste systems to community-led climate action, we're at the Global Zero Waste Forum to share 25+ years of expertise. Send us a msg to learn more about #zerowaste. #GoForZeroWaste #gaia25

For #zerowaste to thrive, we need reuse systems that SERVE people, NOT REPLACE them. "Unpacking Reuse in Asia" from GAIA AP & the Asia Reuse Consortium’s co-conveners: PlasticDiet Indonesia & @breakfreefromplastic.org shows community-led solutions: www.no-burn.org/reuse-in-asia/ #GoForZeroWaste

On Day 1 of the Global Zero Waste Forum, GAIA, our members & allies called for real #zerowaste solutions, not false fixes. They reminded the world that: 🚫 "Waste-to-energy" incineration is not zero waste. ♻️ Plastic reduction, not just better disposal, is key to solving the crisis. #GoforZeroWaste

We’re taking a moment to look back on our Global Zero Waste Cities Summit in 2023, which brought together over 1,500+ practitioners, local government leaders, community groups, CSOs & academics from around the world. Watch the full playlist: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #ThrowbackThursday #GAIA25

From Tanzania to Ukraine, from India to Ecuador, from the USA to Ghana, GAIA members are partnering with communities and cities to #GoForZeroWaste. Check out our resources on: www.no-burn.org/gaia-global-... #GlobalZeroWasteForum #GAIA25

GAIA’s global network of Zero Waste leaders will join the Zero Waste Forum in Istanbul, Turkey this weekend bringing decades of expertise from the frontlines of real #zerowaste implementation. Let’s connect & move toward a truly just, zero waste world. #GoForZeroWaste #ZeroWasteForum #GAIA25

Cross-regional connection in action! 💚 Always exciting to see our colleagues sharing ideas and strengthening the zero waste movement. More info on our global community: www.no-burn.org/global-commu... #GoForZeroWaste #gaia25

Zero waste consistently outperforms incineration and business-as-usual waste management systems in Quezon City, Lagos & Barueri in delivering the greatest reduction in long-term warming according to GAIA's latest publication. Read the full report (Spanish & English): www.no-burn.org/resources/ze...

Expensive. Harmful to health. Bad for the climate. Perpetuates inequality. Non-renewable energy. Locks-in the community to decades of burning, creating obstacle to zero waste. That is waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration. #ClimateFinanceForZeroWaste #ZeroWasteToZeroEmissions

Congratulations to our GAIA Africa team members! We are incredibly proud to celebrate three of our own who have shown incredible leadership and have been selected for distinguished awards & fellowships. Your dedication, passion, and hard work inspire us all. #BreakFreeFromPlastic #GoForZeroWaste

📢Together, we know we are better than burning. Read the full joint letter on the ''Better than burning'' campaign page: betterthanburning.eu, and join today's Day of Action Against Incineration! #betterthanburning #goforzerowaste

📢We need real solutions like zero waste, not false ones. Join us on Sept 30 for the Day of Action Against Incineration. @zerowasteeurope.eu: zerowasteeurope.eu/campaign/bet... @zerowasteasia.bsky.social: www.no-burn.org/wp-content/u... #BurnNot, #GoForZeroWaste! #BetterThanBurning

We’re at #ClimateWeekNYC bringing the call for #zerowaste and environmental justice to the global stage. GAIA is a proud member of the @cjaourpower.bsky.social. Here's to grassroots movements championing #climatejustice and community-led change! #ClimateWeek

🌍🚫 From Europe to Asia, Africa, and beyond—incineration is NOT the solution. It’s time for a global moratorium on waste incineration and a commitment to real zero waste solutions that protect people and the planet. 👉 Learn more: www.betterthanburning.eu #StopTheBurn #BurnNot #GoForZeroWaste

We celebrate Merci Ferrer, co-convenor of War On Waste–Break Free From Plastic Negros Oriental & GAIA Asia Pacific Board President! Her advocacy mobilized Dumaguete to block a toxic incinerator. Meet her & the 2025 Clean Air Fund Urban Champions www.cleanairfund.org/news-item/20... #GoForZeroWaste

Citizens across Europe are making their voices heard: ‘ We say NO to waste incineration’. Join the ‘’Better than burning: stories from communities fighting incineration’’ webinar and hear from activists like @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social Brex Arevalo. Register now: zurl.co/U4F5P

PUBLICATION ALERT! Check out our latest publications, GAIA Technical Guidance Series for Policymakers and Financiers. This series will ensure implementation of methane reduction measures is aligned with the Environmental Justice Principles for Fast Action on Waste & Methane. #GoForZeroWaste

Join us in Addis Ababa for #AfricaClimateWeek and #AfricaClimateSummit tomorrow, Sept 9. GAIA Africa's Niven Reddy joins the panel: "Beyond Emissions" on how multilateralism is essential to unlock a fair and financed justice-based energy transition. #JustTransition #GoForZeroWaste

🌍✨ Africa Climate Week & Africa Climate Summit are almost here! As African leaders gather in Addis Ababa, alongside key stakeholders, they have an opportunity to set the tone for climate solutions ahead of COP30 by addressing the root cause of the crisis: coal, oil and gas.

GAIA stands in solidarity with GAIA Asia Pacific, our colleagues, members, and the people of Indonesia in this difficult and defining moment. "As advocates for environmental justice, we affirm that social, economic, and ecological justice are inseparable." #InSolidarity #SocialJustice

💚 Join Zero Waste Europe! We're hiring a Packaging & Reuse Policy Officer (60%, maternity cover) in Belgium until Mar 2026. Apply by 14/09 👉 zurl.co/hBTIr

A new GAIA report shows that waste incineration makes the climate crisis worse. On Sept 4, join our press conference during #ClimateWeek2025 to learn why #zerowaste - not incinerators - is the path to real methane cuts and climate justice. Register ⤵️ www.linkedin.com/events/73686... #COP30

Our 2025 US EJ Action Microfunds Grant's still open! $2,500 grants for frontline-led US orgs working on ♻️ #Zerowaste 🔥Incineration& “chemical recycling” 🛢️Plastics &methane 🔋Battery harms Apply by Sept 8 www.no-burn.org/wp-content/u... #EnvironmentalJustice #GoForZeroWaste @breakfreefromplastic.org

"...the latest version removed explicit production caps and softened language on chemicals of concern, drawing criticism from countries and civil society groups seeking stronger measures." Read more: eutoday.net/global-plast... @zerowasteeurope.eu #PlasticsTreaty #INC5_2 #couragenotcompromise

The 2025 Africa #zerowasteacademy concluded with a graduation ceremony last month. We're incredibly proud of every participant. Their #zerowaste projects truly showcased the power of innovation &community action.💚 Join us on the next one! #AfricaForZeroWaste #breakfreefromplastic #GoForZeroWaste

"While a vast majority of countries supported measures such as cutting plastic production...progress was repeatedly blocked by a small bloc of oil-producing nations calling themselves the 'like-minded countries'." newsinfo.inquirer.net/2096266/plas... #INC5_2 #PlasticsTreaty #couragenotcompromise

Battery storage has largely escaped the attacks levied by the Trump administration on clean energy. And the storage capabilities of batteries has expanded rapidly. How close are we to 24/7 renewable power brought to you by battery storage? Tune in: listen.climateone.org/coWBGL3d?sid...

#zerowaste is better together! 🌏🌍 #GoForZeroWaste #GAIA25

"Ana Rocha, Global Plastics Policy Director at GAIA, argued that the draft text in fact undermines the aspirations of more than 100 countries seeking stronger plastic waste management in the future." Read: www.metrotvnews.com/read/koGCdO1... #INC5_2 #PlasticsTreaty #CourageNotCompromise

Incineration not only harms public health and worsens climate change but also undermines humanitarian efforts. Full statement here: www.no-burn.org/gaia-stateme... #environmentaljustice #BurnNot

To our colleagues, members, communities, allies, and member states... Thank you for holding the line. Thank you for standing strong. Thank you for not letting a weak treaty pass. We are not going back. We will not stop, until we win. #CourageNotCompromise #PlasticsTreaty #INC5_2

Disappointed & enraged by a process and text that sidelines ambition, but inspired by countries & CSOs that refused to accept it. No treaty is better than a bad treaty. GAIA's statement at the end of the #INC5_2 closing plenary www.no-burn.org/ambitious-co... #couragenotcompromise #plasticstreaty

After waiting for hours for the plenary session that was to conclude the #plasticstreaty talks just to be abruptly dismissed, the Chair announced #INC5_2 continues tomorrow. ➡️READ our statement in English & Spanish here: www.no-burn.org/gaia-stateme... #CourageNotCompromise

Via a LinkedIn post, French President Emmanuel Macron calls "on all States present in Geneva to adopt a text that reflects the urgency of the environmental and health crisis.” #couragenotcompromise #inc5_2 #PlasticsTreaty

Here is our Aug 13 recap! Read in English: www.no-burn.org/day-9-inc-5-2 Spanish: www.no-burn.org/dia-9-inc-5-2 #PlasticsTreaty #INC5_2 #couragenotcompromise

Alarm bells are ringing at #INC52 🚨 Today's new draft for the negotiations for a #PlasticsTreaty lacks all the key components that civil society groups and high ambition countries have been asking for to effectively address the plastic pollution crisis. [thread 1/9] Read more below: 👇🏽

GAIA rejects the Chair's latest text at #INC5_2. It disrespects the will of the majority and the very mandate of the UNEA resolution - "end plastic pollution". Our full statement in English and Spanish here: www.no-burn.org/gaias-statem... #couragenotcompromise #PlasticsTreaty

NEW DATE! To give way to the plenary today, 4PM, our press conference is moved to tomorrow, Aug 14, 11AM. See you then!