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Kiki Berkers

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Policy officer climate @11.11.11 Policy coordinator @Klimaatcoalitievzw Views are my own etc.

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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
NEW: The Pentagon has brought back Cold War-era stockpiling, taking vital resources from the energy transition. Our analysis shows that the Pentagon’s planned cobalt and graphite stockpile is large enough to produce 100,000 electric buses. transitionsecurity.org/mining-for-war/
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Mining for War: Assessing the Pentagon’s Mineral Stockpile
How can the Pentagon's energy transition mineral stockpiles be repurposed toward the green transition?
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11.11.11 @11.be · 15/10/2025
Minder ontwikkelingssamenwerking betekent niet dat de wereld stopt met branden. Alleen dat wij wegkijken terwijl ze brandt. De prijs van besparen is duidelijk: instabiliteit, onveiligheid, verloren geloofwaardigheid, gebroken mensenlevens.
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Solidariteit is geen luxe: wereldwijde aanval op ontwikkelingssamenwerking is een strategische fout
Kortzichtigheid heeft een prijs, stellen de directeurs van zeven Belgische ngo’s, waaronder 11.11.11, Memisa, Dokters van de Wereld en Damiaanactie. Els Hertogen en anderen waarschuwen voor het uitbli...
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Kiki Berkers @kikiberkers.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
30.000 MAAL DANK 💚 Terwijl regeringen klimaatbeleid wegschuiven en besparen op klimaat en solidariteit, was de eis helder: bouw vervuilende subsidies af en zet overheidsmiddelen volop in op rechtvaardig klimaatbeleid. Dit moet prioritair zijn bij de begrotingsgesprekken. www.knack.be/nieuws/milie...
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Tienduizenden deelnemers aan klimaatmars in Brussel: 'We are back en onze boodschap is glashelder'
Op zondagmiddag 5 oktober organiseerde de Klimaatcoalitie - een collectief van meer dan 100 Belgische ngo's, mutualiteiten, vakbonden en burgerbewegingen
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Kiki Berkers @kikiberkers.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
In 80 jaar bracht het ICJ amper vijf keer unaniem advies uit. Dit is er één van. Een krachtig signaal: klimaatschade is vanaf nu zaak van internationaal recht. En dat blijft niet zonder gevolgen. Van fossiele uitfasering tot compensatie klimaatslachtoffers. Meer via link: 11.be/documenten/i...
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Internationaal Gerechtshof bevestigt voor het eerst: klimaatbeleid is geen keuze meer, maar een juridische plicht | 11.11.11
Voor het eerst bevestigt het Internationaal Gerechtshof: staten zijn wettelijk verplicht om de klimaatcrisis aan te pakken. In een langverwachte advies van 23 juli maakt het Hof komaf met de vrijblijv...
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Alexandra Phelan 余雪莲 @alexandraphelan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Also big: The obligations identified in QA include regulation of private actors as part of due diligence. Thus, failure to exercise regulatory due diligence may result in state responsibility.
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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
25/ Through this clear statement, the Court puts to rest - hopefully once and for all - the bad faith legal argument used by polluters to claim that the climate agreements protect them from accountability for climate harms. 🪦R.I.P. Lex Specialis argument in climate justice cases
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Kiki Berkers @kikiberkers.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Het is zover: de ICJ buigt zich over klimaatverplichtingen van staten – historisch, dankzij jarenlange inzet van jongeren, middenveld en landen als Vanuatu. 1️⃣ Verplichtingen staten inz. klimaat onder internationaal recht? 2️⃣ Juridische gevolgen als ze die schenden? 📺 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
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THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.
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Klimaatcoalitie // Coalition Climat @climatecoalitionbe.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🔥 Hittegolf tot 38°C. Wanneer beseffen onze klimaatministers de ernst? De EU wil -90% uitstoot tegen 2040. België kan mee de weg tonen – of opnieuw remmen. 👉 @Jean-Luc Crucke @Mélissa Depraetere @Cécile Neven @Alain Maron: steun het voorstel. klimaatcoalitie.be/hittegolf-op...
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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
⚠️ 9 more students arrested in Kampala 🇺🇬 They were protesting for the release of 11 youth activists who are in custody for opposing the KCB Bank's support for the destructive #EACOP project. Stop the oppression, #StopEACOP @stopeacop.bsky.social
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Reclaim Finance @reclaimfinance.org · 21/05/2025
🔴 Our new report reveals that #coal giant Glencore's expansion plans are still backed by 9 major European banks! 📢 European #banks must strengthen their policies to exclude any financing for both thermal and met coal developers at the corporate level without any exceptions. [1/8] Read more ⤵️
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Glencore's coal expansion fueled by European banks - Reclaim Finance
European banks are still playing a critical role in supporting Glencore’s coal expansion, according to new analysis by Reclaim Finance.
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 26/05/2025
Last week the Commission presented a package of deregulation measures to favour companies w less than 750 employees (small midcaps). Examples: F-gases, batteries, stock market rules, data privacy. They did it by asking the companies what they wanted. corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...
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Deregulation Watch | Corporate Europe Observatory
Check out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environme...
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Vera Vrijmoeth @veravrijmoeth.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Sinds Draghi wordt de regeldruk in Europa gezien als hét probleem van dit moment. Vandaag staan @rodeeconoom.bsky.social en ik in het @fd.nl. Wij plaatsen kanttekeningen bij dit verhaal. Want in Europa liggen de winsten hoger, is de regeldruk lager en zijn uitkomsten beter dan in de VS. 🧵(1/8)
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Business and Human Rights Centre @business-humanrights.org · 07/05/2025
There is another way – and one that can contribute to the objectives of a truly just global energy transition. Read our report and recommendations for a #JustTransition: www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
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Transition Minerals Tracker: 2025 Global Analysis - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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Business and Human Rights Centre @business-humanrights.org · 07/05/2025
🆕 We've recorded 835 allegations of abuse linked to the extraction of 8 minerals crucial for the energy transition. As companies & states ramp up mineral extraction under the banner of the energy transition, communities, Indigenous Peoples & workers are facing abuse. 1/
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/04/2025
Public affairs firms in Europe enable pollution by lobbying for big oil, says analysis
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Public affairs firms in Europe enable pollution by lobbying for big oil, says analysis
Exclusive: EU Transparency Register shows law firms also among lobbyists working for fossil fuel companies
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 15/04/2025
NEW – Guest post: Exploring the risks of ‘cascading’ tipping points in a warming world ✍️ Dr Nico Wunderling and Thilo Körkel Read here: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-e...
Huge wave in the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: mauritius images GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2E49BA2
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Pieterjan Huyghebaert (VRT NWS) @pjhuyghebaert.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Europa warmt nog steeds 2 keer zo snel op als de rest van de wereld. De Middellandse Zee blijft recordwarm, in de Noordelijke IJszee sneuvelen warmterecords aan lopende band. En ook het aantal dagen met hittestress was in 2024 opnieuw erg hoog. 👇 www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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11.11.11 @11.be · 04/04/2025
We veroordelen de uitspraak van premier De Wever met klem. We vragen aan politici van alle partijen en niveau's om publiek en luidop zeggen waar ze voor staan: een consequente toepassing van het internationaal recht of straffeloosheid & dubbele standaarden.
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Willem Staes @willemstaes.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
3 dagen na ontdekking massagraf vol hulpverleners in #Gaza, draagt De Wever het internationaal recht mee ten grave. Een onbegrijpelijke en verbijsterende uitspraak die de geloofwaardigheid van zijn eigen regeerakkoord, en van de Belgische diplomatie, in één klap verpulvert:🧵 11.be/verhalen/111...
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11.11.11 veroordeelt uitspraken van premier Bart De Wever over arrestatiebevel Netanyahu | 11.11.11
11.11.11 veroordeelt met klem de uitspraak van premier Bart De Wever, die stelt dat België het internationaal arrestatiebevel tegen de Israëlische premier Netanyahu niet zou moeten uitvoeren.
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Kiki Berkers @kikiberkers.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Regelgeving lijkt soms abstract, maar het recente rapport van @bosplus.bsky.social en FairFin maakt de noodzaak pijnlijk concreet. Wat blijkt? De Belgische financiële sector faciliteert ontbossing met bijna 19 miljard aan kredieten en 276 miljoen aan aandelen – en de geldstroom blijft groeien. 🧵
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Hoe ongereguleerde financiering ontbossing aanjaagt
Wereldwijd verdwijnt bos aan een schrikbarend tempo, met catastrofale gevolgen voor mens, natuur én economie.
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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The critical minerals consensus—i.e. that some raw materials are so essential that all tactics, including war, are justified to obtain them—is hegemonic. The results could be deadly. This consensus shuts down debate: Critical for whom, obtained at whose expense? My latest in @financialtimes.com
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Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
📚✨ New paper alert: How are we doing on turning nature into a source of calculable risk? We take a critical look at how 1990s risk models and environmental science enable riskification, and study very new regulatory strategies that go beyond it. #openaccess: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Last Friday at the #EIBForum, the spotlight was on #EIBGlobal’s outside investments. It kicked off with energy—and, well, Houston, we have a problem!
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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Amazing how war clarifies the macrofinancial mind
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Imo this is the more informative framing of today's development - Israel is limiting access to potable water in Gaza
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/02/2025
The Trumpies are trying to gin up a fake Solyndra-style scandal around EPA climate funding, so that they can shut down that funding through DOJ (rather than through Congress, per, y'know, the law). A brave DOJ prosecutor resigned in protest.
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Senior DOJ prosecutor quit after being told to investigate Biden climate spending, sources say | CNN Politics
The top criminal prosecutor in the Washington, DC, US Attorney’s Office, Denise Cheung, resigned Tuesday after declining a request from her Trump-appointed superiors to open a grand jury investigation...
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Flor Didden @flordidden.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Vandaag in o.a. De Standaard, VRT en Knack: Nieuw rapport van @11.be : Illegale pushbacks zijn de norm geworden aan de buitengrenzen van Europa. We telden meer dan 120.000 pushbacks in 2024. Een draadje met onze vaststellingen.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
1/ Are US elites doing their best to Speed run towards the Chinese century? Starting thread to track examples of US loss of power and influence after our @phenomenalworld.bsky.social essay @katemac.bsky.social @laramerling.bsky.social phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pol...
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Nick Bernards @nickbernards.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I have just learned that 'resilience credits' are apparently a thing (unironically described as 'a new asset class'). I suppose this is the kind of thing I should no longer be surprised by. ndcpartnership.org/sites/defaul...
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Pieter Pauw @pieterpauw.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
New paper! We explore and discuss the challenges posed by the interplay of debt and climate crises. We examine proposals to tackle the issue through the lens of climate finance and climate justice with @fwartiainen.bsky.social , Bram Boer & Henny Romijn link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Addressing the Twin Crises of Debt and Climate: Exploring Unconditional Debt Cancellation - Development
The capacity of many developing countries to address climate change is severely constrained by mounting debt burdens and limited fiscal spaces. Meanwhile, the finance mobilized at the international le...
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David Ollivier de Leth @david330.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
So who did the European Commission invite to today's Omnibus consultation? #CSDDD #CSRD #Taxonomy @somoamsterdam.bsky.social had a look at the 30 companies on the guest list. Here's what we found: 🧵 @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @vdombrovskis.bsky.social
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Joe Weisenthal @weisenthal.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This is the payments system that Elon Musk now has access to. Must listen with @nathantankus.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Treasury Payment System Elon Musk Now Has Access To
Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · 02/05/2025 · 29m
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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The Governor of the Bank of England has urged continued US support for the two major global economic institutions. No doubt in my mind that the institutions profoundly reflect the interests of its largest shareholder and amplify American power but that’s just me. 2/2 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Bank of England boss urges US support for IMF and World Bank
Andrew Bailey says he is "following closely" whether Trump will change US support for the institutions.
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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
4/ Together with 63 CSOs from Africa & Europe, we urge the withdrawal from the EU-Rwanda MoU & the suspension of all CRMA-related mineral projects linked to Rwanda. The 🇪🇺 cannot cloak resource extraction in ‘sustainability’ while enabling rights violations. www.resourcematters.org/post/joint-l...
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Joint letter: Civil Society Calls on the European Commission to end the EU-Rwanda Partnership Amid Rwanda’s Escalating Aggression in Eastern Congo
Resource Matters plus 63 civil society organizations call on the European Union to end its involvement immediately in Rwanda’s critical raw materials sector
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Flor Didden @flordidden.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Veel zorgwekkende, veel ondoordachte en een paar interessante (maar nogal tegenstrijdige) dingen gelezen in dit regeerakkoord. #Migratie Draadje 1/15 @11.be
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Willem Staes @willemstaes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Een waanzinnig plan tot etnische zuivering in #Gaza keer op keer herhalen maakt het niet minder waanzinnig. 🧵: edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/p...
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Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip and doesn’t rule out using American troops | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States “will take over” the Gaza Strip — possibly with the help of American troops — while the Palestinians who live there should leave, a stunning pr...
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Kiki Berkers @kikiberkers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Wat zegt het regeerakkoord over internationaal klimaatbeleid? Bitter weinig. Terwijl de klimaatcrisis een globale aanpak en solidariteit met klimaatkwetsbare landen vereist. Onze reflectie: @11.be
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11.11.11 @11.be · 23/01/2025
Laat ons glashelder zijn: Deze besparingen zijn kortzichtig en gevaarlijk. Besparen op ontwikkelingssamenwerking is een keuze voor een wereld met nog meer instabiliteit, chaos en onveiligheid. Dat kan niemand zich veroorloven. Wanneer de wereld brandt, is solidariteit geen luxe of voetnoot. 🧵
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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 17/01/2025
The abrupt exit of the six biggest US banks from the UN’s Net Zero Banking Alliance is a disturbing sign of the shallowness of these institutions’ professed commitment to acting on climate, writes @luciepinson.bsky.social www.climatechangenews.com/2025/01/17/w...
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Wall Street's faltering on climate action opens up opportunity for European banks
With major US banks out of net zero alliance, European members should push to raise their climate action in the upcoming months
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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Supposedly independent US central bank pulls out of a voluntary information-sharing initiative just before Trump's inauguration ...not a good look 👀 www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
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Naima Charkaoui @naimacharkaoui.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Volg de experten van @11.be op bluesky: @flordidden.bsky.social migratie @femmythewissen.bsky.social financiering @kikiberkers.bsky.social klimaat en natuurlijke rijkdommen @wiskejult.bsky.social gender @grietysewyn.bsky.social ontwikkelingsbeleid @kareldebacker.bsky.social internat. handel (1/2)
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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Breaking: Deep investigation into the secretive world of so-called sustainability-linked loans and bonds issued by the world biggest banks to the world biggest polluters. All with the aim of greenwashing both banks and energy companies. @apnews.com digs into it here: apnews.com/article/shel...
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How mega-polluters take advantage of billions in green loans
Some of the world’s biggest polluters are reaping billions of dollars through a lax form of green finance, a new investigation by The Examination has found.
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