Alex Rafalowicz
@alexraf.bsky.social
Executive Director at the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty. Climate, energy transition, and politics with a justice perspective. Also Port Adelaide football club if the community grows here.
It’s been a huge week in Bogotá for the Amazon Summit. The decision to adopt the Mechanism for Amazonian Indigenous Peoples participation (MAPI for its acronym in Spanish) to bring Indigenous nations into the formal governance structure of the Amazon Treaty is historic.
August 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s been a huge week in Bogotá for the Amazon Summit. The decision to adopt the Mechanism for Amazonian Indigenous Peoples participation (MAPI for its acronym in Spanish) to bring Indigenous nations into the formal governance structure of the Amazon Treaty is historic.
Huge news from the InterAmerican Court. So much to process in the 300+ pages but the finding is clear and should send a message across the Americas and the world
"States are obliged to... supervise and control, as a minimum the exploration, extraction, transport and processing of fossil fuels"
"States are obliged to... supervise and control, as a minimum the exploration, extraction, transport and processing of fossil fuels"
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July 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Huge news from the InterAmerican Court. So much to process in the 300+ pages but the finding is clear and should send a message across the Americas and the world
"States are obliged to... supervise and control, as a minimum the exploration, extraction, transport and processing of fossil fuels"
"States are obliged to... supervise and control, as a minimum the exploration, extraction, transport and processing of fossil fuels"
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I got 99 reasons to plant trees, but carbon offsetting ain't one.
Want to plant trees to offset fossil fuels? You'd need all of North and Central America, study finds
Planting trees can help save the planet, right? A new study finds that to offset all the planet-warming carbon emissions from fossil fuel reserves, trees would have to entirely cover an area the size ...
apnews.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I got 99 reasons to plant trees, but carbon offsetting ain't one.
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🇰🇳 It's official—St. Kitts and Nevis has become the 17th nation to back the proposal for a Fossil Fuel Treaty 🔥
🗣️ Tell us in the comments: which countries do you want to see participating next?
🗣️ Tell us in the comments: which countries do you want to see participating next?
June 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🇰🇳 It's official—St. Kitts and Nevis has become the 17th nation to back the proposal for a Fossil Fuel Treaty 🔥
🗣️ Tell us in the comments: which countries do you want to see participating next?
🗣️ Tell us in the comments: which countries do you want to see participating next?
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🔊 BREAKING NEWS!
In a historic moment, @mayorofgm.bsky.social and Massive Attack came together at a sold-out concert in Manchester to endorse the #FossilFuelTreaty on #WorldEnvironmentDay.
🎶🌍
In a historic moment, @mayorofgm.bsky.social and Massive Attack came together at a sold-out concert in Manchester to endorse the #FossilFuelTreaty on #WorldEnvironmentDay.
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June 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🔊 BREAKING NEWS!
In a historic moment, @mayorofgm.bsky.social and Massive Attack came together at a sold-out concert in Manchester to endorse the #FossilFuelTreaty on #WorldEnvironmentDay.
🎶🌍
In a historic moment, @mayorofgm.bsky.social and Massive Attack came together at a sold-out concert in Manchester to endorse the #FossilFuelTreaty on #WorldEnvironmentDay.
🎶🌍
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Equally shitty is that this is also true at fossil fuel extraction sites: so many missing & murdered Indigenous women, in particular, have disappeared in proximity to "man camps" for oil & gas mining.
An absolutely chilling story about a cost of climate disasters we don't think/talk about enough, from @ninalakhani.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Sexual exploitation and domestic violence soared after Lahaina wildfire, report finds
Exclusive: One in six female survivors surveyed felt forced to engage in ‘survival sex’ for necessities after 2023 catastrophic Hawaii fire
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Equally shitty is that this is also true at fossil fuel extraction sites: so many missing & murdered Indigenous women, in particular, have disappeared in proximity to "man camps" for oil & gas mining.
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The African Development Bank did not approve any direct funding for fossil fuel projects in 2024, but its failure to exclude #FossilGas leaves the door open for backsliding.
Continued investment in gas risks locking #African countries into stranded assets, energy insecurity, and inequality.
Continued investment in gas risks locking #African countries into stranded assets, energy insecurity, and inequality.
May 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The African Development Bank did not approve any direct funding for fossil fuel projects in 2024, but its failure to exclude #FossilGas leaves the door open for backsliding.
Continued investment in gas risks locking #African countries into stranded assets, energy insecurity, and inequality.
Continued investment in gas risks locking #African countries into stranded assets, energy insecurity, and inequality.
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"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said."
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
'Indiscriminate, Unrestrained, Brutal': Former Israeli PM Calls Gaza Assault 'War Crimes'
"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination," former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote in an op-ed aimed at Israeli citizens.
www.huffpost.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said."
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
If the club “exists to win premierships” it has to ask how it’s working toward that goal with current setup. Deluded if they think Ins post bye will make a difference. I think they’ve missed a trick by not putting Marshall on long term injury list and going to MSD. Connected to Ken imo
Port Adelaide's controversial coaching handover is having a detrimental impact on the team, writes Ronny Lerner on FOOTYOLOGY. He says the club should install Josh Carr in the senior role as soon as possible. #footyology
Time to pull plug on Hinkley-Carr Power play | Footyology
footyology.com.au
May 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If the club “exists to win premierships” it has to ask how it’s working toward that goal with current setup. Deluded if they think Ins post bye will make a difference. I think they’ve missed a trick by not putting Marshall on long term injury list and going to MSD. Connected to Ken imo
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A wild carbon credit boondoggle in which Chevron bought credits for a project on Indigenous land that residents didn't (and still don't) know anything about, painstakingly documented by the great Andres Bermudez-Lievano @elclip.bsky.social @mongabaylatam.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/CLIP-Ch...
drilled.media/news/CLIP-Ch...
In Colombia, Chevron has a habit of buying carbon credits from projects made behind indigenous people’s backs.
Leaders of the Cotuhé Putumayo indigenous reservation, in the Colombian Amazon, say that they do not know about the carbon credit project taking place in their land, which has sold more than 3 million...
drilled.media
May 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A wild carbon credit boondoggle in which Chevron bought credits for a project on Indigenous land that residents didn't (and still don't) know anything about, painstakingly documented by the great Andres Bermudez-Lievano @elclip.bsky.social @mongabaylatam.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/CLIP-Ch...
drilled.media/news/CLIP-Ch...
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We’re hiring a climate reporter to cover Latin America! Details here:
Latin America Climate Reporter
bloomberg.avature.net
April 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We’re hiring a climate reporter to cover Latin America! Details here:
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HUGE verdict in Louisiana with significant implications for oil majors. BREAKING: Jury orders Chevron to pay $745 million in damages in landmark Louisiana coastal damage lawsuit.
www.nola.com/news/environ...
www.nola.com/news/environ...
Jury orders Chevron to pay $745 million for Louisiana coastal damage in landmark trial
The jury delivered its verdict in the landmark case, which sought to make Chevron pay to restore an area of coastal wetlands near Bayou Gentilly.
www.nola.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
HUGE verdict in Louisiana with significant implications for oil majors. BREAKING: Jury orders Chevron to pay $745 million in damages in landmark Louisiana coastal damage lawsuit.
www.nola.com/news/environ...
www.nola.com/news/environ...
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Arctic sea ice extent for March set a record low since satellite monitoring started 47 years ago
The amount of ice "missing", compared to 1979, is an area the size of Alaska!
March is when Arctic sea ice extent hits its maximum, before declining to minimum, usually Sept
nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...
The amount of ice "missing", compared to 1979, is an area the size of Alaska!
March is when Arctic sea ice extent hits its maximum, before declining to minimum, usually Sept
nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...
Spring is in the air
Arctic sea ice extent for March set a record low in the 47-year satellite data record. Extent was below average everywhere except the East Greenland Sea.
nsidc.org
April 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Arctic sea ice extent for March set a record low since satellite monitoring started 47 years ago
The amount of ice "missing", compared to 1979, is an area the size of Alaska!
March is when Arctic sea ice extent hits its maximum, before declining to minimum, usually Sept
nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...
The amount of ice "missing", compared to 1979, is an area the size of Alaska!
March is when Arctic sea ice extent hits its maximum, before declining to minimum, usually Sept
nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...
At the fourth assembly on an Amazon free of fossil fuels - leaders from Indigenous nations across the Amazon sharing stories of their resistance to the industry of death and their wisdom and traditions of life. Three more days of sharing, building relations and political planning to come
April 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
At the fourth assembly on an Amazon free of fossil fuels - leaders from Indigenous nations across the Amazon sharing stories of their resistance to the industry of death and their wisdom and traditions of life. Three more days of sharing, building relations and political planning to come
A great start to an historic event in Cartagena. Intersections btwn clean air, human health and our energy systems have never been clearer. We face a real cross roads on public priorities - we can keep paying our own public money to burn our lungs and our climate or we can choose the side of life!
Delighted to co-host opening reception for @who.int Conference on #AirPollution & #Health with @fossiltreaty.bsky.social. Made for an inspiring start to a week of discussions, announcements & collaborations to drive action on clean air & protect health @drmarianeira.bsky.social @alexraf.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A great start to an historic event in Cartagena. Intersections btwn clean air, human health and our energy systems have never been clearer. We face a real cross roads on public priorities - we can keep paying our own public money to burn our lungs and our climate or we can choose the side of life!
Kicking off our formal side event at the @who.int conference on clean air and health that focuses on listening to frontline and fence line voices on the health risk posed by fracking and fossil fuel extraction generally
March 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Kicking off our formal side event at the @who.int conference on clean air and health that focuses on listening to frontline and fence line voices on the health risk posed by fracking and fossil fuel extraction generally
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Q: Should Norway included LULUCF (land sink) in its new NDC (climate target)?
A: Only as a separate target
Why should LULUCF be separated, particularly in countries with large sinks? I explain for Norway, but the lessons are general.
@klimastiftelsen.no www.linkedin.com/pulse/should...
A: Only as a separate target
Why should LULUCF be separated, particularly in countries with large sinks? I explain for Norway, but the lessons are general.
@klimastiftelsen.no www.linkedin.com/pulse/should...
March 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Q: Should Norway included LULUCF (land sink) in its new NDC (climate target)?
A: Only as a separate target
Why should LULUCF be separated, particularly in countries with large sinks? I explain for Norway, but the lessons are general.
@klimastiftelsen.no www.linkedin.com/pulse/should...
A: Only as a separate target
Why should LULUCF be separated, particularly in countries with large sinks? I explain for Norway, but the lessons are general.
@klimastiftelsen.no www.linkedin.com/pulse/should...
If after the trump-Zelensky presser the pope dies today do we just assume that satan is a real thing and is winning?
February 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If after the trump-Zelensky presser the pope dies today do we just assume that satan is a real thing and is winning?
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Will there ever be any accountability for the private-entity CDR boosters? Haha, sorry. I know I'm being silly. Of course there won't be.
February 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Will there ever be any accountability for the private-entity CDR boosters? Haha, sorry. I know I'm being silly. Of course there won't be.
very much this. the threat of fossil fuels is existential not only to the biosphere but to our human systems too. they literally poison everything they come into contact with.
February 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
very much this. the threat of fossil fuels is existential not only to the biosphere but to our human systems too. they literally poison everything they come into contact with.
personally I’m looking forward to the obscenely sexy m&m coming back
Now that wokeness is dead the Mars corporation is finally free to put lead back into the M&M's coating
February 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
personally I’m looking forward to the obscenely sexy m&m coming back
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Uplift is hiring!
We have an amazing opportunity for someone with a policy and/or legal background to join our team at a crucial time for the future of oil, gas and just transition policy (and politics) in the UK. Feel free to DM with questions
www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/104719-...
We have an amazing opportunity for someone with a policy and/or legal background to join our team at a crucial time for the future of oil, gas and just transition policy (and politics) in the UK. Feel free to DM with questions
www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/104719-...
Legal and Policy Adviser
We are currently looking for a Legal and Policy Adviser to join our growing team to drive forward our strategic legal and policy advocacy. This is an exciting opportunity to help build an ambitious .....
www.environmentjob.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Uplift is hiring!
We have an amazing opportunity for someone with a policy and/or legal background to join our team at a crucial time for the future of oil, gas and just transition policy (and politics) in the UK. Feel free to DM with questions
www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/104719-...
We have an amazing opportunity for someone with a policy and/or legal background to join our team at a crucial time for the future of oil, gas and just transition policy (and politics) in the UK. Feel free to DM with questions
www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/104719-...