Focus
@drustvofocus.bsky.social
Focus is an independent NGO advocating for systemic change to foster equity and sustainability, and promote community-based solutions for the issues of our times.
https://focus.si/
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@drustvofocus.bsky.social
· Jan 6
🟢 Focus is an independent NGO advocating for systemic change to foster equity and sustainability, and promote community-based solutions for the issues of our times.
Our work focuses on:
• climate change
• energy
• sustainable mobility
• global responsibility
• justice
• degrowth
Our work focuses on:
• climate change
• energy
• sustainable mobility
• global responsibility
• justice
• degrowth
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Ever heard of cheesing?* 🧀
It's the perfect way to describe the game that's played by decisionmakers to destroy environmental & human rights protections:
1. Cheap tricks
2. Unfair
3. Overly easy
Watch & let us know who you nominate for BIGGEST cheese⁉️
#Deregulator
youtu.be/IyWvUzR5y2M?...
It's the perfect way to describe the game that's played by decisionmakers to destroy environmental & human rights protections:
1. Cheap tricks
2. Unfair
3. Overly easy
Watch & let us know who you nominate for BIGGEST cheese⁉️
#Deregulator
youtu.be/IyWvUzR5y2M?...
The deregulator
YouTube video by Friends of the Earth Europe
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Ever heard of cheesing?* 🧀
It's the perfect way to describe the game that's played by decisionmakers to destroy environmental & human rights protections:
1. Cheap tricks
2. Unfair
3. Overly easy
Watch & let us know who you nominate for BIGGEST cheese⁉️
#Deregulator
youtu.be/IyWvUzR5y2M?...
It's the perfect way to describe the game that's played by decisionmakers to destroy environmental & human rights protections:
1. Cheap tricks
2. Unfair
3. Overly easy
Watch & let us know who you nominate for BIGGEST cheese⁉️
#Deregulator
youtu.be/IyWvUzR5y2M?...
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🚨Omnibus I Political agreement
Early this morning, EU institutions reached a political agreement that marks a turning point:
👉 The first rollback of an adopted due diligence law in history
👉 The first major file pushed through via an EPP–far right alliance
www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...
Early this morning, EU institutions reached a political agreement that marks a turning point:
👉 The first rollback of an adopted due diligence law in history
👉 The first major file pushed through via an EPP–far right alliance
www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🚨Omnibus I Political agreement
Early this morning, EU institutions reached a political agreement that marks a turning point:
👉 The first rollback of an adopted due diligence law in history
👉 The first major file pushed through via an EPP–far right alliance
www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...
Early this morning, EU institutions reached a political agreement that marks a turning point:
👉 The first rollback of an adopted due diligence law in history
👉 The first major file pushed through via an EPP–far right alliance
www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...
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The EU banned many pesticides because they're toxic, yet European corporations keeps exporting them.
🌍 From Brazil to India, Bangladesh to Uganda, people are sending them back to Brussels 🎞️👇
#ReturnToSender #BanToxicExports
🌍 From Brazil to India, Bangladesh to Uganda, people are sending them back to Brussels 🎞️👇
#ReturnToSender #BanToxicExports
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The EU banned many pesticides because they're toxic, yet European corporations keeps exporting them.
🌍 From Brazil to India, Bangladesh to Uganda, people are sending them back to Brussels 🎞️👇
#ReturnToSender #BanToxicExports
🌍 From Brazil to India, Bangladesh to Uganda, people are sending them back to Brussels 🎞️👇
#ReturnToSender #BanToxicExports
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🚨 The EU Ombudswoman confirms it: the Commission committed maladministration on #Omnibus I.
Rushed, opaque, corporate-driven lawmaking is not acceptable.
With more Omnibus packages coming, the message is clear: the EU cannot dismantle rights behind closed doors
corporatejustice.org/news/joint-p...
Rushed, opaque, corporate-driven lawmaking is not acceptable.
With more Omnibus packages coming, the message is clear: the EU cannot dismantle rights behind closed doors
corporatejustice.org/news/joint-p...
JOINT PRESS RELEASE EU watchdog slams Commission’s undemocratic environmental rollbacks - ECCJ
corporatejustice.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🚨 The EU Ombudswoman confirms it: the Commission committed maladministration on #Omnibus I.
Rushed, opaque, corporate-driven lawmaking is not acceptable.
With more Omnibus packages coming, the message is clear: the EU cannot dismantle rights behind closed doors
corporatejustice.org/news/joint-p...
Rushed, opaque, corporate-driven lawmaking is not acceptable.
With more Omnibus packages coming, the message is clear: the EU cannot dismantle rights behind closed doors
corporatejustice.org/news/joint-p...
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BAM 💥 Here's #COP30 outcome!
🏆We got Belém Action Mechanism for Global Just Transition - a big victory!
But:
❌No justice package
❌No roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels
❌Weak adaptation finance
❌No credible response to NDC ambition gap
❌‘Shuttle diplomacy’ & lack of transparent updates
🏆We got Belém Action Mechanism for Global Just Transition - a big victory!
But:
❌No justice package
❌No roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels
❌Weak adaptation finance
❌No credible response to NDC ambition gap
❌‘Shuttle diplomacy’ & lack of transparent updates
COP30 Supports A Just Transition Mechanism - But Leaves Civil Society’s Justice Package Undelivered - CAN Europe
COP30 was hyped as the first implementation COP, the first COP since the landmark ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and the COP that would honour the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. Expe...
caneurope.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
BAM 💥 Here's #COP30 outcome!
🏆We got Belém Action Mechanism for Global Just Transition - a big victory!
But:
❌No justice package
❌No roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels
❌Weak adaptation finance
❌No credible response to NDC ambition gap
❌‘Shuttle diplomacy’ & lack of transparent updates
🏆We got Belém Action Mechanism for Global Just Transition - a big victory!
But:
❌No justice package
❌No roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels
❌Weak adaptation finance
❌No credible response to NDC ambition gap
❌‘Shuttle diplomacy’ & lack of transparent updates
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🚨 NEW: More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists on the ground in Brazil for U.N. climate talks.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🚨 NEW: More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists on the ground in Brazil for U.N. climate talks.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
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Not again!? 84 fossil fuel lobbyists were brought by EU countries to #COP30 😤
See the detailed results of the research done 👇
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...
It is time to free politics from the influence of the fossil fuel industry 🔥
#FossilFreePolitics #FossilFreeEU #KickBigPollutersOut
See the detailed results of the research done 👇
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...
It is time to free politics from the influence of the fossil fuel industry 🔥
#FossilFreePolitics #FossilFreeEU #KickBigPollutersOut
EU Commission keeps oil and gas lobbyists away from COP30, but France and Italy roll out red carpet - Fossil Free Politics
According to new research by Fossil Free Politics in collaboration with the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition, nine EU governments brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists into COP30 on their official governme...
fossilfreepolitics.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Not again!? 84 fossil fuel lobbyists were brought by EU countries to #COP30 😤
See the detailed results of the research done 👇
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...
It is time to free politics from the influence of the fossil fuel industry 🔥
#FossilFreePolitics #FossilFreeEU #KickBigPollutersOut
See the detailed results of the research done 👇
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...
It is time to free politics from the influence of the fossil fuel industry 🔥
#FossilFreePolitics #FossilFreeEU #KickBigPollutersOut
How can policies, legal frameworks, and strategic planning better support energy communities?
That's theme 1️⃣ of the Community Energy Upgrading Toolkit by #LifeCOMET partners.
Learn more in our 1️⃣st blog post.⤵️
That's theme 1️⃣ of the Community Energy Upgrading Toolkit by #LifeCOMET partners.
Learn more in our 1️⃣st blog post.⤵️
Supportive frameworks are key to growing energy communities. 🌱
The latest #LifeCOMET blog post shares 3 paths to enable them: better EU transposition, better local & national integration, stronger regulations.
📃Read more: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/upgradi...
The latest #LifeCOMET blog post shares 3 paths to enable them: better EU transposition, better local & national integration, stronger regulations.
📃Read more: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/upgradi...
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
How can policies, legal frameworks, and strategic planning better support energy communities?
That's theme 1️⃣ of the Community Energy Upgrading Toolkit by #LifeCOMET partners.
Learn more in our 1️⃣st blog post.⤵️
That's theme 1️⃣ of the Community Energy Upgrading Toolkit by #LifeCOMET partners.
Learn more in our 1️⃣st blog post.⤵️
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✊ 🇵🇸 No peace without justice
The occupation and violence in Palestine must end. We are demanding an end to the atrocities in Palestine, and insist on a concrete, actionable plan to achieve Palestinian justice, sovereignty and liberation.
www.foei.org/no-peace-wit...
The occupation and violence in Palestine must end. We are demanding an end to the atrocities in Palestine, and insist on a concrete, actionable plan to achieve Palestinian justice, sovereignty and liberation.
www.foei.org/no-peace-wit...
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
✊ 🇵🇸 No peace without justice
The occupation and violence in Palestine must end. We are demanding an end to the atrocities in Palestine, and insist on a concrete, actionable plan to achieve Palestinian justice, sovereignty and liberation.
www.foei.org/no-peace-wit...
The occupation and violence in Palestine must end. We are demanding an end to the atrocities in Palestine, and insist on a concrete, actionable plan to achieve Palestinian justice, sovereignty and liberation.
www.foei.org/no-peace-wit...
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Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
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Want to upgrade your energy community? 🌱🌳
The #LifeCOMET Toolkit brings together practical paths and tools to support policy, business models and engagement of citizen-led initiatives.
🔗 Find out more: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/resources/pa...
The #LifeCOMET Toolkit brings together practical paths and tools to support policy, business models and engagement of citizen-led initiatives.
🔗 Find out more: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/resources/pa...
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Want to upgrade your energy community? 🌱🌳
The #LifeCOMET Toolkit brings together practical paths and tools to support policy, business models and engagement of citizen-led initiatives.
🔗 Find out more: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/resources/pa...
The #LifeCOMET Toolkit brings together practical paths and tools to support policy, business models and engagement of citizen-led initiatives.
🔗 Find out more: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/resources/pa...
🔧 Projekt #RENOVERTY smo zaključili z objavo posodobljenih Kažipotov za energetske prenove domovanj na podeželju, namenjenih ranljivim gospodinjstvom, ki želijo zmanjšati stroške energije in izboljšati svoje udobje z obnovo domov. ⬇️
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🔧 Projekt #RENOVERTY smo zaključili z objavo posodobljenih Kažipotov za energetske prenove domovanj na podeželju, namenjenih ranljivim gospodinjstvom, ki želijo zmanjšati stroške energije in izboljšati svoje udobje z obnovo domov. ⬇️
Dostojno bivanje je človekova pravica, ne privilegij ‼️
focus.si/dostojno-biv...
#FundingFairerFutures #BuildBetterLives
focus.si/dostojno-biv...
#FundingFairerFutures #BuildBetterLives
We made EU leaders face Europe’s housing crisis.
Now it’s time to hold them to their word.
We want #FairHousingNow.
Spread the word:📣our right to housing is not for sale!
#FundingFairerFutures #BuildBetterLives #euDEARprogramme
Now it’s time to hold them to their word.
We want #FairHousingNow.
Spread the word:📣our right to housing is not for sale!
#FundingFairerFutures #BuildBetterLives #euDEARprogramme
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Dostojno bivanje je človekova pravica, ne privilegij ‼️
focus.si/dostojno-biv...
#FundingFairerFutures #BuildBetterLives
focus.si/dostojno-biv...
#FundingFairerFutures #BuildBetterLives
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EU leaders promised action on the housing crisis.
Let’s make sure they deliver.
Our right to housing is not for sale.
📝Read our demands👉 caneurope.org/press-releas...
#FairHousingNow #PeopleOverProfit #FundingFairerFutures
Let’s make sure they deliver.
Our right to housing is not for sale.
📝Read our demands👉 caneurope.org/press-releas...
#FairHousingNow #PeopleOverProfit #FundingFairerFutures
October 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
EU leaders promised action on the housing crisis.
Let’s make sure they deliver.
Our right to housing is not for sale.
📝Read our demands👉 caneurope.org/press-releas...
#FairHousingNow #PeopleOverProfit #FundingFairerFutures
Let’s make sure they deliver.
Our right to housing is not for sale.
📝Read our demands👉 caneurope.org/press-releas...
#FairHousingNow #PeopleOverProfit #FundingFairerFutures
💡 Zapišite si v koledar!
V novembru z družbo Borzen ter z Mestna občina Celje organiziramo strokovno konferenco z naslovom 'Energetske skupnosti - prebivalci v središču energetskega prehoda'. ⬇️
V novembru z družbo Borzen ter z Mestna občina Celje organiziramo strokovno konferenco z naslovom 'Energetske skupnosti - prebivalci v središču energetskega prehoda'. ⬇️
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
💡 Zapišite si v koledar!
V novembru z družbo Borzen ter z Mestna občina Celje organiziramo strokovno konferenco z naslovom 'Energetske skupnosti - prebivalci v središču energetskega prehoda'. ⬇️
V novembru z družbo Borzen ter z Mestna občina Celje organiziramo strokovno konferenco z naslovom 'Energetske skupnosti - prebivalci v središču energetskega prehoda'. ⬇️
V praksi priključni hibridi povzročajo skoraj toliko emisij kot običajna vozila.🚫
Če želimo doseči podnebne cilje in pravi prehod na brezogljično mobilnost, je nujno, da politike temeljijo na dejanskih podatkih, ne na obljubah industrije.‼️
Povzetek analize v slovenščini: focus.si/wp-content/u...
Če želimo doseči podnebne cilje in pravi prehod na brezogljično mobilnost, je nujno, da politike temeljijo na dejanskih podatkih, ne na obljubah industrije.‼️
Povzetek analize v slovenščini: focus.si/wp-content/u...
October 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
V praksi priključni hibridi povzročajo skoraj toliko emisij kot običajna vozila.🚫
Če želimo doseči podnebne cilje in pravi prehod na brezogljično mobilnost, je nujno, da politike temeljijo na dejanskih podatkih, ne na obljubah industrije.‼️
Povzetek analize v slovenščini: focus.si/wp-content/u...
Če želimo doseči podnebne cilje in pravi prehod na brezogljično mobilnost, je nujno, da politike temeljijo na dejanskih podatkih, ne na obljubah industrije.‼️
Povzetek analize v slovenščini: focus.si/wp-content/u...
🟢 Več kot teden je minil od obiska Elena Stancu in Cosmin Bumbuța, raziskovalne novinarke in fotografa, ki sta nas obiskala iz Romunije, a njune besede in podobe, ki sta jih prinesla s seboj, so še v živem spominu. ⬇️
October 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🟢 Več kot teden je minil od obiska Elena Stancu in Cosmin Bumbuța, raziskovalne novinarke in fotografa, ki sta nas obiskala iz Romunije, a njune besede in podobe, ki sta jih prinesla s seboj, so še v živem spominu. ⬇️
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If science shows us the urgency for climate action, then ethics must show us the way to rebuild momentum, writes
@WWF's @manupulgarvidal.bsky.social, in a new discussion paper on the Ethical Stocktake prepared for #COP30. Read more here: ow.ly/gP9y50WZSaw
@WWF's @manupulgarvidal.bsky.social, in a new discussion paper on the Ethical Stocktake prepared for #COP30. Read more here: ow.ly/gP9y50WZSaw
September 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
If science shows us the urgency for climate action, then ethics must show us the way to rebuild momentum, writes
@WWF's @manupulgarvidal.bsky.social, in a new discussion paper on the Ethical Stocktake prepared for #COP30. Read more here: ow.ly/gP9y50WZSaw
@WWF's @manupulgarvidal.bsky.social, in a new discussion paper on the Ethical Stocktake prepared for #COP30. Read more here: ow.ly/gP9y50WZSaw
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Climate justice and Palestinian liberation: Mapping the complicity
The corporate climate criminals fueling the climate crisis are complicit in the genocide in Palestine. Climate justice and Palestinian liberation go hand in hand
See the FoEI x PENGON/FoE Palestine joint publication👇
bit.ly/3IrvIWa
The corporate climate criminals fueling the climate crisis are complicit in the genocide in Palestine. Climate justice and Palestinian liberation go hand in hand
See the FoEI x PENGON/FoE Palestine joint publication👇
bit.ly/3IrvIWa
Climate justice and Palestinian liberation: Mapping the complicity - Friends of the Earth International
Climate justice and Palestinian liberation can only be achieved by challenging the systems that allow elites to profit from destruction, and by securing real solutions that centre people, not corporat...
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Climate justice and Palestinian liberation: Mapping the complicity
The corporate climate criminals fueling the climate crisis are complicit in the genocide in Palestine. Climate justice and Palestinian liberation go hand in hand
See the FoEI x PENGON/FoE Palestine joint publication👇
bit.ly/3IrvIWa
The corporate climate criminals fueling the climate crisis are complicit in the genocide in Palestine. Climate justice and Palestinian liberation go hand in hand
See the FoEI x PENGON/FoE Palestine joint publication👇
bit.ly/3IrvIWa
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🆕 stories show how old investment treaties still roll out the red carpet for investors to sue EU countries over sanctions against aggressive regimes, national security, climate laws, tax policies …
This secretive #ISDS system puts profits above democracy. Read more 👉 10isdsstories.org #StopISDS
This secretive #ISDS system puts profits above democracy. Read more 👉 10isdsstories.org #StopISDS
September 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🆕 stories show how old investment treaties still roll out the red carpet for investors to sue EU countries over sanctions against aggressive regimes, national security, climate laws, tax policies …
This secretive #ISDS system puts profits above democracy. Read more 👉 10isdsstories.org #StopISDS
This secretive #ISDS system puts profits above democracy. Read more 👉 10isdsstories.org #StopISDS
🤔 Je pravica za vse enaka?
🆕 stories show how old investment treaties still roll out the red carpet for investors to sue EU countries over sanctions against aggressive regimes, national security, climate laws, tax policies …
This secretive #ISDS system puts profits above democracy. Read more 👉 10isdsstories.org #StopISDS
This secretive #ISDS system puts profits above democracy. Read more 👉 10isdsstories.org #StopISDS
September 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🤔 Je pravica za vse enaka?
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🤔🔎Skupaj z @drustvofocus.bsky.social bomo razkrili nevidne sestavine hrane, ki jih deklaracije ne vključujejo in razbili nekaj razširjenih mitov. 🗓️Kdaj? V sredo, 24. 9. ob 17.00 na Tržaški cesti 2 v Ljubljani. Vabljeni! Obvezna je predhodna prijava. 👇
Dogodek Odstiramo nevidne sestavine v hrani
www.zps.si
September 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🤔🔎Skupaj z @drustvofocus.bsky.social bomo razkrili nevidne sestavine hrane, ki jih deklaracije ne vključujejo in razbili nekaj razširjenih mitov. 🗓️Kdaj? V sredo, 24. 9. ob 17.00 na Tržaški cesti 2 v Ljubljani. Vabljeni! Obvezna je predhodna prijava. 👇
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Europe’s 2040 climate target: what is it and what’s at stake
Europe’s 2040 climate target: what is it and what’s at stake
European lawmakers are haggling over a new climate action target - the implications are global
dlvr.it
September 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Europe’s 2040 climate target: what is it and what’s at stake
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S A V E 📢 T H E 📢 D A T E
Human & environmental rights should never be placed at the whim of corporations. But that is what the EU is doing by revising and watering down sustainability laws!
We can't let that happen. Join #BackToTheFuture ➕ sign up for updates ⬇️
www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Human & environmental rights should never be placed at the whim of corporations. But that is what the EU is doing by revising and watering down sustainability laws!
We can't let that happen. Join #BackToTheFuture ➕ sign up for updates ⬇️
www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
August 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
S A V E 📢 T H E 📢 D A T E
Human & environmental rights should never be placed at the whim of corporations. But that is what the EU is doing by revising and watering down sustainability laws!
We can't let that happen. Join #BackToTheFuture ➕ sign up for updates ⬇️
www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Human & environmental rights should never be placed at the whim of corporations. But that is what the EU is doing by revising and watering down sustainability laws!
We can't let that happen. Join #BackToTheFuture ➕ sign up for updates ⬇️
www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Slovenia’s green transition funding lacks a clear plan and focus on fairness.
We call for: taxing the polluting elite, climate dividends, better public transport, social housing, and no funds for companies ignoring climate goals.
Full analysis 👉 bit.ly/46StUiV
#JustTransition #TogetherFor1Point5
We call for: taxing the polluting elite, climate dividends, better public transport, social housing, and no funds for companies ignoring climate goals.
Full analysis 👉 bit.ly/46StUiV
#JustTransition #TogetherFor1Point5
August 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Slovenia’s green transition funding lacks a clear plan and focus on fairness.
We call for: taxing the polluting elite, climate dividends, better public transport, social housing, and no funds for companies ignoring climate goals.
Full analysis 👉 bit.ly/46StUiV
#JustTransition #TogetherFor1Point5
We call for: taxing the polluting elite, climate dividends, better public transport, social housing, and no funds for companies ignoring climate goals.
Full analysis 👉 bit.ly/46StUiV
#JustTransition #TogetherFor1Point5