Katrien Wuyts

(FR 👇)🌍 Earth Hour komt eraan!

🫴Geef in maart jouw uur voor de natuur en laten we samen al deze inspanningen tijdens Earth Hour vieren 💚!

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🌍 Earth Hour arrive à grand pas !

🫴Donnez une heure à la nature en mars et célébrons ensemble tous ces efforts lors de Earth Hour 💚 !

👉 wwf.be/earthhour

✅ First update on #COP16 in Rome: the Cali Fund is officially launched, which is a historical moment for people and nature 👏👏 50% of the fund is dedicated to Indigenous Peoples and local communities to support actions for implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework. #RestoreNature #COP16Resumed

VN-top over natuurbescherming hervat in Rome: wat staat er op het spel (behalve veel geld)?

🗯️ "It has to happen now, without an agreement we take steps backward" 👉 Today the important UN Conference on Biodiversity (COP16) resumes in Rome. Laurence Drèze and Reine Spiessens, biodiversity experts from @wwf.be, are interviewed about it by @vrtnws.be this morning. #RestoreNature #2030targets 🌱

"Pratiquement aucune ambition pour la nature et le climat": les critiques des associations sur le volet climat de l'Arizona Les six pages consacrées au climat et à l'environnement dans l'accord du gouvernement fédéral peinent à convaincre les associations de préservation de la nature.

Our reaction to the Belgian Federal Government Agreement to read in @lalibre.be this morning (FR)👇

"Cet accord passe à côté de 14 milliards d’€, qui auraient pu être investis pour rendre notre économie plus durable".

What does the new Federal Government Agreement means for the economy and the environment?
Our Policy & Business Director, Julie Vandenberghe, was interviewed in the evening news of RTL INFO (FR)👇
www.rtl.be/page-videos/...

Moins d’incitations fiscales, moins de dons : l’Arizona met la société civile en émoi (infographies) Le gouvernement fédéral veut réduire la déductibilité fiscale des dons de 45 % à 30 %, menaçant le financement de nombreuses associations dans de nombreux secteurs.

The new Belgian federal government wants to reduce the tax deductibility of donations from 45% to 30%, threatening the funding of numerous associations in many sectors.

🗞️"Nous espérons que le gouvernement se ressaisira et abandonnera ce projet", says our CEO Caroline Tsilikounas in @lesoir.be👇 (FR)

Julie Vandenberghe's quote from the press release

🚨 WWF-Belgium’s reaction to the Federal Government Agreement: clear lack of ambition for nature & climate 🌿

👉 This lack of ambition is especially disappointing as this will be the last federal government with the chance to make a real difference by 2030 for our citizens, nature, and the climate.

'Verlaagde fiscale aftrek voor giften? Impact van deze "kleinere" maatregel is enorm' Volgens berichten in de pers, staat in het ontwerp van regeerakkoord van de Arizonacoalitie, tussen een reeks – zogenaamde “kleinere” – maatregelen, een

If Arizona lowers the tax benefit for donors to 30%, it would:

👩‍👧‍👦Impact +1mio people that support NGOs each year
✊Impact budgets of NGOs and, with that, their operations
🦁Mean less protection and support for the beneficiaries of NGOs, be it people, animals or nature

www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...

You signed our open letter - we delivered it to our political leaders

In this letter, we asked our government to take care of Belgian nature and biodiversity. We asked them for concrete actions with a sufficient budget.

Nature is our ally. Thanks to you, WWF can make sure this message is heard. 💚

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This is what we mean when we talk about corporate greed: Starbucks gave its CEO $96 million for just 4 months of work. Meanwhile, Starbucks is refusing to offer a raise of more than 50 cents an hour to 12,000 union workers.

That's unacceptable. Starbucks must end their greed.

I absolutely LOVED Flow 🖤🐈‍⬛️ not a word spoken in the entire film, yet it's telling us so much.

By protecting an umbrella species like the jaguar, we're protecting so much more 🫶

“Yesterday we witnessed the inauguration of a man whose ideology embodies everything the EU was founded to reject”

“Standing up to Trump will come at a cost, but it is much less than letting this poison win”

“Europe must resist because our history demands it”

- My Speech on Trump’s inauguration

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This is in line with his other recent actions ... Let's just call it what it is, and that is NOT an awkward gesture out of excitement.

He did grow into an extremist. Let's not forget that.

I'd rather he get office space on Mars

Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.

🤦‍♂️💀 ugh pretending climate change doesn't exist is getting old quite frankly

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We need to work WITH nature, not against it

🙌 10 victories for nature in 2024!

🚀 We launched a new project in Pomio
🔍 We discovered 1000+ new species
🐺 We installed a record amount of wolf-deterrent fences
🦍 We celebrated 13 newborn gorillas
...read on via the links in the comments.

Excited for what 2025 will bring 🤩
#TogetherPossible

And that's the tale of how all major social media apps were taken over by the right wing ...

This 👇