Nannette Youssef

Shifting the narrative on the climate crisis The climate emergency and global systemic racism are indelibly linked, as a new parliamentary report researched and funded by the Runnymede Trust makes clear. Understanding this connection is vital if we are to create climate policies that actually work, writes Nannette Youssef.

"Understanding the connection between the climate emergency and global systemic racism is vital if we are to create climate policies that actually work"

New article by @nannetteyoussef.bsky.social on our blog 🔗 ow.ly/fNuN50WjkVz

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🗣️ The report provides recommendations on climate policy that will better serve communities of colour suffering the worst consequences of the climate and nature emergency

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🌍✊🏽 Endlessly proud of this inquiry which brought together activists of colour and Indigenous communities from around the world to speak to parliamentarians about the disproportionate danger the climate and nature emergency poses to them.

19.05.2025 09:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The rot at the heart of British culture that allows something like today’s Supreme Court ruling to be made…

Boycott Rowling. Teach your dad about pronouns. Withhold your vote from politicians who don’t vocally support trans rights. Fund trans artists and creators.

TERF Island needs to die.

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Oil giant Shell has been extracting profits from Nigeria for 80 years while destroying its environment — but people in the Niger Delta are standing up against it.

The Ogale and Billie communities are taking Shell to court to demand it cleans up its pollution & provides compensation🧵

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When this accusation was put to Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, on Sky News this morning, he replied: This isn’t about opinion polls. This is about doing the right thing. It’s about identifying a problem the country faces, which is [that] we’ve had far too many people coming in in recent years.

Don't believe the hype

Immigration is not a bottom up "legitimate" concern the political elite is pressured to respond to by "the people"

It's an elite construction forced onto the people through agenda setting and mediation

See why in the next skeet 👇🏻

06.02.2025 12:35 — 👍 52    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 2

‘Illegal’ among words most often linked to migrants in UK politics, report finds Exclusive: Language during debates reinforces view of migration as inherently unlawful, says Runnymede Trust

The ‘hostile environment’ is a continuation of a long history of racist, xenophobic immigration policies - designed to exclude people of colour. It is a form of modern racism.

Our new report shows the role politicians and the media play in fuelling the racist violence we saw six months ago.

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