Florian Cassier 🍉

🦸‍♀️Not all heroes wear capes! Forests & wetlands are real climate heroes🌲

☁️They soak up carbon, protect #biodiversity & help us adapt to #ClimateChangeBut they need our help, over the last decade EU's nature removed 30% less #CO2 from the air.

That's why we need to priotise nature-based solutions💪

What if we could fight #ClimateChange & help nature at the same time?

Nature-based solutions, such as restoring wetlands or forests:
☁️take CO2 out of the air
🦨restore #biodiversity
💸are cheap
⛈️protect us from extreme weather

It's time to prioritise nature-based removals in EU climate plans!

Do you oppose the weakening of EU nature laws? You have 1 day to urge decision-makers to prevent it & keep their #HandsOffNature! ✋

More than 180,000 people urged the Commission not to touch the laws that protect our water, air, biodiversity & much more.

Join us: handsoffnature.eu#take-action

EU laws are there to protect nature. By doing so, they protect us - our health, quality of life, economic resilience.

Now, the European Commission wants to weaken these very laws… and they're asking for your opinion.

Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature 👉 www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...

Don’t let the EU tear down nature protection ❌

The European Commission is quietly trying to dismantle the laws that safeguard what we cherish most: our nature.

They think we wouldn’t notice or care. But we do.

Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature 👉 www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...

🌳 #CarbonRemovals will be needed to reach our climate goals, but which type and how much depends on many factors

The current EU framework is not sufficient and opens the door for #greenwashing and ineffective removals

Read our policy recommendations 👇
www.wwf.eu?16939441/pol...

It's 1 year anniversary for the EU Nature Restoration Law, which entered into force on 18 August 2024 🎉💚

Now, EU countries are preparing national plans to #RestoreNature so we can have more incredible restoration projects in Europe!

🔑 Ambitious & sound restoration plans = key to success!

⛱️Looking for a good summer read? We’ve got you covered!

📖Our report with @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social dives into EU’s industrial #emissions and the urgent reforms needed to clean up EU heavy industries

🏭 From #steel to cement: the EU must do better to reach #NetZero 👇
www.wwf.eu?17150816/pr-...

Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’ Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza

Hmm, putting millions of people in a concentrated space where they aren't allowed to leave? 🤔 I'd swear I've seen this before...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

🚨 @ec.europa.eu announces #2040Target: 90% emissions cut is a step forward, but only the bare minimum, while loopholes risk #greenwashing:

👎Intl. offsets
👎#CarbonRemovals in ETS
👎No separate targets for emission cuts, nature-based removals & permanent removals

Full reaction👇
bit.ly/4nJlb8K

Sinds lang nog eens naar #OnderOns geluisterd v @vrtnws.be & @vadderivrt.bsky.social. Dat heeft ook maar 3min geduurd. #Palestina betoging was voor hen niet groot, want er waren ooit grotere en er bleef 11 miljoen man thuis 🤦 de 7de grootste betoging i/d geschiedenis v België en 2de grootste in 30j

Hi Francesco, I think you're talking about the ROI of solar panels. This will indeed be somewhere between 3-6 years (sometimes even less)

This figure refers to the time before a solar panel has offset the energy that was necessary to make it

Source (p.8)👇
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♻️As Europe moves toward a fossil-free future, we need energy solutions that are #sustainable from start to finish

🌞Solar panels should be built to last, reused and recycled

As solar grows, so do #recycling programmes, so that solar stays good for people and the planet
#EuropeanSolarDay #SolarFacts

🌱 Nature is not the bottleneck

In a joint letter to @ec.europa.eu's Dan Jorgensen, we had a simple message‬: speed up #renewables, but don’t weaken environmental laws

⚡It is possible to protect #biodiversity while shifting to a renewable future!

Our letter👉 tinyurl.com/open-letter-Commission

📢 Today, the #Industry Committee in the @europarl.europa.eu voted on its Resolution on the #CleanIndustrialDeal

It has some good elements and recognises:
💶smarter use of #StateAid needed
🏭#EnergyEfficiency
⚡Electrification
♻️ #Circularity

🌞🌈But not all was sunshine and rainbows, our analysis 🧵👇

EU closing in on the 2030 climate and energy targets, according to national plans EU Member States have significantly closed the gap to achieving the 2030 energy and climate targets, according to the European Commission\'s assessment of the National Energy and Climate Plans.

Today @ec.europa.eu announced that we are on track for -54% greenhouse gas #emissions by 2030, according to Member States' updated National Energy and Climate Plans.

A significant step forward, but is this the full story? Let’s dig a bit deeper 🧵 #NECPs

📣 NGO workers in Belgium uniting their voices: No to Arizona!

Working for an NGO in Belgium and not happy with the government's social cuts? Join hundreds of others and sign the open letter of NGO workers!

Read the letter and add your name to the list here👇🏾
bit.ly/FairCSO

Who needs corporate sustainability anyway?

Humanitarian aid workers killed on duty in #Gaza and found in an undocumented mass grave. War crimes don't come much clearer than this, they even burried the ambulances and UN vehicles. #Humanitarian workers are #NotATarget

This new report on the state of the #EuropeanSteel transition shows that countries offer varying levels of support to make the switch to #GreenSteel

🔥Stop investing in coal-based technology
✨Upgrade plants to support green + secondary steelmaking

🔗 wwf.eu/?17670941/pr-state-of-the-European-steel

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

🚨Our new report with @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social reveals how free pollution permits under the EU Emission Trading System persisted in 2023 & examines the #InnovationFund.

On the eve of the #CleanIndustrialDeal, the polluter-pays principle remains unmet.

Key findings in🧵
👉 wwf.eu?17150816/pr-...

🏭On Wednesday, the @ec.europa.eu will release its proposal for a #CleanIndustrialDeal

WWF will be looking at a Clean Industrial Deal that provides a clear, green and fair vision for industry transformation!

Read our media advisory👇
www.wwf.eu?17158416/CID...

Where are all those claiming to fight for the #FreedomOfSpeech now? #freckleface

sensaties van verademing
in dagelijks gewoel

Indien ik mijn leven aan u wijd
voel ik pijn
niets te verliezen
behalve dat gevoel

Slechts reizend tot aan mijn val.
Verdwalend
door de dromen van een ander
verscholen.

De muren sluiten
Het geef me ruimte

Ik besef nu.
Stilte.
Heerst.

Gezien de #poezieweek rond #lijfelijkheid draait dit jaar, deel ik graag deze nog eens (weliswaar in twee delen):

Macaber monument
gericht naar een heldere hemel
Als Fallus
verlies ik mijn god

Het lichaam leidt en draagt,
verteert magnifieke scheuren onder het gewicht.
Is dit wat mening geeft?

Barcelona street full of cars

Same street photographed by me. Pedestrians and a bird.

It seems to be working: "Air pollution in Barcelona has fallen by more than 30% in the last 8 years." www-publico-es.translate.goog/public/conta...

✨Kerstcadeau-alert✨

Mocht je nog op zoek zijn naar een cadeau voor onder de kerstboom: geef iemand een Bosje Bomen. Voor elk gegeven Bosje Bomen herstellen wij namelijk een stuk bos in het Atlantisch Regenwoud: www.wwf.nl/kom-in-actie...

Today EU #Environment ministers discuss the EU 2040 #ClimateTarget

The @EU_Commission’s proposal for a 90% emissions cut isn’t enough

Given the climate crisis and the EU's historical emissions, we must aim for #ClimateNeutrality by 2040 at the latest

Our position👇
www.wwf.eu?16332866/204...