A selection of Twitter threads I’ve authored.
A series of seven threads reporting on the Edinburgh Climate Justice march coinciding with the COP27 summit in Egypt:
📢 We’re in St. Andrews Sq, Edinburgh to demand Climate Reparations Now for the harms of the climate crisis, paid for by governments and corporations that have profited over hundreds of years. Make polluters pay! 🧵#cop27 #ClimateJustice #DemandAction pic.twitter.com/jsNWtnkuPs
— Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌎 (@FoEScot) November 12, 2022
📢 We’re at HSBC in Edinburgh to protest the unjust global debt system that locks the global south into dependency on rich countries and prevents them from investing in climate action. #cop27 #ClimateJustice #DemandAction pic.twitter.com/Y0dZ8HL4gi
— Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌎 (@FoEScot) November 12, 2022
📢 We’re at Santander in Edinburgh, protesting the bank’s money pipeline to fossil fuels which has pumped $43 bn since 2015. Santander also finances the world's largest meat packing company JBS, who are hugely complicit in Amazon deforestation in Brazil#cop27 #ClimateJustice pic.twitter.com/7rNwBfktGR
— Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌎 (@FoEScot) November 12, 2022
We’re in the centre of Edinburgh to say 📢Human rights are central to climate justice📢
In Egypt and around the world, including here in the UK, governments are persecuting activists, cracking down on protest and restricting civic space. 🧵#cop27 #ClimateJustice #DemandAction pic.twitter.com/PeScY1KTwP
— Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌎 (@FoEScot) November 12, 2022
📢 STOP ROSEBANK📢
We’re at UK Government HQ in Edinburgh to demand no new oil and gas! 🌏
The UK Government is considering approving the huge Rosebank oil field that contains 500 million barrels of oil. 🌹🛢️🌹🛢️🌹 🧵#cop27 #StopRosebank @GOVUK @UKGovScotland pic.twitter.com/JT1UVSXQPT
— Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌎 (@FoEScot) November 12, 2022
📢 THIS IS AN ENERGY CRISIS📢
We're arrived at the Scottish Parliament to #DemandAction that they do much more to insulate homes, improve public transport, cycling and walking, and speed the transition away from expensive oil and gas.#cop27 #ClimateJustice #DemandAction pic.twitter.com/3HrhAdkLNI
— Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌎 (@FoEScot) November 12, 2022
📢 Alone we are isolated, together we are unstoppable! 📢
Today marchers in Edinburgh demanded action to cut carbon, tackle inequality and end the injustices baked into our world ✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽
Follow the rest of the global day of action at@CJ_Coalition https://t.co/4XKuZJZ4l8 #cop27 pic.twitter.com/uR1xKlxcqV
— Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌎 (@FoEScot) November 12, 2022
Just and Green Recovery campaign, 26/06/2020:
Dear @NicolaSturgeon, here's a list of things to #BuildBackBetterScot in and around Edinburgh. There's a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow, let's use it for a just a green renewal 🌏🌎🌍 #thread pic.twitter.com/BBEb9zwIPU
— Ric Lander (@ricjl) June 26, 2020
Second International Rebellion Week, 12/10/2019:
London is awash with dirty money. So much so that in the midst of a global crisis driven by the burning of fossil fuels, the City has been hosting conferences (plural) at 5-star hotels designed to get more money into fossil fuel extraction. #Thread #PowerInTruth #EverybodyNow pic.twitter.com/QONgCDwDca
— XRScotland Mastodon @xrscotland@kolektiva.social (@ScotlandXr) October 12, 2019
Ethical Finance Conference, Edinburgh, 09/10/2019:
In the belly of the beast today for #EthicalFinance2019 conference. The key question: "Can we redefine capitalism to deliver for society and the environment." #Thread pic.twitter.com/iH9WCtHFC0
— Ric Lander (@ricjl) October 9, 2019
Scottish National Investment Bank, Stage One Debate, 26/09/2019
🏴🏦👀 I'm watching the Scottish National Investment Bank Bill debate in the Scottish Parliament with @RyanMorrison29. Will they mention the climate crisis? #DivestScot #Thread pic.twitter.com/TaRLlO5ten
— Ric Lander (@ricjl) September 26, 2019
Globalisation and the Amazon fires, 26/08/2019:
Capital is constantly on the search for new resources to exploit, from the deep sea to the Amazon. #ActForTheAmazon #AmazonFires #Thread pic.twitter.com/ylB6pCk7tw
— Ric Lander (@ricjl) August 26, 2019
Celebrating direct action against BP, 13/06/2019:
To the brave @GreenpeaceUK activists protecting the earth from one of BP's drilling rigs in the Cromarty Firth we would like to offer the solidarity of everyone in XR working for climate justice in Scotland. #StopBP #BPShutdown #thread pic.twitter.com/9ADdk1nFif
— XRScotland Mastodon @xrscotland@kolektiva.social (@ScotlandXr) June 13, 2019
The Scottish Government’s support for fossil fuels, 14/05/2019:
A series of sharables I made for Extinction Rebellion Scotland on the Scottish Government and North Sea oil #thread https://t.co/OxrsaJNoUG
— Ric Lander (@ricjl) August 12, 2019