Oil giants promote carbon capture technologies, but internal documents reveal an industry with a more realistic view of these #FalseSolutions. #CCS and #CDR are industry-promoted distractions that will delay the #FossilFuels phase-out & #ClimateAction! 👉 vox.com/climate/363076…

📢 News from Brazil: The Public Prosecutors Office recommended suspending the commercialization of carbon credits, in Brazil or abroad, from Indigenous and traditional territories in the state of Amazonas‼️ Read the full update here (in Portuguese)➡️bityl.co/RcHw

🆕 𝙆𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙝 𝙫. 𝙂𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 case update: An ICSID tribunal ordered Germany to refrain from collecting windfall profit tax for 2022 until the court decides on the case. A bad sign for EU govs trying to tax companies profiting from the energy crisis. somo.nl/klesch-groups-…

The green transition urgently needs a rollout and sharing of climate technologies. Yet we see big business and powerful economies hoarding the licences and limiting access. Trade rules play a key role in this. Join our learning session to find out more. europeantradejustice.org/learning-sessi…

As a key player in global tax evasion, the 🇳🇱 should support the new #UNTaxConvention, say Barbara Fienieg and Arnold Merkies in NRC bit.ly/3WZ6sKf Wemos Tax Justice Network Africa Tax Justice Network @TaxJusticeNet.bsky.social

Isabella M. Weber SOMO The Bunge-Viterra deal has been approved by Australia, Brazil and India, among other countries. But farmers' and other organisations in Canada and Europe resist and call on their governments to reject the merger National Farmers Union nationale des fermiers European Coordination Via Campesina Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) SOMO nfu.ca/action-alert-c… 6/6

How Agriculture’s “Big Five” Thrive in Crisis. NEW in Green European Journal - SOMO analysts argue that European competition regulators should step up their efforts to rein in harmful market dominance. EU Competition greeneuropeanjournal.eu/how-agricultur… Balanced Economy Project Open Markets Institute

"A just green transition cannot happen within a system where massive power disparities allow a small number of wealthy countries to have their cake and eat everyone else’s." New blog by Audrey Gaughran and me on the rise of green industrial policies. somo.nl/green-industri…

In 2022, nearly 1 in 10 people went to bed hungry, while profits of the 5 biggest agricultural traders tripled due to market concentration. Can the EU’s #competition laws alone address this, or do we need a paradigm shift? An analysis by SOMO. greeneuropeanjournal.eu/how-agricultur…

Breaking🚨Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission rejected Shell’s proposed sale of its Nigerian subsidiary. This is a major development in the right direction. Shell must not be allowed to divest until clean-up & decommissioning are addressed. businessday.ng/breaking-news/…

💡How do trade rules influence the much-needed dissemination of green tech? Join us for this learning session on 17 September 👇 with Clovis Freire and Cecilia Rikap PowerShift European Trade Justice Coalition

A reminder for António Guterres UN Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals. Rising demand for transition minerals offers Global South nations a chance for sustainable economic development, but only with reformed trade and investment frameworks. 🧵 pwyp.org/civil-society-…

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Reminder: NL is EU kampioen inkoop eigen aandelen Meer dan 192 miljard euro in de afgelopen 20 jaar somo.nl/nl/nederland-e… Dit is ten koste gegaan van investeringen en hogere schulden somo.nl/nl/aandeelhoud… De energietransitie vraagt om verandering wbs.nl/publicaties/zo…

💭Why did the EU quietly approve the harmful mega-merger between #Bunge and #Viterra? Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)'s Hans van Scharen and Irene Keizer look back at what happened this summer.