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Carlijn Simons

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Ever met a Coddiwomple? Well, here I am, someone who travels purposefully towards an as yet unknown destination. Hoping to create a better world along the way.

MEMBER SINCE June 30, 2021

26 Decks - 5 Followers

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United Nations adopts landmark resolution on climate justice

By Carlijn Simons - March 31, 2023

A UN resolution was adopted on Wednesday that should make it easier to hold p...

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Climate paper calls for fossil fuel giants to be charged with homicide

By Carlijn Simons - March 28, 2023

I can't imagine it ever coming this far, but it sure is an interesting concept.

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Greenwashing: EU Proposes New Criteria Against Misleading Environmental Claims | Earth.Org

By Carlijn Simons - March 26, 2023

Seeing more businesses making false or misleading environmental claims, the E...

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Samoa PM urges world to save Pacific people from climate crisis obliteration

By Carlijn Simons - March 25, 2023

The world must step back from the brink of climate disaster to save the peopl...

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Calls for a ‘green’ Ramadan revive Islam’s long tradition of sustainability and care for the planet

By Carlijn Simons - March 24, 2023

This is great. To encourage Muslims to be more mindful of the impact of Ramad...

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World can still avoid worst of climate collapse with genuine change, IPCC says

By Carlijn Simons - March 23, 2023

There is not only hope. Because there are, according to a new report by the I...

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Why is TikTok banned from government phones – and should the rest of us be worried?

By Carlijn Simons - March 22, 2023

All over the world governments are prohibiting politicians to use Tiktok. Sin...

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Who’s winning the race to net zero, presidents or mayors?

By Carlijn Simons - March 19, 2023

Interesting read!

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Rich countries export twice as much plastic waste to the developing world as previously thought

By Carlijn Simons - March 17, 2023

Oh, oh, oh, what kind of people are we, just dumping our waste in developing ...

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20 striking images of Israeli democracy under siege

By Carlijn Simons - March 15, 2023

Most of the Israeli's I met always made a huge thing about defending their co...

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Indonesia’s new capital city could be a ‘massive ecological disaster’

By Carlijn Simons - March 13, 2023

Moving the Indonesian capita Jakarta from polluted, overpopulated Java to qui...

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Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupts, blankets villages in ash

By Carlijn Simons - March 12, 2023

The Merapi is Indonesia's most active volcano. And since yesterday it's calli...

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What’s the carbon fallout of Russia’s war on Ukraine?

By Carlijn Simons - March 11, 2023

Something I never thought about: war also has an effect on CO2 emissions. In ...

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What Europe showed the world about renewable energy

By Carlijn Simons - March 10, 2023

I didn't realize this, but apparently by the end of 2022, wind and solar comb...

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As Millions of Solar Panels Age Out, Recyclers Hope to Cash In

By Carlijn Simons - March 07, 2023

Interesting, how the recycling of solar panels becomes a business in itself.

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High seas treaty: historic deal to protect international waters finally reached at UN

By Carlijn Simons - March 06, 2023

Good news, because now the UN-members agreed on this high seas treaty, it mea...

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Zero-covid may have reduced China’s emissions in 2022, can it last?

By Carlijn Simons - March 03, 2023

China is responsible for about one-third of all global carbon emissions, so i...

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EU carbon price hits 100 euros

By Carlijn Simons - March 02, 2023

The record price of carbon in the European Union could spur more carbon reduc...

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ClientEarth Sues Shell Board Over ‘Flawed’ Risk Management Strategy In World First Climate Lawsuit | Earth.Org

By Carlijn Simons - March 01, 2023

I missed this news, but it's not too late to have our attention. It will be v...

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Report: World’s fossil fuel subsidies surged to $1 trillion after Ukraine invasion

By Carlijn Simons - February 26, 2023

The bad news is gbal fossil-fuel subsidies doubled last year to $1.1 trillion...

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Billionaire beware: A 17-year-old is tracking your carbon emissions

By Carlijn Simons - February 24, 2023

The Climate Inequality Report 2023, notes that almost half of humanity’s carb...

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Why are BP, Shell, and other oil giants making so much money right now?

By Carlijn Simons - February 23, 2023

It was recently in the news that the oil companies made huge profits while ma...

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Why Farmers in Zimbabwe Are Shifting to Bees

By Carlijn Simons - February 22, 2023

'Beekeeping does not need large pieces of land or large amounts of water like...

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Ukraine war 12 months on: the role of the Russian media in reporting – and justifying – the conflict

By Carlijn Simons - February 21, 2023

Ukraine and Russia have used media very differently during the conflict: Zele...

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More than 500K have left Russia since the war began: Ukraine War in Data

By Carlijn Simons - February 20, 2023

Almost 365 days since the war between Ukraine and Russia started. The numbers...

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Global corporations’ climate pledges are ‘misleading,’ not credible

By Carlijn Simons - February 19, 2023

This greenwashing seems to become the norm...

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In Scramble for Clean Energy, Europe Is Turning to North Africa

By Carlijn Simons - February 18, 2023

Europe is keen on reducing it's dependence on Russian fossil fuels. In stead ...

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Spain approves paid menstrual leave, first country in Europe to do so

By Carlijn Simons - February 17, 2023

Wow, amazing.

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Rising seas threaten ‘mass exodus on a biblical scale’, UN chief warns

By Carlijn Simons - February 17, 2023

This is a serious warning, since the lives of a billion people, from London t...

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High-profit supermarkets and food companies, primarily for shareholder interests - The Nation View

By Carlijn Simons - February 16, 2023

Not only the fossil fuel companies have been making loads of money last year....

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Unidentified objects seem to be flying everywhere. What’s going on?

By Carlijn Simons - February 16, 2023

What's going on indeed with all these balloons?

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Fighting Climate Change Was Costly. Now It’s Profitable.

By Carlijn Simons - February 15, 2023

Capitalism at it's best: making money from climate change. But if it's the si...

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Czech footballer Jakub Jankto becomes first active international men’s player to announce he is gay | CNN

By Carlijn Simons - February 14, 2023

Something really seems to be shifting when it comes to coming out. Great!

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Palm oil is actually not that bad (anymore)

By Carlijn Simons - February 14, 2023

Palm oil is still used in all kinds of products. But the companies selling it...

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‘I’m part of the solution’: How Bill Gates justifies his private jets

By Carlijn Simons - February 13, 2023

Does he have point? Is it just a lousy excuse? There are many things to say f...

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“Monster profits” highlight fossil fuel industry’s destructive resilience

By Carlijn Simons - February 12, 2023

What is there left to say when the conclusion is: "The picture is clear now, ...

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Turkey earthquake: How rain, snow and regional politics made things worse

By Carlijn Simons - February 11, 2023

And, as always, the normal people are the ones that do the suffering. Not the...

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Greenpeace to sue EU over ‘green’ label for gas and nuclear

By Carlijn Simons - February 10, 2023

Gas and nuclear energy green? One can certainly call that a point of discussi...

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BP scales back climate goals as profits more than double to £23bn

By Carlijn Simons - February 09, 2023

Speechless.... The only sensible thought that comes up after reading this: is...

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How Illegal Mining Caused a Humanitarian Crisis in the Amazon

By Carlijn Simons - February 08, 2023

Illegal mining in the Brazilian Amazone has not only led to deforestation, bu...

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EU considers ban on ‘forever chemicals’, urges search for alternatives

By Carlijn Simons - February 08, 2023

I recently wrote an article on this so called endocrine disruptors. They are ...

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Russia’s economy expected to outpace Germany and Britain in 2023

By Carlijn Simons - February 07, 2023

A war, sanctions, trade restrictions: so indeed, how is it possible Russia's ...

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World Cup ambassador says Saudi sponsorship would be ‘disempowering’ for women

By Carlijn Simons - February 06, 2023

I just find this, to say the least, weird. A country like Saudi Arabia, where...

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Nature Credits Can Succeed Where Carbon Capture Technologies Failed: An Interview with Walid Al Saqqaf and Amit Ghosh | Earth.Org

By Carlijn Simons - February 05, 2023

Reading about people like this, who come up with an original and potentially ...

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Australia’s new $5 banknote will feature Indigenous history instead of King Charles

By Carlijn Simons - February 04, 2023

About time, I would say.

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What does a world with billions of old people look like? Asian countries are searching for answers

By Carlijn Simons - February 04, 2023

Very interesting read this one.

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Anger as Shell makes ‘obscene’ $40bn in profits

By Carlijn Simons - February 03, 2023

Yes, this exorbitant profit making on the back of our planet makes me also an...

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Brazil’s Controversial Plan to Sink a 34,000-Ton Ship at Sea

By Carlijn Simons - February 02, 2023

Brazil want to get rid of a ghost ship by letting it sink to the bodem of the...

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EU sets out green industry deal to take on U.S. and China

By Carlijn Simons - February 02, 2023

it's good news there is now an ambitious plan to support green business in Eu...

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In Europe’s Clean Energy Transition, Industry Turns to Heat Pumps

By Carlijn Simons - February 01, 2023

This week in the Dutch news it was mentioned how last year 100.000 heat pumps...

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What is greenhushing? The greenwashing tactics you might overlook

By Carlijn Simons - January 31, 2023

Just when I was getting to grips with the fact companies employ smart tactics...

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Dutch police arrest dozens of climate activists protesting in The Hague

By Carlijn Simons - January 30, 2023

The climate protests this Saturday in The Hague even made it into the foreign...

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