No climate justice on occupied land #justtransition #energydemocracy #publicownership Gone as of 20/01/2025. Find me on @laviniasteinfort.bsky.social

Amsterdam, Nederland
Joined September 2014
"In order to meet peoples’ energy needs, whilst tackling the climate crisis we must envision systemic alternatives - public ownership can be exactly that." Read all about it in my new piece for @GIESCR and @TNInstitute 👇🏼 gi-escr.org/en/resources/spa…
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Just outrageous - nearly £4 billion "excess profit" pocketed by privatised energy networks while YOUR bills went up Energy transmission and distribution is a natural monopoly and other countries recognise this PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW ⚡️🔥 theguardian.com/business/202…
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#TUED2025CDMX @LSteinfort of @TNInstitute emphasises that the energy transition is about Life, Labour and Land. What could it mean to place feminism at the center in the Public Pathway?
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Honored to have been interviewed alongside the brilliant @KenmanKenman07 & @triofrancos for the @TNInstitute dossier on mining + #JustTransition What does ‘green industrial policy’ mean for frontline communities, the Global South & global justice? Read: bit.ly/3DfWVIv
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“In an era fixated on 'competitiveness,' we must rethink our priorities. Public investments should drive public-led strategies with strong conditions to ensure sustainability & equity,” says @FrankVanaersch1. A just, green energy future begins with public ownership.
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Quick Notes/Thread on Syria angles: What explains the stark polar reactions we are observing everywhere in the wake of the Syrian regime’s collapse? It is as though people are watching different realities, or approaching reality from singular angles. I’ll try to unpack here though I treated this phenomenon extensively elsewhere 12 years prior, and since. [warning: this is not fun reading] 1/7
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Did you know? Private finance (PFI) deals signed in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 mean hospitals are skint today NHS Trusts are locked into paying up to 27x the original cost!! 💰🔒 Share our new league table to tell Wes Streeting: say NO to PFI #NoNewPFI 👇 weownit.org.uk/tell-wes-stre…
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What I did for 3 years? I worked my ass off building @TNInstitute's Power Power files. A deep dive on how to reclaim energy and break the fossil fuel cycle by Rowan Mataram, James Angel & myself. Time to take back control: Public Power is the future! tni.org/en/publication/recla…
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For 1️⃣ dollar of climate finance that the private sector invests, it takes 4️⃣ in public funds. @LSteinfort, @TNInstitute talks about the need for the decolonisation, democratisation and deprivatisation of the energy system. ✊⚡️ #RightToEnergy for all!
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An energy system that is truly just + equal must transcend European borders and deliver sustainable, clean energy across the globe🌎 How's the EU shaping up in that regard? Join the #R2EForum discussion with people from international initiatives working on global energy justice
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"Climate finance should not incur more debt; it should rebuild our basic infrastructure so we can better cope with climate change and ensure a truly just transition" - Solly Phetoe GS @_cosatu Read the full #COP29 Declaration by 100+ Global South unions: tinuryl.com/TUED-B155
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Hello friends, I am happy to share that a new book from @inkanibooks edited by me has just been published! The book, titled Can Africans Do Economics?, examines the intersection of economic development and freedom across the Africa. Drawing on the powerful ideas of former African leaders such as Thomas Sankara and Julius Nyerere, this book explores their belief in the inseparable link between political independence and economic progress. With a powerful introduction from @vijayprashad and informed by the scholarship of economists Grieve Chelwa, @MarionOuma , @redgenkosi, @cleopas_sambo and @nssylla , Can Africans Do Economics? redefines development as a process of emancipation, not simply economic growth. Combining historical context with forward-thinking policy proposals this book presents an urgent case for transformative policies grounded in African realities, and rejecting foreign-led interventions on the continent. The book is published by @inkanibooks , a people’s movement-driven publishing house in Johannesburg, South Africa. You can order the book here: inkanibooks.co.za/product/ca… Lots of gratitude to Efemia Christiana, Inkani’s Managing Editor, for her magic touch in seeing this project through to conclusion.
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📽️Check out part 2 of our video on the #EU's massive imports from occupied #WesternSahara under the EU-Morocco trade deal found to be illegal in the territory. What is so spurious about the EU's reporting about the trade? Full story, here: wsrw.org/en/news/this-is-how…
🔴Over half a billion Euro. The scope of the #EU's 2022 imports from occupied #WesternSahara under the EU-Morocco trade deal - which was recently, yet again, ruled illegal in its application in the territory - was huge. Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/this-is-wha… wsrw.org/en/news/this-is-how…
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