The #SantaMarta conference calls time on #FossilFuels, and dares leaders to follow. The problem is clear - Coal, oil and gas. This week, Santa Marta pushes for less talk, more action. As @Manuel Pulgar‑Vidal writes, we cannot fix the #ClimateCrisis if we avoid its root cause. 👉 Read why Santa Marta matters – and why this moment counts. ow.ly/yv5i50YMAaw

Last week, the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative and Bridging Ventures, a partner supporting the design and incubation of the Journey Fund, participated in the Kenya International Investment Conference and held a series of key engagements. Led by Kenya Political Advocacy Lead Eva Sawe and Dylan Malloy, Managing Director of Bridging Ventures, the team convened a discussion with Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Africa’s Director Niall O'Connor and SEI's Sustainable Urbanization and Climate teams. The session explored integrating SEI’s critical research into the initiative’s advocacy efforts as well as collaboration on research and capacity building projects to catalyze transition finance. The meeting with the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), led by CEO Victoria Sabula, centred on a comprehensive ecosystem approach to the energy transition and economic growth. The discussion explored how targeted investment can unlock new markets and scale SMEs necessary for an equitable energy transition across Africa. The team also met with I&M Bank Group where the Group outlined its approach on embedding sustainability into banking solutions and ambitions to scale these efforts in the region. The engagements were aimed at fostering collaboration and catalysing impactful action to support Africa’s transition to a renewable-powered future."

⚠️ Real energy security is renewables – no price spikes for sunlight, no embargoes on wind. ☀️🌬️ We must stop excuses, end new coal, oil & gas, accelerate renewables, and fund a just transition⚡ #SantaMarta must be the turning point. Read our new story ow.ly/BzaS50YuxpR

🔥 In April 2026, governments will gather in Santa Marta, Colombia, for the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. For the first time, governments are convening specifically to plan an equitable, managed and financed phase out of coal, oil and gas — addressing the climate crisis at its source. 🔴 This is historic. But history does not move forward on diplomacy alone. It moves when people organize.

AP mines have little military utility today. They don’t stop armies, but they kill&maim civilians during conflict & for decades after. This is a cheap populist move that doesn’t provide real defence. SPs should engage asap to protect @MineBanTreaty as a cornerstone of IHL!

Independent European nuclear deterrence isn't just a geopolitical miscalculation; it's a strategic dead end. Recent proposals founder on arithmetic and strategic grounds. My thoughts below: @AJEnglish aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/…

To circumvent or abandon the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention challenges fundamental precepts of IHL and threatens life-saving protections. Anti-personnel mines do not distinguish between civilians and soldiers. About 85% of victims of APM are civilians, many of them children.

Remember when ICAN and anyone supporting the TPNW was accused of undermining the NPT?

What sounds like a NATO freak-out from Macron to Tusk (to a random major in Norway and ex Canada FM) seems to actually be a concerted effort to entrench popular support for the notion of nuclear deterrence than any serious proposal for an alternative “umbrella” arrangement.

US & Europe are losing influence around the world. But 5 of 10 largest states, close allies to all nuclear armed states, & countries that have had nuclear weapons but gave them up are part of the TPNW. We should not underestimate the importance of these countries over next decade

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Nuclear history is rife with near-misses, with disaster averted by a human who chose to trust their own judgment over machines. Applying AI to nuclear weapons increases the chances that, next time, nobody will stop the launch. Learn more: project-syndicate.org/commen… #NuclearBan

#被爆80年 #核兵器をなくす国際市民フォーラム 初日は大盛況でした👏👏 本日もよろしくお願いします🙇 2025forum.nuclearabolitionjp…

Sweden joined NATO and hasn’t ruled out hosting nuclear weapons, despite previously supporting disarmament efforts such as a Nordic nuclear weapons-free zone. "The rise and fall of Sweden’s nuclear disarmament advocacy," by Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom. thebulletin.org/2024/12/the-…

The mind-numbingness of the language of #nuclear deterrence, what it obscures and who benefits from it… always so refreshing to hear @RealVanJackson break down nuclear weapons policy m.youtube.com/watch?v=b72Un5…

I am writing in @nytopinion today about why nuclear deterrence is such a vulnerable security strategy and how nuclear weapons are uniquely sensitive to public opinion, meaning regular people have extraordinary power of their future. nytimes.com/2024/12/26/opini…

“But nuclear weapons are not an inevitable fact of human life. They are not impossible to get rid of, and pushing for that can be done by ordinary people like you and me.” Thank you @BeaFihn for this powerful reminder of our collective power: nytimes.com/2024/12/26/opini… 👏🔥

The wonderful Shigeko Sasamori died this week in Los Angeles at the age of 92. She was 13 years old when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on her city, Hiroshima. She suffered such severe burns that her parents struggled to recognise her in the aftermath.

Congratulations Nihon Hidankyo!🏆 As hibakusha, you have turned unimaginable pain into a mission for peace. Without you, your stories and advocacy, the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons wouldn't be a reality. Thank you and we will carry your legacy forward by championing the treaty! #NuclearBan #TPNW 📸@nuclearban

"[M]ore countries must ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Political action is crucial." – Norwegian Nobel Committee nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/… @NobelPrize #TPNW