Navi Pillay, Nobel Peace Prize winner, last year:

“Last month, we published a legal analysis of Israel’s conduct in the Gaza Strip pursuant to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

We concluded that the State of Israel is responsible for the commission of four genocidal acts in Gaza with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza, as such.”

https://www.un.org/unispal/document/statement-by-navi-pillay-28oct25/

#NobelPrize #Gaza #Genocide #ICJ #ICC #UN #Law #InternationalLaw #Palestine

“An international legal system in which war criminals are held to account and the victims of abuse see justice served is a precondition for a peaceful world.”

- Nobel Prize committee awarding the Peace Prize to Navi Pillay

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2026/pillay/facts/

#ICJ #ICC #Palestine #Gaza #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Law #UN #Genocide #NobelPrize

Nobel Peace Prize for Navi Pillay.

She has worked for the the ICJ, ICC, the Rwanda tribunal, and the UN, including its recent work on Palestine and the Gaza genocide.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2026/pillay/facts/

#NobelPrize #ICJ #ICC #Gaza #Genocide #Palestine #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Law #InternationalLaw #IHL #UN

Climate WTAF as Dutch farmer, supported by Wageningen university, experiments with growing rice in North Sea country:

"Rice is an opportunity for this part of the world to adapt to climate change…

"But also to mitigate climate change because it stops this peat from degrading and emitting all the CO2 because you can keep it wet."

https://www.afp.com/en/rice-work-dutch-test-new-crop-save-sinking-peatlands

#Climate #Nederland #Netherlands #Agriculture #Farming #Food #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateCrisis #Wetlands

“Fishermen along Latin America's Pacific coast are reeling in half-empty nets as ocean warming aggravated by El Nino causes tuna, anchovies and other top catches to migrate to cooler waters.”

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20261001-empty-nets-in-latin-america-as-fish-flee-el-nino

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #ElNino #Weather #LatinAmerica #Fishing #Ocean #Water

How old EV batteries could help prevent Europe from wasting solar and wind energy

https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/28/a-gold-mine-how-old-ev-batteries-could-help-prevent-europe-from-wasting-solar-and-wind-ene

#Climate #Energy #Renewables #EV #BEV #EU #Europe

“EU ministers to discuss measures to reduce energy demand in Dublin”

In the context of the current energy crisis…

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0928/1593263-eu-energy-ministers/

#Energy #Climate #EU #UE #EUPol #EnergyCrisis #Hormuz #FossilFuels

Electric Cars (BEV) reach 28% of EU new sales in August, in addition to 11% plug in hybrid.

Some richer countries are far ahead of that, total EV dominance in Denmark, nearly half BEVs in Netherlands and Belgium.

https://www.acea.auto/pc-registrations/new-car-registrations-5-3-in-august-2026-year-to-date-battery-electric-21-7-market-share/

#EU #Cars #Transport #EV #BEV

“India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge…

This is the first time in more than 50 years that there has been no growth in India’s coal power over a two-year period, even as electricity demand grew overall.”

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-indias-power-sector-emissions-flat-for-two-years-due-to-clean-energy-surge

#Climate #Energy #Renewables #Electricity #India

“Canada and Europe should also consider exploring an integrated market for financial services to broaden choice and reduce costs for our citizens, improve access to capital for our companies while maintaining our world-leading financial resilience.”

#EU #UE #Europe #Canada #Geopolitics #EUPol #Carney

“We should deepen our people-to-people ties, allowing our youth to live, work and study where they want on either side of the Atlantic.

Canadian membership of Erasmus+ can give your students, and ours, more opportunity to learn at some of the world’s top universities, to broaden their horizons, and to build lasting ties that will sustain our alliance for the future.”

#EU #UE #Europe #Canada #Geopolitics #EUPol #Carney

“Canada and Europe should secure our strategic autonomy through deep cooperation in the full range of strategic capabilities, including critical minerals, defence industrial capacity, AI and compute, energy security, space, and payments.

We should move toward seamless, digital trade in non-agricultural goods and a wide range of services.”

#EU #UE #Europe #Canada #Geopolitics #EUPol #Carney

Mark Carney speech at European Parliament, full text

https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2026/09/17/prime-minister-carney-delivers-address-european-parliament

#EU #UE #Europe #Canada #Geopolitics #EUPol #Carney

“‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/wildfires-government-firefighter-shortage

#USA #Wildfires #Climate #ClimateCrisis #USPol

“On climate change, this summer was the summer of truth. Almost no part of our continent was spared…

[She lists many EU summer climate disasters]

Europe can, must and will stay the course on its climate targets.“

#EU #UE #EUPol #Climate #Energy #SOTEU

On some Climate and Energy issues:

“For [Energy] independence, we need to electrify Europe…But we also need to ensure that the electricity we generate is available.

Last year, we installed more than 80 gigawatts renewable capacity. But six times more capacity is still waiting to be connected. This is why we need the grids package so urgently.”

#EU #UE #EUPol #SOTEU #Climate #Energy

State of the European Union #SOTEU address by Ursula von der Leyen, full text

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_1868

#EU #UE #Canada #Europe #EUPol

"More than 552 GW of utility-scale solar and wind projects have been announced, or are already under development, across the Mediterranean."

- Includes all sides of the Med, with Spain leading by far and Egypt and Greece vying for second. Come on Italy.
- Bigger than the USA in terms of investments

https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/11/incredible-progress-inside-the-682bn-drive-to-turn-the-mediterranean-into-a-renewable-powe

#Renewables #Wind #Solar #Mediterranean #Europe #EU #Spain #Greece #Italy #Egypt #Morroco #France #Portugal #Climate #Energy #GoodNews

UNICEF: More than 171 million students had their schooling disrupted by climate hazards in 2025;

"storms were the most common cause of school disruptions last year, affecting 109 million students globally. Floods affected at least 70 million students, while heatwaves disrupted schooling for approximately 50 million children."

They call for climate adaptation investments in schools.

https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/more-171-million-students-had-their-schooling-disrupted-climate-hazards-2025-unicef

#UN #Children #Education #Climate #ClimateCrisis

““We are all coughing our lungs out; during that time, our eyes are bloodshot, irritated by all the smoke, and it’s hard to breathe in the thick air. Even after days of fire, the firewood smell lingers,” said Tulsi Devi of Ayarpani village in Almora district.

While everyone endures the season, women predominate at the frontlines, fighting fires in Uttarakhand.”

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/sickles-sarees-and-smoke-women-on-the-frontlines-of-uttarakhand-forest-fires/

#Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #Climate #India #Feminism #Gender #Women