We don’t have time to choose between stopping emissions and removing CO2 from the air. We need to do both to survive.


Kumi Naidoo is the Global Ambassador of Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity and is the Former Head of Greenpeace International (2009 -2015)... and Amnesty International (2018-2020).
We don’t have time to choose between stopping emissions and removing CO2 from the air. We need to do both to survive.

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Over 680 global sector leaders call on President Biden to honor his commitments and protect Palestinian human rights.
![Israeli police detain a Palestinian protester amid ongoing tension ahead of an upcoming court hearing on the forced displacement of Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem May 5, 2021 [Reuters/Ammar Awad]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Reuters-israel-pic.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
We call on the AU to enhance engagement in the Sahel and appoint a new High Representative for Mali.
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The fact that the world’s biggest emitters have come together takes us beyond the ‘you go first’ mentality.
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The Turkish government should reject the use of violence in its clampdown against protesters.

All governments participating in COP18 should put “people and the planet before the polluters and their profits”.
