The UK Tar Sands Network campaigns in partnership with Indigenous communities affected by the Tar Sands oil developments in Canada. We target governments, UK companies, banks and investors operating in the Alberta Tar Sands.
Thursday, December 10th 2015. Paris, La Defence, Total International HQ. Over a hundred people from indigenous communities across the globe and the climate movement from Europe gathered for a peaceful protest outside the headquarters of energy corporation Total. The Canadian government’s on-going commitment to tar sands expansion is incompatible with Prime Minister… Continue Reading
9th December 2015 PRESS RELEASE Hundreds surround the Louvre’s iconic pyramid building in Paris in protest at oil sponsorship of cultural institutions Art activists from around the world call for a “culture beyond fossil fuels.” Paris Climate Accord fails to adopt legally binding commitment to rights of Indigenous Peoples, human rights and gender equality.… Continue Reading
During the COP21 climate talks in Paris, Indigenous Peoples from the Arctic to the Amazon and their allies have continually gathered to demand genuine climate change solutions: which to be truly effective must include both the recognition and protection of Indigenous Rights in the operative, legally binding text of the draft Paris Accord, and… Continue Reading
“When we revolt it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe” ~ Frantz Fanon On the 29th of November I traveled to paris with other pacific Indigenous Peoples from paris to London. We had travelled thousands of miles from our respective homes in the… Continue Reading
