Xuan Quach, Pacific Environment’s Vietnam Country Director, wrote an op-ed for The Diplomat Magazine on how phasing out production is key to solving the #PlasticCrisis! Although plastic recycling efforts have increased over the years in some countries, the vast majority of plastic is not recycled. 🗑️ Contextualized within the recent Typhoon Yagi — the strongest storm to strike Vietnam in the past 70 years — and the ongoing #GlobalPlasticsTreaty negotiations, Xuan Quach’s piece argues that given the failures of recycling to solve the plastic crisis, curbing plastic production is more crucial than ever. Read it here ➡️ https://bit.ly/curbplastic The takeaway: Promoting recycling without a systems change that unlocks drastic reduction of plastics is merely greenwashing. ❌ Learn more about: 🔗 The plastic-climate connection 🥤 Greenwashing & the failure of recycling to solve the plastic crisis ♻️ Continued challenges and a potential future for recycling Available now: https://bit.ly/curbplastic #ClimateEmergency #INC5 #GlobalPlasticsTreaty #PlasticPollutes #TyphoonYagi
Pacific Environment
Non-profit Organizations
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We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting communities and wildlife of the Pacific Rim.
About us
Pacific Environment empowers communities to protect their well-being and the natural world around them. We get money and expertise to the ground in challenging venues on the Pacific Rim, including China, Russia, and the Alaskan Arctic. By strengthening communities and protecting the environment in such places, we also promote transparency, public participation, and legal enforcement, which form the basis on which people can achieve lasting protection of their health and the environment. Pacific Environment offers one of the very few granting and training programs serving grassroots leaders around the Pacific Rim. At the heart of our long-term commitment to community-led environmental activism is a comprehensive support program. The community leaders and groups we partner with consistently tell us that the value we provide stems from three things: 1) giving them financial and mentoring support; 2) bringing them together in coordinated networks; and 3) supplying much needed expertise for their campaigns (e.g., technical, scientific, legal). Over three decades we have nurtured more than 150 grassroots organizations around the Pacific Rim and provided millions of dollars. In turn, the networks we foster create concentric ripples outward to many more people and organizations that ally together to undertake public education, litigation, media outreach, large-scale advocacy campaigns, and sophisticated policy work. To complement these community efforts, Pacific Environment has developed substantial expertise in global policy venues typically beyond the reach of local leaders. For example, we have obtained one of the few seats available to NGOs at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a U.N. agency that writes the rules for the high seas. We use this seat to advocate for rules that protect marine mammals and indigenous food security, curb greenhouse gas emissions, and protect Arctic waters from the dangers of catastrophic oil spills.
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- 11-50 employees
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- San Francisco, California
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- Founded
- 1987
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- Grassroots, Advocacy, Climate Change, Oceans, Wild Places, China, Russia, Arctic, Alaska, Communities, Pacific Rim, Shipping, Justice, Coal, and Oil & Gas
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San Francisco, California 94129, US
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📸 ICYMI: At #MEPC82 in London, Pacific Environment hosted a panel discussion and a Q&A with a group of young climate advocates from the Global South on the urgency of a strong carbon levy on #shipping. The climate advocates were able to meet with International Maritime Organization Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez at the event and discuss the importance of #ClimateAction from the IMO. We’ve covered how climate change impacts their local communities, what role global shipping plays in this crisis, and why an ambitious levy on shipping emissions is a key part of the solution. Here are some key takeaways: 💰Although ocean shipping is vital for island life and economic growth in vulnerable countries, many people don’t know the negative impacts of the industry and the benefits of cleaning up this pollutive industry. 🌱Revenues from the levy could be a gamechanger for Global South countries if invested in zero-emission technology, climate-resilient ports and supply chains and jobs in renewable energy. 💨The levy is an important tool to get ships off fossil fuels, which means less greenhouse gas emissions overall, cleaner water and air, no more oil spills and fewer collisions with marine wildlife. Thanks to all the panelists that joined us! You can learn more about them below: Abigael Kima, Kenya Olumide Idowu (Mr. Climate), Nigeria Shania Scotland, Dominica Nicole Morson, Dominica Marcelo Rocha, Brazil Teresa Lifuka-Drecala, Tuvalu
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Yes, this is *Moo Deng* on your LinkedIn feed for your daily #PlasticsPSA! ♻️ Did you know ➡️ recent reports from The Center for Climate Integrity reveal that #BigOil and the plastics industry have known for decades that recycling could never address the waste crisis they helped create. The answer to plastic pollution? Curbing production! Join Pacific Environment to hold these corporations accountable for misleading the public and demand that the U.S. government show leadership to advocate for strong and ambitious treaty at the upcoming #GlobalPlasticsTreaty negotiations! 📣 Sign the petition: https://bit.ly/gptpetition 📚 MORE READING: Link to The Center for Climate Integrity’s report “The Fraud of Plastic Recycling”: https://bit.ly/3XVWnye #Greenwashing #ClimateEmergency #Plastic #ZeroWaste #MooDeng #PlasticPollution #BreakFreeFromPlastic
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Exciting news for our oceans! 🌊 At Pacific Environment, we are gearing up for a significant initiative to protect sharks across Southeast Asia. 🦈✨ Our Marine Program is set to protect sharks in Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, advocating for policies that will help safeguard these essential marine predators and the diverse ecosystems they inhabit. These countries collectively host around 150 shark species, making them a vital part of our planet's #biodiversity. By implementing no-take zones and enhancing marine protections, we can ensure a healthier #ocean for future generations. Your support is crucial! With just $25, you can help us continue our conservation efforts. Every donation makes a difference in the fight to protect sharks and the delicate balance of marine life. Donate now: https://bit.ly/donatePE #SharkConservation #MarineLife #ClimateAction #DonateNow
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Thrilled to be speaking at the Zero Emission Ferries conference in November. Hope to see you there! #electrifyeverything #pollutionfreeports #ZeroEmissionFerries
We are thrilled to welcome Teresa Bui, Climate Policy Director at Pacific Environment, as one of our speakers at Zero Emission Ferries US on November 19 at the South San Francisco Conference Center. Teresa brings invaluable insights into climate policy and its impact on sustainable transportation. Don’t miss her expertise as we explore the future of zero-emission ferries and their role in reducing our environmental footprint. Early Bird Discount ends this Friday, October 4. Register now: https://lnkd.in/gVftxaGC For additional details, feel free to contact Surbhi Rakheja at surbhi.rakheja@globalmasstransit.net. #ZeroEmissionFerries #SustainableMaritime #CleanEnergy #TransportationInnovation #ZEFUS2024 #GMTConference #Globalmasstransit
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Last night was the Conservation Achievement Awards Celebration! 🎉We are so happy to congratulate Kay Brown, Pacific Environment’s Arctic Policy Director, who is the recipient of the Alaska Conservation Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Kay has been a leader for the causes of conservation and pro-climate action in Alaska for over five decades. Her recent work includes a multi-year effort to analyze, articulate and promote achievable paths to a clean, prosperous future for Alaska as part of efforts to decarbonize the economy and move Alaska off fossil fuels. She is a principal author of reports articulating this vision, posted at AkNextEconomy.com. Kay participates in the Alaska Climate Alliance on behalf of Pacific Environment, where she has served as Arctic Policy Director since January 2020. She is a former Alaska State Representative who served 10 years on the House Finance Committee, and former Executive Director of the Alaska Conservation Alliance and Alaska Conservation Voters. In 2017 Kay was inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame for achievement in public policy and politics. Watch her acceptance speech here 🎵: https://bit.ly/4evBj8y Congratulations Kay!
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Today is #WorldAnimalDay, celebrating the existence of animals around the world and the importance of better care and protection for animals. 🌏 Did you know Pacific Environment’s Marine program supports the conservation of sea turtles in Malaysia? 🐢 🌊 By protecting vulnerable sea turtle feeding grounds, like seagrass meadows, our partners in #Malaysia can ensure healthier & thriving marine #ecosystems for the future. To support our sea turtle conservation work and other Marine-focused efforts at Pacific Environment, will you donate today? Just $25 can provide supplies to map and monitor seagrass meadows. https://bit.ly/donatePE #nonprofit #climate
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We are thrilled to welcome Teresa Bui, Climate Policy Director at Pacific Environment, as one of our speakers at Zero Emission Ferries US on November 19 at the South San Francisco Conference Center. Teresa brings invaluable insights into climate policy and its impact on sustainable transportation. Don’t miss her expertise as we explore the future of zero-emission ferries and their role in reducing our environmental footprint. Early Bird Discount ends this Friday, October 4. Register now: https://lnkd.in/gVftxaGC For additional details, feel free to contact Surbhi Rakheja at surbhi.rakheja@globalmasstransit.net. #ZeroEmissionFerries #SustainableMaritime #CleanEnergy #TransportationInnovation #ZEFUS2024 #GMTConference #Globalmasstransit
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We are thrilled to announce that Kay Brown, Arctic Policy Director at Pacific Environment, has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alaska Conservation Foundation. We can’t think of a better recipient for this award! For over almost five decades in Alaska, Kay has been a leader for the causes of conservation and pro-climate action. Her recent work includes a multi-year effort to analyze, articulate and promote achievable paths to a clean, prosperous future for Alaska as part of efforts to decarbonize the economy and move Alaska off fossil fuels. She is a principal author of several reports articulating this vision, posted at AkNextEconomy.com. Kay participates in the Alaska Climate Alliance on behalf of Pacific Environment, where she has served as Arctic Policy Director since January 2020. She is a former Alaska State Representative who served 10 years on the House Finance Committee, and former Executive Director of the Alaska Conservation Alliance and Alaska Conservation Voters. In 2017 Kay was inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame for achievement in public policy and politics. Learn more about her award here: https://bit.ly/3TUeMtS Congratulations Kay! 🎉
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We’re in London 🇬🇧 with an incredible group of activists and advocates working together to get an ambitious and equitable levy adopted at the International Maritime Organization’s #MEPC82 summit. Responsible for 3% of global annual GHG emissions, international shipping is one of the world’s largest contributors to climate change. 🚢 Globally binding action to cut emissions is necessary to speed up the industry’s crucial transition. However, the most vulnerable countries, Small Island Developing States (SIDs) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in particular, face the most regressive impacts from both climate change and the energy transition. A levy is the only measure currently under consideration that will provide the resources needed to deliver on the governments’ commitments to a just and equitable transition. From storytelling to capacity building, these activists are working to make this levy a reality! 🌎 ⬇️ Abigael Kima, Kenya 🇰🇪 Marcelo Rocha, Brazil 🇧🇷 Nicole Morson, Dominica 🇩🇲 Olumide Idowu (Mr. Climate), Nigeria 🇳🇬 Shania Scotland, Dominica 🇩🇲 Teresa Lifuka-Drecala, Tuvalu 🇹🇻 #UN #ClimateAction