Sentences with phrase «senior campaigner»
A "senior campaigner" refers to someone who is experienced and holds a leadership position in a specific cause or campaign. They play a significant role in planning, organizing, and executing advocacy efforts to bring about positive change, often working with a team of activists or volunteers. Full definition
These bad bets aren't just burning taxpayer money — they're also locking us into decades of climate pollution that make poverty worse,» said Alex Doukas, Senior Campaigner with Oil Change International.
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The New York Times quotes Global Witness senior campaigner Annie Dunnebacke: «It's the most egregious situation that we've seen since the Kimberley Process was launched, where diamonds have been fueling violence and human rights violations, and the Kimberley has really failed to deal with that effectively.»
The former parliamentary candidate and senior campaigner said she could not stay in the party after most of its MPs voted to pass legislation allowing for secret courts.
Robin Webster, senior campaigner on energy and climate, said the 20 per cent target was «undoubtedly ambitious» but presented an opportunity for the UK energy industry to «take a lead in developing the renewable technologies that will be required all over the world in tackling climate change».
Global Witness senior campaigner Billy Kyte says that foreign investors should be pressured to do real due diligence on projects, rather than just accept a company's claim that local communities were «consulted.»
EIA Senior Campaigner Clare Perry said: «Since 2006, Hvalur has killed more than 500 fin whales, purely to cash in on a limited demand in Japan.
Fund REDD Through Pollution Permits Not Sub-national Offsets Greenpeace senior campaigner Rolf Skar touted the importance of all this,
«A merger between Bayer and Monsanto is a five - alarm threat to our food supply and to farmers around the world,» explained Anne Isakowitsch, Senior Campaigner with SumOfUs.
«The shocking news of Berta's killing should come as a dramatic wake - up call for the Honduran state,» said Billy Kyte, Senior Campaigner for Global Witness.
«We are bringing Congress face to face with the heartbreak of gun violence,» Oscar Soria, a senior campaigner with Avaaz, told ABC News.
But we can, perhaps, discuss what another senior campaigner describes as «the rot setting in».
«It's a double - edged sword,» says Julian Newman, a senior campaigner with the London - based Environmental Investigation Agency, which has tracked the ivory trade extensively.
Attacking those who attack coal Priya Pillai, 37, a senior campaigner with Greenpeace India, has come as close as anyone to challenging the government's position that coal - powered development helps the poor.
Anna Watson, Senior Campaigner, explains: «We launched our Run on Sun campaign because we wanted to make it as easy as possible for schools to go solar.
«This is a game changer,» said Juman Kubba, Senior Campaigner at Global Witness.
Ben Niblett, Senior Campaigner, Tearfund and Renew Our World, said: Fiji has led the way with bold leadership.
In response, Alex Doukas, Senior Campaigner at Oil Change International, released the following statement:
Over the past 25 years George Marshall has worked at all levels of the environmental movement including as a senior campaigner for Greenpeace US and the Rainforest Foundation.
Dr Wykes, a senior campaigner at Global Witness, was visiting Angola to find out about the country's progress in making the management of its oil revenues more open and accountable to Angola's citizens.
«Given the vast profits made by the European fluorochemical industry, it is absolutely scandalous that they are not destroying all HFC - 23 produced by their factories,» said Clare Perry, Senior Campaigner for the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).
Dr Sarah Wykes, a British national and senior campaigner at Global Witness, was arrested in Angola on 18th February 2007 while visiting the country to assess the transparency of its oil sector.
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«Our recent research shows that former CNDP rebel commanders, notably International Criminal Court indictee Bosco Ntaganda, still hold significant influence in the army and control over lucrative mineral resources,» said Annie Dunnebacke, Senior Campaigner at Global Witness.
We need answers as to why the former President Yar» Adua's Government awarded the licences to Exxon at a seemingly knock - down rate, despite being offered what appears to be a far superior deal from a credible competitor,» said Dominic Eagleton, a senior campaigner with Global Witness.
«Any venting of HFC - 23 is a monumental scandal, given that destroying HFC - 23 is about the cheapest climate mitigation available and the billions already made by these companies through the CDM,» said Clare Perry, EIA's Senior Campaigner.
If other G20 governments are serious about standing up to Trump's climate denial and meeting their commitments under the Paris Agreement, they need to stop propping up the outdated fossil fuel industry with public money,» said Alex Doukas, Senior Campaigner at Oil Change International and one of the report's authors.
«An independent investigation is essential given the flaws and political interference in Honduras» judicial system,» said Billy Kyte, Senior Campaigner for Global Witness.