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📦 Today, 75 boxes of EU-banned pesticides were returned to the @ec.europa.eu in Brussels.

🌍 From Brazil to India, Indonesia to South Africa, citizens sent a clear message: toxic exports must stop.

👉 See for more information: www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

#ReturnToSender

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☠️Europe banned many pesticides for their toxic impact ☠️
✈️ Yet it keeps exporting them to the rest of the world.

On 2 December, we’re bringing them back to Brussels 📦
👉 Join us 9AM, in front of the @ec.europa.eu.

#ReturnToSender #BanToxicExports

Agroecology Case Studies | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) These agroecology case studies provides a robust set of farmer-friendly, innovative, climate-resilient solutions to the ecological, environmental, social and economic pressures facing agriculture toda...

The case studies detail the #climate-resilient agroecological solutions that farmers around the world are already using and serve as a resource for decision-makers attending the Climate COP30 and the People’s Summit in Belém, Brazil.
➡️ Check out the 11 case studieshere: www.panna.org/resources/ag...

🌿At the start of the second week of the UNFCCC #COP30, the PAN International Agroecology Working Group presented a series of case studies highlighting how #agroecology offers robust and innovative solutions to the many climate-related challenges that farmers face today.

Pesticides & Climate Change: From a Vicious to a Vivacious Cycle | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) This new white paper expands upon PAN's history of research into the effects of pesticides on climate change.

🌎 #COP30 is a pivotal moment when world leaders come together and a multitude of voices are heard, including ours!

➡️Read PAN's follow-up briefing on pesticides and climate change for our recommendations for a climate resilient food system:
www.panna.org/resources/pe...

🌱PAN International’s Agroecology Workgroup published 11 case studies detailing specific agroecology solutions for farmers around the world for #ClimateCOP30 & the People’s Summit in Belém, Brazil:
➡️ www.panna.org/resources/ag...

#Agroecology #ClimateCOP #cop30 #cop30belem #ClimateSolutions

📢📨 Three letters. One message.
We wrote to the @ec.europa.eu, @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu, @europarl.europa.eu & @eu2025dk.bsky.social asking them to stop exporting #pesticides banned in the EU.
www.pan-europe.info/resources/le...

‘Return to Sender’ is a new campaign launched today by the European coalition ‘End Toxic Pesticide Trade Coalition’ to hold the @ec.europa.eu accountable for letting the exports of banned, toxic #pesticides from the EU to the global South explode.
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

Climate imperialism: How false solutions attack Indigenous Peoples’ rights Climate imperialism refers to the ways in which powerful, most industrialized nations, often in the Global North, shape global climate

Market-based and profit-driven “ #climate solutions” all too often result in grave violations of the rights of indigenous peoples to free, prior and informed consent, and to self-determination.

Read PANAP's latest publication on the topic: panap.net/2025/09/clim...

#NoLandNoLife

#Agroecology is an economically viable and socially just approach to sustainable agriculture and food systems, grounded in ecological and social justice principles.

The AE WG shared the principles of AE to stakeholders, supporting them to adopt policies driving food systems' transformation 🤝

⚠️Last week, the first Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG-1) of the Global Framework on Chemicals was held in Punta del Este, Uruguay.

Read PAN’s compiled official interventions, recommendations and latest news ➡ pan-international.org/open-ended-w...

Stop toxic trade. Pesticides banned in Europa should not be exported to other countries. Toxic here = toxic there. Today 600+ organisations from all over the globe call on the EU to stop this violation of human rights.

The EU bans toxic pesticides to protect its own citizens
But still exports them to other countries

📢 600+ organisations demand an end to this toxic injustice and protect people and the planet everywhere!

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#HHPs are of concern due to their adverse effects on human health and the environment. A large number of HHPs continue to be used and their regulation is very uneven.

PAN, through the HHPs WG, aims to increase awareness and promote HHPs phase-out at the international, regional, and national levels.

💡 What we do:
✅ We resist corporate agriculture and control over seeds.
✅ We oppose neo-liberal policies that harms people's interests.
✅ We empower rural communities and help strengthen women's leadership.

💡 What we do
✅ We monitor communities and lobby governments and international institutions to protect people and the environment from Highly Hazardous Pesticides
✅ We promote, agroecology and advance food sovereignty
✅ We support people's movements in their assertion of rights to land and livelihood

PANAP’s vision is a society that is truly democratic, equal, just, culturally diverse, and based on food sovereignty, gender justice and environmental sustainability.
🍃 Please follow us there for more information:
➡️ panap.net

🌿Who we are🌿
PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) is one of five regional centres of Pesticide Action Network, a global network dedicated to the elimination of harm upon humans and the environment by pesticide use, and to the promotion of biodiversity-based ecological agriculture.

Week 2 of the #BRSCOPs2025 has started, are you catching up on the latest news from the first week of the the COPS?

Read PAN’s compiled official interventions, latest news and recommendations on the Rotterdam Convention:
➡️ pan-international.org/brs-cop-2025/

Tadesse Amera of @paninternational.bsky.social shares how #Ethiopia’s organic cotton farmers replaced chlorpyrifos with food spray-based biocontrol—boosting yields, protecting pollinators & restoring bee colonies.

With proven alternatives in place, he calls for its listing under Annex III.

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At the #BRSCOPs2025 Make Visible the Invisible Fair,
@toxicsfree.bsky.social and PAN, hosted the ☕Chlorpyrifos-Free Café, serving organic/chlorpyrifos-free coffee and snacks to conference delegates.

More information ⏩https://pan-international.org/brs-cop-2025/

#BanChlorpyrifosNow

At the #BRSCOPs2025 Make Visible the Invisible Fair,
@toxicsfree.bsky.social and @pesticideaction.bsky.social held a #ToxicFree pause café as they shared Chlorypyrifos-free coffee and snacks and conversations with delegates and participants.

In Geneva, the COPs for the BRS 2025 are in progress 👍

PAN is on the ground advocating for strong global action on harmful pesticides and promoting sustainable alternatives. Explore our priorities and reports, learn about our side event and latest activities ➡️ pan-international.org/brs-cop-2025/

PAN to bat for ban on Chlorpyrifos, other pesticides at BRS COPs in Geneva This year’s negotiations at Geneva from April 28 to May 9 will focus on global efforts to reduce chemical harm to global communities.

📄 [Press review ahead of the BRS COPs 2025] 📄
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Global Call to Ban Chlorpyrifos Gains Momentum Ahead of Geneva Summit Criticising political resistance to pesticide regulation, Jago Wadley of PAN UK added, “Countries must stop blocking listings for commercial reasons and follow the science.”

📄 [Press review ahead of the BRS COPs 2025] 📄
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We are happy to invite you to our official BRS COPs joint side event "Accelerating the transition from #HHPs to biopesticides and #agroecological alternatives".
🗓️ When? 2 May, 18:15-19:45 CEST.
📌 Where? At the ICCG room 14, and/or online.
➡️REGISTER: pan-international.org/2025-basel-r...

For more information:
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