Brigitte is a researcher at DeSmog. She joined in April 2023, and is focusing on the aquaculture sector.
High demand for wild-caught species to feed farmed salmon and other fish is taking nutritious food away from low-income communities in the Global South.
Les responsables de campagne critiquent des programmes volontaires « fortement défectueux », tandis que l’analyse de DeSmog révèle l'absence de représentation de la société civile ou des communautés locales affectées par les dommages causés par l’industrie des farines et huiles de poisson.
Brazilian meat giant JBS invested just 0.03 percent of annual revenues into climate measures, researchers found.
Campaigners criticise “highly flawed” voluntary schemes as DeSmog analysis finds lack of representation from civil society, or impacted communities.
Campaigners urge greater scrutiny of aquaculture, which relies on wild-caught fish as feed.
However impressive Oxford’s environmental credentials may be, it cannot achieve climate justice while retaining its close links with fossil fuel companies, argues Brigitte Wear from the Oxford Climate Justice Campaign.
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