This week thousands of people took nonviolent direct action in San Francisco to block the at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Earlier in the week, thousands of allies gathered together in downtown San Francisco to march on the Moscone Center and deliver our demands. And a big action on Wednesday confronted President Biden and other world leaders – forcing a high-profile meeting between president Biden and President Xi of China to be held way out of town. And we were definitely in the faces (and in the minds) of CEOs and staff from the world’s biggest polluters – like Exxon, Shell, BP, and Chevron.

This week's actions blocked numerous heads of state and thousands of corporate delegates from negotiating deals that would trade away our future by allowing more expansion and use of fossil fuels in the face of the deepening climate crisis. The timing was perfect as we compared trade deals to expand fossil fuel extraction, use and exports with three new reports out from the United Nations, the United States, and impartial observers, all of which make it plain that President Biden and other leaders are still trading away our future. And thanks in part to all that action and attention, we're hearing the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) trade deal is on hold. Use the links below or in our blog post to share the news about what happened this week.

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No more corporate billionaire summits while the world burns

While all our actions were non-violent, one comrade was violently assaulted by an APEC delegate. She faces substantial medical bills and needs our community's help. Please donate here to support her full recovery.

Also this week, three new reports were released that show how the United States, and the rest of the world, are far off track from meeting the promises we made under the Paris climate agreement.

There are a lot of new climate reports being released right now because the international climate talks start in a few weeks. Countries that signed the Paris Climate Agreement are required to report on their progress so far, and release new and updated plans at that meeting. So governments like the US, the United Nations, and interested parties are all tallying up their emissions, climate impacts, and measuring them against the promises to limit global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius; And Biden’s more-specific promises to cut US emissions 50% by 2030 and to “net zero” by 2050. You can check out more about those reports and links to all of them in this post which was updated several times this week with new information.

Thanks for taking action,

Drew and the 198 methods of solidarity crew