🌊 Fossil fuel free zones offer a path to protect vital marine ecosystems and the communities that depend on them from offshore oil and gas. But the transition away from fossil fuels can’t stop there. We need a #FossilFreeOcean and future. 🔎 ⤵️ Swipe, then dive deeper in the next post.

Major win for communities: Plans for one of the world's largest blue hydrogen & ammonia plant have been canceled! The gas and chemicals company Air Products officially abandoned its planned $4.5 billion Clean Energy Complex in Louisiana, swallowing a massive $2.9 billion loss. 1/5 bit.ly/4gvXn71

Why it matters: Air Products' Louisiana blue hydrogen and ammonia project canceled

A monumental community victory as the Air Products Louisiana project canceled its multi-billion dollar blue hydrogen and ammonia proposal.

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🌍 The 11th Our Ocean Conference wrapped up today. Civil society and frontline communities made sure participants confronted an irrefutable truth: a healthy and prosperous ocean must be fossil-free. 🧵 We unpack key highlights from #OurOceanKenya and what’s ahead. 1/6

🌊 The ocean can help power the energy transition. In Mombasa for #OOC11? Join us to discuss how we can achieve a #FossilFreeOcean by moving away from offshore oil & gas and scaling responsible offshore wind. 🗓️ June 17 | 5:30–6:45 pm EAT 📍Dodori Room #OurOceanKenya

🆕 🆕 🆕 NEW: Vanuatu has introduced a draft UN 🇺🇳 General Assembly resolution that builds on the International Court of Justice’s landmark ruling on States' legal duties in the context of climate change. The resolution aims at turning legal clarity into collective #ClimateAction.

🍃 Nature has rights. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights made it clear in its historic #AdvisoryOpinion on the climate emergency. 👇 An analysis by attorney Luisa Gómez unpacks what this means for those working to protect ecosystems and advance #ClimateJustice. 🔗 READ HERE: bit.ly/RoNat25

From #COP30 in Belém: High-level reps from Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Antigua & Barbuda—backed by Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Nepal—joined civil society & the @fossiltreaty.bsky.social Initiative (17 nations) to advance negotiating mandate for a Treaty to phase out oil, gas, and coal. A 🧵

That’s a wrap on Day 8 of #COP30 — And what a day! From seeing the 1st potential final political agreement on sticky issues from the climate talks to the revelation that hundreds of industrial agriculture lobbyists are attending the negotiations. The day was packed 📦! A 🧵

🌊 TODAY at #COP30, the ocean is on the agenda. A healthy ocean is key to halting climate change. But are countries working to stop the threat of fossil fuels at sea? 📣 Here's why to meet climate targets, we must phase out offshore oil and gas👇 bit.ly/4ok8tgi 🧵/1

Setting Ambition At COP30: Climate Goals Will Sink Without a Fossil-Free Ocean - Center for International Environmental Law

To meet climate goals, we need a fossil-free ocean. Yet governments are arriving at COP30 without plans to halt offshore oil and gas.

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📣 BREAKING At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks. Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu... A 🧵

📣 BREAKING: One out of every 25 attendees at the #COP30 climate talks is a fossil fuel lobbyist. The arsonists aren’t just in the building — they’re throwing fuel on the fire. We need to #KickOutTheSuits NOW! READ: kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...

Recognition of #IndigenousPeoples’ leadership & of their unique role in addressing the #ClimateCrisis must go beyond ceremony. At #COP30, States & the UNFCCC must guarantee access & meaningful participation & ensure #IndigenousPeople's right to shape decisions that impact their lands & lives.

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#COP30 is taking place in Brazil, home to more than 300 Indigenous Peoples safeguarding the Amazon. Once again, the #UNFCCC sidelines #IndigenousPeoples, denying them effective participation in the very spaces where their future is negotiated. 👉 Read: apnews.com/article/unit... 🧵👇

🌊 An ocean free of fossil fuels is key to halting climate change. Yet governments are coming to #COP30 without timelines and binding targets to phase out offshore oil and gas. 📣 To meet climate goals, we need a #FossilFreeOcean. Read the analysis by @bruna-campos.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/4ok8tgi

✊ Victoire pour le climat : Total vient d'être condamnée pour greenwashing ! A la veille de la COP30, cette décision crée un précédent juridique majeur contre la désinformation climatique des majors pétrolières. Notre communiqué 👇 www.amisdelaterre.org/communique-p...

Total condamnée pour greenwashing : un précédent juridique majeur contre la désinformation climatique des majors pétrolières

Le tribunal judiciaire de Paris a rendu aujourd’hui une décision historique, première mondiale : il condamne TotalEnergies pour pratiques commerciales trompeuses en raison de ses allégations mensongèr...

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🌎 De cara a #COP30, hace falta menos política y más derecho. 🗣️ Lo dice nuestra abogada @erikalennon.bsky.social vía @infobae.bsky.social. 👇 Conozca por qué este año el mundo debe acabar con el estancamiento político que ha caracterizado las negociaciones climáticas. bit.ly/3K88LrD

Los países deben actuar en COP30

Si los países quieren cumplir con sus obligaciones en virtud del derecho internacional, no pueden seguir presentando planes climáticos nacionales que apenas cumplen con lo mínimo

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#BlocchiamoTutto. Against governments’ silence, against genocide, against impunity. As workers across Italy call for a #GeneralStrike, CIEL UNITE shows its unwavering solidarity with the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, striking workers in Italy, and all those resisting genocide.

📢 TODAY at #UNGA - Colombia and Vanuatu announce the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels to be held in April 2026. Learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-co...

Colombia Announces 1st International Phase-Out Conference — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

Colombia has announced its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026. The landmark conference will provide a global platform for countries to coop...

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🌐 With #UNGA underway, States must uphold the international rule of law to prevent the continuation of genocide in Gaza. There can be no environmental justice while the universal nature of human rights faces such grave and flagrant violations. 🔗 Read our statement: bit.ly/3Iy1Bwi

UN General Assembly Opens with Ever Greater Urgency to Uphold the International Rule of Law - Center for International Environmental Law

At the 80th United Nations General Assembly, States must uphold the international rule of law and protect human rights.

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⚖️ South Africa’s Constitutional Court has an opportunity to prevent the exploration of oil and gas off the Wild Coast without due process or proper consultation with affected communities. ☑️ Public participation must not be a tick box exercise. /3 🧵

✊ Communities and partners like naturaljustice.org have led a years-long battle to #SavetheWildCoast from oil and gas drilling. 🌊 This biodiversity hotspot off the eastern coastline of South Africa is a source of livelihood and cultural connection. /2 🧵 naturaljustice.org/battle-to-pr...

Battle to protect the Wild Coast continues

Communities and Environmental Justice organisations face Shell and Impact Africa in the Constitutional Court 10 September 2025, Johannesburg: In a Constitutional Court hearing set down for next week, ...

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📅 This week, South Africa’s highest Court will hear arguments on whether Shell can conduct seismic surveys for oil & gas off the Wild Coast. /1 🧵 Read this thread for what’s at stake. 🔎 Want to know more about the dangers of offshore exploration? 📹 Watch below and click 👉 bit.ly/offshore-off...

$1.5 trillion. The annual global cost of health‑related damage from plastic pollution alone. Plastics are stealing our health & wrecking economies. It’s long past time for a #PlasticsTreaty that curbs production and protects our health. 🔗 Read bit.ly/45u0c1s

This 👇🏽 let it sink in. The ICJ has given its opinion on states obligation to tackle climate change. When we look at the ocean, not tackling offshore oil and gas is against the law. The only option is to move towards a #fossilfreeocean #ClimateJusticeAttheICJ

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52/🚨The Court then delivers a powerful statement: failure of a state to take appropriate action to regulate fossil fuel consumption, the granting of fossil fuel licences, fossil fuel subsidies may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state

52/🚨The Court then delivers a powerful statement: failure of a state to take appropriate action to regulate fossil fuel consumption, the granting of fossil fuel licences, fossil fuel subsidies may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state

🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑‍⚖️ International Court of Justice. 🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability 📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇 #ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo

🗣️ The #ClimateOpinion by the Inter-American Court of #HumanRights is clear: States must take action to STOP the climate crisis. ➡️ Swipe for our experts’ take. 👇 Read CIEL’s statement. #AOLetsGO 🔗 bit.ly/3I9M2KN

📣 In a BIG win for climate accountability, the UK government issued tougher environmental rules that make it harder for fossil fuel companies to justify oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. 🧵 1/5 Learn how this gets us closer to a #FossilFreeOcean bit.ly/3TaGpyh

New emissions guidance published for North Sea oil and gas projects

This guidance will determine whether production can go ahead in the controversial Scottish fields, Rosebank and Jackdaw.

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NEW: Negotiations to establish a Science Policy Panel on chemicals, waste, and pollution concluded in Punta del Este a short while ago. The final agreement is riddled with unresolved text and major concessions that compromise the future Panel's integrity. Read more: www.ciel.org/news/spp-oew...

📣 CIEL and partners are urging world leaders at #UNOC3 to address the impact of #FossilFuels on #HumanRights. 🌊 At side events, officials from #CostaRica & #Fiji heard the call for a #FossilFreeOcean. 1/5 🧵 With 2 days left in the UN Ocean Conference, read on for key highlights and what’s next.

🗣️ Dr. Sivendra Michael, Fiji’s Permanent Secretary for #Environment & #ClimateChange, called on ocean allies to phase out #FossilFuels and stand firm with the world’s most vulnerable. 📣 CIEL’s @bruna-campos.bsky.social made a strong case to halt offshore oil & gas expansion. 🧵 3/5