Who is financing the global petrochemicals build-out? We followed the money — and the numbers are staggering. 🏦 US$250B from banks. 📈 US$87B from institutional investors. And it keeps flowing. It's time to pull the plug on toxic finance. 👉 bit.ly/4aM5vMP

#BigOil’s profit season is looking like a scary blockbuster. @oxfaminternational.bsky.social report finds that the world’s 6 biggest #FossilFuel corporations are expected to nearly double their profits in Q2 2026, while climate vulnerable communities bear the cost: www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

🌊 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.

In reality, these approaches don't fix the climate crisis. They mask it temporarily, while putting an already stressed ocean under even more pressure. @ciel.org

⚖️🤓 For decades, climate politics has shaped climate law. But something is changing: increasingly, the law is reshaping what is politically possible on #ClimateChange & it’s doing so because of the #PeoplePower behind it. Read more in our latest blog: www.ciel.org/how-climate-...

A #plasticstreaty built around consensus alone won't end plastic pollution. The next draft will reveal whether negotiations are moving toward an effective treaty—or simply the lowest common denominator. Here's what to watch 👉 bit.ly/4vMXHT1

What to Watch for in the New “No Surprises” Plastics Treaty Draft - Center for International Environmental Law

Will the next plastics treaty draft tackle production and toxic chemicals — or settle for the lowest common denominator? Here's what to watch for.

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#TheTimeIsNow: We join @alain-berset.coe.int's call on @coe.int Member States to finally start negotiating a legally binding instrument on the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll. Lost time is inexcusable when the news keeps reminding us of the cost of inaction. www.dw.com/en/europe-wi...

Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE@healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · last wk.

🔥 As fires ravage Europe, the rights of communities on the frontline of environmental & climate breakdown continue to be affected on an unprecedented scale. 🗣 As the @coe.int s Secretary-General @alain-berset.coe.int rightly puts it, the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll must become a reality.

As Europe’s largest carbon capture and storage (#CCS) project prepares to start operating in the Netherlands, fertilizer giant Yara is claiming a major climate win. But our expert Lisa Tostado pulls back the curtain on why this project is a dangerous distraction. 🙅 1/2 👇

Fires blazing in Spain and France! Urgent need for bold rights-based climate action! 1. Council of Europe must enshrine right to healthy environment in law 2. massive investment in renewables, batteries and efficiency 3. adaptation programs supporting low-income and other vulnerable communities

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1️⃣ year ago, the International Court of Justice confirmed that States have binding obligations to respect, protect & fulfill human rights in addressing the climate crisis, incl. the right to a clean, healthy & sustainable environment. A🧵on the #ICJClimateAO& the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll.

1️⃣ year ago, the International Court of Justice confirmed that States have binding obligations to respect, protect & fulfill human rights in addressing the climate crisis, incl. the right to a clean, healthy & sustainable environment. A🧵on the #ICJClimateAO& the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll.

One year on from the ICJ’s landmark climate ruling, the advisory opinion made one thing clear: climate action is a legal duty, not just a policy choice. @ciel.org new piece tracks how that legal clarity is now turning into real-world implementation. www.ciel.org/one-year-on-...

One Year On: From Legal Clarity to Global Implementation of the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion - Center for International Environmental Law

One year after the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion, explore how the landmark ruling is driving climate litigation, diplomacy, policy, and global accountability.

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One year later: climate impunity continues. Legal rulings are nothing without enforcement.

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🌍 BREAKING: Climate impunity ends today - by order of the world’s highest court. The International Court of Justice has spoken: ✅ States are legally obliged to act ✅ Inaction = human rights violation ✅ Polluters must be held accountable This is a legal revolution for our planet.

Highlighting how right to #HealthyEnvironment was affirmed by #ICJAOClimate, Camilla Pollera of @ciel.org calls on all to rally "how we can leave CoE member states with no choice but to act" as it remains the only regional HR system that has not explicitly protected the right.

🌍 🧵Today, join in celebrating the 1-year anniversary of the world’s highest court’s ruling to help enforce the law in protecting our climate and reducing fossil fuel emissions. The ICJ climate advisory opinion is becoming a powerful tool for climate justice. @ciel.org @greenpeace.org

1⃣ year ago, the International Court of Justice delivered a landmark Climate Advisory Opinion. But this story didn't begin in the 🇳🇱. It began with Pacific & world's youth, communities on the frontlines of climate change & a global movement that believed the law could better reflect #ClimateJustice.

⚠️ Fossil fuel companies and their allies are trying to limit climate liability lawsuits through the US Congress and Supreme Court. Even if these efforts succeed, climate litigation will not stop. It is evolving in a new direction. ⤵️ Get the links to 2 new analyses on this changing legal landscape.

🆕 BLOG! One year ago, the world's highest court (the ICJ) clarified that States have legal obligations to prevent, address & repair climate harm: www.ciel.org/one-year-on-... But this story is about much more than a court opinion. It is about a movement & it's now about implementation. A 🧵

One year after the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' climate #AdvisoryOpinion, the task is clear: turn it into real action. 🔗 In a publication written by more than 20 organizations and experts, we explain how: bit.ly/AOtools 1/5 🧵 See which countries are already using the Opinion.

Climate Justice and Human Rights: Legal Standards and Tools from the Inter-American Court’s Advisory Opinion 32/25 (October 2025) - Center for International Environmental Law

This publication unpacks the climate Advisory Opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for legal practitioners and advocates.

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📍One year after the International Court of Justice's landmark Advisory Opinion on climate change, and following the UN General Assembly's overwhelming endorsement of the Opinion, global climate governance has reached a turning point. A 🧵

⚖️This week, the world’s highest court’s historic ruling clarifying States’ responsibility on climate change turns 1️⃣ year old. Together with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights opinion, the ICJ climate ruling marked a significant moment for climate justice & #IndigenousPeoples' rights. A 🧵

📢 Training opportunity! Join our hybrid training Environmental Human Rights in a Fragmented World (21–25 Sept 2026, Geneva + online) and build practical skills in environmental litigation, UN mechanisms & human rights advocacy. ⏳ Apply by 30 August: www.ghrh.ch/en/courses/e...

Santa Marta opened a door. Now governments must step through it and turn dialogue into real action.

The climate crisis wasn't unforeseeable. Governments were warned. #TheyKnew. They delayed. Our 🆕 report documents the historical record & strengthens the case for #ClimateAccountabilityNow! Read our opinion piece: www.ciel.org/what-states-... [originally published in @climatechangenews.com]

Major emitting countries knew of climate risks decades earlier than claimed - Center for International Environmental Law

Governments have known since at least the 1960s that fossil fuel use was warming the planet. They kept quiet to avoid responsibility.

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New research from @ciel.org documents how governments were warned about climate risks decades ago and what they did (or didn’t) do with that knowledge. www.ciel.org/reports/what...

Early Warnings: Government Knowledge of Climate Change and Legal Responsibility for Climate Harm - Center for International Environmental Law

Read CIEL's new report revealing when governments knew about climate change risks and how that knowledge strengthens climate accountability and litigation.

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When did States know enough to act on climate change? That question is no longer just historical. It's increasingly a legal one. Our 🆕 report provides evidence that many governments knew about fossil fuel-driven climate change far before they admitted: www.ciel.org/reports/what... 🧵

The UK’s fervor for carbon capture isn’t a climate solution — it’s a fossil fuel lifeline that could cost £198bn. As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social writes in @theguardian.com, 75% of this failed tech's cost may fall on consumers to prop up oil & gas instead of phasing them out. 👉 bit.ly/4pbj1zL

The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot

There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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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 Critical Chemicals Alliance should support a genuinely sustainable transition for Europe's chemicals sector — not reinforce the status quo. We've joined 30 other civil society organizations calling for fundamental reform of the Alliance. Read more 👇 bit.ly/4vnv529

Civil society calls for reform of Critical Chemicals Alliance

31 civil society organisations have written an open letter calling on the European Commission to reform the governance and approach of its Critical Chemicals Alliance.

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#HRC62 came to a close yesterday in Geneva. The session reaffirmed that climate change, environmental rights, and business accountability remain central human rights issues. Here's a look back at some key moments from the past weeks in Geneva 🧵👇

📣 A first-of-its-kind climate and environmental case was just filed in the UK High Court, and it signals a new reality: Fossil fuel expansion can no longer be treated as business as usual. 🔗 bit.ly/4vUVNR2 🧵 Check out this thread to learn more. 1/5

Ugandan farmers launch UK case against EACOP pipeline

Ugandan farmers launched a case in the United Kingdom's ​High Court on Tuesday against ‌the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, seeking to apply Ugandan constitutional, ​environmental and climate law ​to...

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