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⚖️ We use the power of the law to protect people and the planet. 📍 London, Brussels, Warsaw, Madrid, Berlin, Beijing, Los Angeles, Tokyo 🌍 www.clientearth.org
🌎Today is 2026's official #EarthOvershootDay🌎 ❓But what does that really mean? Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. 1/5
While Europe is burning, flash floods and typhoons are ravaging Asia. Our thoughts are with those in the many Asian countries who are seeing the devastation that this rainfall is causing, having to rebuild their lives after losing loved ones, homes, food sources and incomes. ❤️
Across Europe communities are once again living through devastating wildfires. We stand with the people & communities affected by these fires: those who have lost homes, businesses, farms or sources of income, those forced to evacuate & everyone facing the uncertainty & hardship that follows ❤️
🔥The UK government is about to make a decision that will affect us all🔥 New oil and gas is incompatible with a liveable climate, and makes us LESS energy secure. 👉We must urge the government to make the right decision. Sign the open letter: act.clientearth.org/page/195992/...
🔥As much of the world swelters in record temps, endures water shortages, flees from wildfires & thousands of lives are lost... Big Oil's profits are healthier than ever. Just 57 companies have been linked to 80% global CO₂ emissions since 2016. Big polluters must pay for the damage they're doing.
🌹Happy anniversary (of climate justice!)🌹 #AOletsGO #ICJAO #ICJAOActionVersary @wy4cj.bsky.social
🍔Big Meat is being held accountable🍔 The world's biggest meat company, JBS, is facing court-action over how its 6 billion dollar global expansion does not align with its climate and human rights obligations. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 1/4
World’s largest meat company faces legal challenge over green credentials of $6bn global expansion
Greenpeace petitions Dutch courts to order JBS to disclose how its aims are compatible with responsibilities to climate and human rights
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We’re taking legal action against Spain to protect dolphins from unselective fishing. 🧵
JOIN the #ClimateAOActionVersary festival on 7/23. Pick your region & register: 🌏 Pacific: wy4cj.org/23Pacific 🌏 Asia: wy4cj.org/23Asia 🌍 Africa: wy4cj.org/23Africa 🌍 Europe: wy4cj.org/23Europe 🌎 Caribbean: wy4cj.org/23Carib 🌎 Latin America: wy4cj.org/23Latam
🆕 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 🧵
We're taking legal action against Hungary and Poland to make it easy for everyone to access clean, affordable energy. How? With energy communities☀️ The EU gave us the right to energy communities years ago. But some countries still haven’t made them accessible. That's why today we're taking action.
🌳 “Climate change drives nature loss, and nature loss drives climate change. We must tackle both.”🌳 This was the headline of the UK government’s climate and nature statement, delivered in the House of Commons on Monday. 1/1
🥵 Almost 75% of articles published in the UK about the nation's June heatwaves failed to mention the climate crisis. 🥵 🔗 More here: lnkd.in/etWbGjfg 1/4
Newly-released scientific research shows the impact of the unprecedented heatwaves on deaths in the UK, echoing those from across Europe: 🌡️2,700 heatwave-related deaths in England & Wales from May-June 🌡️59% in May and 38% in June are due to climate change www.theguardian.com/environment/... 1/4
❗ Shocking climate news❗ Imagine being a country respected the world over for your green image, democratic institutions and rule of law... whilst proposing legislation that would block climate change lawsuits against big polluters 🤔 Well that’s exactly what New Zealand is doing right now🫠 1/3
We’re taking legal action over forever chemicals in Belgium, over its inaction to prevent harm to people’s health. Belgium has the highest levels of PFAS in Europe. The government has a legal duty to protect people’s health from harm. Read more: www.clientearth.org/latest/news/...
Protected should mean protected. Across Europe, Marine Protected Areas are meant to safeguard some of our most important marine ecosystems. Yet destructive bottom trawling continues in many of them. Learn more about what the The MPA Legal Coalition is doing about it. 👉 mpa-legal-coalition.org
🐝A win for bees🐝 “The announcement marks a welcome change in the UK government's direction and an important step forward in the protection of vital wildlife from the risk of harm posed by chemicals.” - ClientEarth Head of UK Kyle Lischak. #pesticides www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says
Office for Environmental Protection finds failures by department when it granted emergency authorisation in 2023 and 2024
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Tell FIFA to kick big polluters out of football 🦵⚽ This year's men's World Cup is threatened by extreme heat. And who's contributing to these turbocharged heatwaves? Mega polluters like Saudi Aramco - the fossil fuel company sponsoring the tournament. Sign 👉 act.clientearth.org/page/192794/...
🚨 New legal study 🚨 The EU has the legal authority to prevent deep-sea minerals from being placed on the EU market to avoid destroying one of the least explored places on Earth. Read more: www.clientearth.org/latest/press... Download the study: www.clientearth.org/media/t4vnly...
Fresh legal study strengthens case for closing EU market to deep-sea minerals | ClientEarth
View the press release
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⚖️ Victory! A French court has ruled TotalEnergies must limit its climate polllution. Big polluters must cut emissions and align with 1.5°C - and it’s enforceable. No one is above the law 🌍🔥
Leading climate scientists have written to broadcast editors to express concern about recent UK #heatwave coverage. The letter urges news organisations to better inform the public of the scientific links between extreme weather, #climatechange and #netzero. pressgazette.co.uk/news/climate...
Climate scientists say news coverage ignores cause of UK heatwave
Connection between greenhouse emmissions and extreme heat in UK 'indisputable'.
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⚽🌍 FIFA says it wants to promote sustainability. Yet the company continues to take money from polluting corporations. Football shouldn’t be a platform for fossil fuel greenwashing. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 👇 Join our call to kick big polluters out of football
Fifa urged to drop Saudi oil giant Aramco as activists target World Cup
Fifa has defended its Aramco sponsorship, saying revenues are reinvested back into football at all levels
theguardian.com
💦This is your chance to demand clean water now!💦 👉To get the protections the UK's waters deserve, we have to keep the pressure on. 📰Write to your local paper today and demand cleaner and safer water. act.clientearth.org/page/193964/... #CleanWaterNow
One year after major international ocean commitments at #UNOC, surveyed coastal communities report they still aren’t seeing meaningful action. This is a wake-up call for governments to step up enforcement to protect our ocean 🌍 Explore the findings:
Around 25 percent of the tournament's matches could be played under temperatures that exceed the recommended thermal safety limits, according to an analysis by the World Weather Attribution. www.wired.com/story/2026-f...
1 in 4 World Cup Matches Could Be Played in Dangerous Temperatures
A new report warns that Miami, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Houston could be particularly hot places to play during the 2026 World Cup.
wired.com
📢 Companies incl. Shell & TotalEnergies are being called out for greenwashing 📢 Today, @beuc.eu & 12 other consumer organisations across Europe filed a complaint against Shell, TotalEnergies, ENGIE & EniPlenitude, for using misleading green claims around fossil fuels in household energy offers.1/6
Football has long been called the beautiful game and it brings joy to billions worldwide. But FIFA is taking sponsorship from the world’s biggest corporate polluter. Tell FIFA: Kick big polluters out of football: tinyurl.com/bdeke38s Sources: www.bakerinstitute.org/research/bot...
🫨 The world’s largest banks provided $906bn in finance to the fossil fuel industry last year. 🫨 📈 This is up nearly 8% since 2024, and locks in dependence on coal, oil and gas production for years to come. More here: lnkd.in/eeixEjbW 1/5