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

Center for International Environmental Law@ciel.org · 2w ago

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.

Environmental injustice isn't hidden. It simply has all its paperwork in order. @naiacasina.bsky.social & @drdavidboyd.bsky.social call out Spain's double standard of exporting tonnes of pesticides banned in the EU to the Global South. And they've got a map to prove it: ires.ubc.ca/pesticide-map/

Manvi Ball eloquently articulates the need for Canada to step up on environmental justice!

UBC IRES@ires.ubc.ca · 3mo ago

Canada has finally acknowledged environmental injustice. Now the real work begins. With consultations on the horizon, public participation will be key to turning recognition into action. @manvi.bsky.social explains what’s at stake in her new op-ed: www.hilltimes.com/2026/05/06/c...

Congratulations to President Gustavo Petro of Colombia for his decision to withdraw from international trade treaties containing the undemocratic "Investor-State Dispute Settlement" mechanism. www.presidencia.gov.co/prensa/Pagin...

Colombia saldrá del régimen de arbitraje internacional de inversión: presidente Petro

El presidente Gustavo Petro Urrego anunció este miércoles que Colombia va a salir del sistema de arbitraje internacional de inversión, porque los tribunales terminan resolviendo las disputas a favor d...

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España exporta al Sur Global miles de toneladas de pesticidas prohibidos en la UE, aplicando un “doble rasero” que prioriza el beneficio comercial sobre la salud y la biodiversidad exterior. La columna de Naia Ormaza Zulueta y @drdavidboyd.bsky.social, aquí: www.elsaltodiario.com/agrotoxicos/...

Toneladas de riesgo: el auge de la exportación de pesticidas ilegales en España

España exporta al Sur Global miles de toneladas de pesticidas prohibidos en la UE, aplicando un “doble rasero” que prioriza el beneficio comercial sobre la salud y la biodiversidad exterior.

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The Trump administration's repeal of the endangerment finding "is based on junk science and is probably unlawful," said @drdavidboyd.bsky.social a law professor at UBC. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/n...

Trump ditched the bedrock of US climate action — experts caution Canada not to follow suit

The Trump administration's move to gut the bedrock of US climate legislation last week presents Canada with an inevitable choice: lower our standards to meet theirs and remain competitive in North Ame...

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From IRES's Milind Kandlikar and @drdavidboyd.bsky.social : It is not too late for Carney to pivot, and redirect federal support from the industries of yesterday to the industries of tomorrow. vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Opinion: A 'Build Canada' plan for the 21st (not 20th) century

Opinion: As a clean energy powerhouse thanks to renewable energy and critical minerals, we could create hundreds of thousands of jobs

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Encouraging development at the Council of Europe! Surely Europe can support the fundamental importance of recognizing that every person has the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. This right can make a genuine difference in people's lives! The time to act is now!!

Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE@healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Our Campaign welcomes that momentum is building among member States of the @coe.int to make concrete progress towards negotiations of a binding instrument on the right to a healthy environment! 1/3

Canada's regressive new climate policies violate international law. New oil pipeline, gut Clean Electricity Standard (to phase out coal), kill consumer carbon tax, eliminate EV sales mandate, kill oil & gas sector emissions cap, increase fossil fuel subsidies, kill coastal oil shipping moratorium,

I am furious with Canada's government. Why? #1 betraying climate commitments (ending carbon tax, failing to cap oil and gas emissions, fast-tracking fossil fuel projects) #2 worsening inequality, by scrapping changes to capital gains tax and eliminating the luxury tax on yachts and private jets

Looking forward to this Climate Solutions event on Thursday!

UBC Climate Solutions Research Collective@ubccsrc.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Our Annual Kickoff Event on Thursday will have doors open at 2pm, join us for networking to meet with leading and upcoming voices on climate issues at UBC. Meet new people and see familiar faces, share your expertise and connect with others. Register here: climatesolutions.ubc.ca/news-and-eve...

Join @drdavidboyd.bsky.social's talk next week on this summer's powerful legal updates on the right to a healthy environment! 📍September 11, 2025 | CIRS BC Hydro Theatre 2:00 – 2:30 pm Networking (in-person) 2:30 – 3:30 pm Presentation (in-person and online) climatesolutions.ubc.ca/news-and-eve...

Surely the time for excuses and delays is over. The Council of Europe must finally adopt a protocol recognizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. As the International Court of Justice unanimously concluded, "in so far as States parties to human rights treaties ...

Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE@healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The call comes from within – again! Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍 pace.coe.int/en/news/9992... 1/5

The call comes from within – again! Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍 pace.coe.int/en/news/9992... 1/5

Commitee calls on the Council of Europe to assume its role in addressing climate change and its impact on our fundamental rights

The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development notes with grave concern that Europe has entered an era in which climate-related disasters are becoming structural: persistent droug...

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The substantive obligations stemming from the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment can be found in previous reports by the Special Rapporteur, and confirmed by courts across the world. States must take immediate and ambitious rights-based action to:

July 2025 marked a significant milestone for climate justice as the human right to a healthy environment was recognized by top judicial authorities. @drdavidboyd.bsky.social, IRES professor & former UN Special Rapporteur, discussed its implications: 🔗 verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-...

Dr. David R. Boyd@drdavidboyd.bsky.social · last yr.

ICJ Advisory Opinion! This is an absolutely massive and historic day for climate justice! Huge thanks to Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change and World Youth for Climate Justice who deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in this. Also kudos to Vanuatu for incredible leadership!

Big question Has there ever been a more important court ruling than last week's advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice? Facing an existential threat, the ICJ ruled that all States are obligated to protect the climate system by decarbonizing ASAP or polluters pay $

Driven by youth and Small Island States, courts have made it clear that bold climate action and generous climate finance are legally binding obligations that States must fulfil to protect the climate system & protect human rights verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-... verfassungsblog.de/right-to-a-h...

A Right Foundational to Humanity’s Existence

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🌍⚖️ The ICJ now recognizes the right to a healthy environment—a breakthrough for international climate justice. Read the latest blog post by @drdavidboyd.bsky.social unpacks what this means for law, human rights, and environmental accountability. 🔗 buff.ly/hmYD5xA #ICJ #HumanRights

ICJ Advisory Opinion! This is an absolutely massive and historic day for climate justice! Huge thanks to Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change and World Youth for Climate Justice who deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in this. Also kudos to Vanuatu for incredible leadership!

New from me: How China's clean energy manufacturing boom is helping reduce CO2 emissions overseas. In 2024, China’s exports of solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are shaved 1% off global emissions outside of China.

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief.org · last yr.

NEW – Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1% | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/V7BVSsL

‼️ 🌍⚖️NEW POST: @drdavidboyd.bsky.social discusses 3 points on the advisory opinion—the right to a healthy climate, the rights of Nature, & the recognition of a new jus cogens norm prohibiting massive & irreversible damage to the climate & environment. Read ➡️ blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

Tomorrow, the #ICJ rules on climate justice - and #FossilFuels are finally on trial. Why does it matter? Our new blog explains why naming and phasing out fossil fuels is a legal and moral necessity. Read more👉 bit.ly/4kPEEBU #ClimateJustice

The World’s Highest Court Can’t Ignore the World’s Biggest Climate Culprit: Fossil Fuels - Center for International Environmental Law

ICJ must name fossil fuels as the culprit in the climate crisis and declare States’ legal duty to phase them out and bring polluters to justice.

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Tomorrow the world's highest court, the International Court of Justice, will issue what may be the most important judicial ruling in human history. Facing an unprecedented climate emergency, will the Court have the courage to stand up to the fossil fuel giants and hold them accountable? Stay tuned!

🔥 TOMORROW, history will be made. The International Court of Justice #CIJ_ICJ will issue its first-ever Advisory Opinion on the #ClimateCrisis, a legal milestone that could redefine states’ responsibilities to protect #HumanRights and the planet.

Climate justice win! IA Court on Human Rights elaborates legal obligations around a healthy climate as part of the right to a healthy environment. Meanwhile @coe.int still debates whether it should recognise it. Our answer? YES - we urge the Council to adopt a protocol to the European Convention!

The right to a healthy environment is at the heart of the Inter_American Court of Human Rights powerful new ruling on the climate emergency. The right basically prohibits "anthropogenic conduct with an irreversible impact on the vital balance of the planetary ecosystem" More to follow ...

OK, here we go! The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is releasing its Advisory Opinion on human rights and the climate emergency. Huge anticipation that this could be a powerful catalyst for climate justice, by clarifying the obligations that State must respect and the actions they must take ...

Trump's budget has $1.1 trillion in tax cuts for people making more than $500,000/year. And it has $1.1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. Straight transfer from people who cannot afford food and medical care to people who can afford to fly first class. Ezra Klein NYT

The climate, pollution & biodiversity crisis is harming our health, says Denis Fernando of @friends-earth.bsky.social At next week's @coe.int meeting, Ministers must support a binding instrument legally protecting the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll - foundational to all human rights!