Myrto Tilianaki
@myrtotilianaki.bsky.social
Senior Environmental Advocate at Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/topic/environment
😀 A bit of good news at a difficult time! This week the UN General Assembly rejected US pressure & adopted resolution urging UN member states to transform the International Court of Justice ruling on state responsibility on #climatechange into action, led by #Vanuatu. @hrw.org's take follows in 🧵
🚨As 50+ governments meet this week for the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, the most important topic is missing from the agenda… Comment @hrw.org, by @myrtotilianaki.bsky.social ⤵️
Rights Need to Guide Global Fossil Fuel Phaseout
as more than 50 governments meet this week for the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, many rights issues are absent from the agenda.
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🚨 New from @hrw.org! 🌍On this new round of discussions on Vanuatu's UN General Assembly resolution on @ICJ_org Advisory Opinion on #ClimateChange, we call on UN members to support it to translate the #ICJ’s findings into action. UN member states should 🧵
Governments Should Support Vanuatu’s UN Climate Resolution
The world’s highest court has spoken: tackling climate change is not a choice: it’s a legal obligation. Now it’s up to the United Nations General Assembly to speak up and urge its 193 member countries...
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#Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ puts rights abusers & war crimes suspects in charge of the global order -- my new opinion piece on @aljazeera.com By sidelining the UN & human rights, the US president is proposing a club of impunity @hrw.org 👉 www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
The Trump administration recently announced its intention to withdraw the US from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This retreat from global climate cooperation threatens human rights.
US Retreat from Global Climate Cooperation Threatens Rights
The Trump administration this week announced its intention to withdraw the United States from over 60 international organizations, conventions, and treaties, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergover...
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US retreat from global climate cooperation threatens human rights. Withdrawing from international climate agreements & institutions, such as the UNFCCC and the IPCC weakens global efforts to limit emissions, share scientific knowledge, and respond to climate impacts. www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
US Retreat from Global Climate Cooperation Threatens Rights
The Trump administration this week announced its intention to withdraw the United States from over 60 international organizations, conventions, and treaties, including the United Nations Framework Con...
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🚨New @hrw.org report: Bulgaria’s delayed decommissioning of coal-fired power plants contributes to dangerous air pollution, risks breaching new air quality standards and is slowing down the country’s transition away from fossil fuels. ⬇️ www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
“Bulgaria’s continued reliance on coal is costing lives and holding back the country’s energy transition. In Dimitrovgrad, air pollution is causing children to miss school because they are chronically ill.” New, 45-page report @hrw.org / @myrtotilianaki.bsky.social, out now⤵️
Bulgaria: Delayed Coal Phaseout Fuels Health Harm
Bulgaria’s delayed decommissioning of coal-fired power plants contributes to dangerous air pollution, risks breaching new air quality standards, and is slowing down the country’s transition away from ...
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🌍 #COP30 : L’un des objectifs de la conférence sur le #climat devrait être que les gouvernements s’engagent à mieux soutenir les communautés contraintes de se réinstaller en raison de la montée du niveau de la mer (par exemple). www.hrw.org/fr/tag/cop30...
Imagine having to leave your home due to sea level rise and other climate impacts. Many communities are facing this difficult choice. @myrtotilianaki.bsky.social is at #COP30, where HRW is pushing for community-centered climate policies ⤵️
In November, states, experts, journalists, climate activists, and representatives will gather in Belém, Brazil for COP30, the 30th annual United Nations climate change conference. Here are three things to know about Brazil, COP30 host ⤵️
5 questions you might have about #COP30 and why it’s a pivotal moment for climate action & human rights. Governments should phase out fossil fuels, ensure a just transition, and protect forests & communities. hrw.org/news/2025/10/09/qa-united-nations-climate-change-conference-cop30
Q&A: United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30)
The 30th annual United Nations climate change conference, COP30, will bring together states that are party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change as well as thousands of experts, journalists...
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Thrilled to share a new report launched today: “Waiting for God”: Flood Displacement and Planned Relocation of Fisherfolk in Saint-Louis, Senegal www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
“Waiting for God”
The 72-page report, “‘Waiting for God’: Flood Displacement and Planned Relocation of Fisherfolk in Saint-Louis, Senegal,” concerns families who lost everything when coastal floods hit their historic f...
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Our new @hrw piece on how a good EU law on the rights of people affected by corporate abuse in global supply chains is being gutted - and how EU member states want to replace it with window-dressing: www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
EU Council Turning Supply Chain Law into Window Dressing
European Union member states led by France and Germany are walking back on their commitment to protect human rights and the environment in global supply chains.
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Thousands of Brazilians have gathered in state capitals nationwide to demand legislators scrap what they call the “devastation bill”. If approved, the bill could accelerate oil and gas extraction, cattle ranching, and deforestation in the Amazon www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Brazil Should Reject Bill Gutting Environmental Licensing
Legislators in Brazil are currently deliberating the General Environmental Licensing Law (LGLA), a new bill which dismantles environmental licensing requirements and, if approved, could accelerate oil...
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🌍 Today is World Environment Day, a crucial reminder that communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis are working with resolve and resourcefulness to protect their environment, health, and ways of life www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
World Environment Day Spotlights Communities Fighting Climate Crisis
Key developments around the world, however, offer a reminder that the global fight for environmental human rights is waged in frontline communities as well as in legislative halls.
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Today @hrw.org published an investigation I co-authored with Matthew Reysio-Cruz, with support from the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association. Zedtee, a company member of the Shin Yang Group, logged an Indigenous territory in Malaysian Borneo without the community's consent. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
🌍 10 years after Paris Agreement #COP30 must deliver bold action on climate & rights. @hrw.org calls on Brazil to prioritize: – Transition away from fossil fuels – Forest protection & land rights – Civic space 🔗 hrw.org/news/2025/04/23/cop30-should-deliver-bold-action-climate-and-rights
COP30 Should Deliver Bold Action on Climate and Rights
Today, Human Rights Watch sent a letter to André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) President-designate, and Executive Director Ana Toni, outlining priorities ...
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🌍 This #EarthDay2025 remember: robust Environmental Impact Assessments are vital, but only if properly enforced. Recent court rulings in UK, Norway & Brazil are attempting to close the accountability gap. It's time for governments to act decisively. www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
This Earth Day, Let’s Talk Phasing Out Fossil Fuels
Earth Day, which in 2016 marked the opening for signature of the Paris Agreement on climate change, now takes place amid record-breaking global heat and rising fossil fuel production.
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Yes, economies should be transformed to ensure everyone can enjoy their rights. But the Trump approach does not care for people's lives & rights. There are other reforms we could make instead. Our preliminary piece on human rights take on Trump's tarrifs www.hrw.org/news/2025/0...
Trump’s Economic Policies Show Need for a ‘Human Rights Economy’
On April 2, US President Donald Trump announced import tariffs – many above 40 percent, on goods from virtually every country – upending the global economy. Although now paused above a baseline 10 percent, except for China, these new tariffs illustrate the danger of pursuing economic reforms without regard for the impact on people’s human rights.
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The massive EACOP project in Uganda and Tanzania: 🔵 has displaced thousands 🔵 threatens vital ecosystems 🔵 will contribute to climate change But it's not too late to stop it. Banks and insurance companies should refuse their support.
“Afreximbank (the African Export-Import Bank) is funding the destruction of our own people, while at the same time speaking about energy transition and a commitment to a cleaner future. It is a big disappointment.” - Samuel Okulony, CEO of the Ugandan NGO Environment Governance Institute
African banks back oil export pipeline despite climate commitments
Lenders are backing the African EACOP oil pipeline project, while publicly talking their support for a just energy transition
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With multilateralism under existential threat, a rare conference organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) + the government of Colombia offers hope for re-energising efforts on two of our most significant global issues: improving air quality and slowing global warming.
Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle Air Pollution
The WHO has identified air pollution as the biggest environmental threat to human health globally. Each year, an estimated seven million people around the world are killed by effects from air pollutio...
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Government officials, health professionals, and more are gathering at the second global conference on air pollution and health in Cartagena, Colombia. This is a crucial opportunity for policymakers to make progress on tackling air pollution globally.
Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle Air Pollution
The WHO has identified air pollution as the biggest environmental threat to human health globally. Each year, an estimated seven million people around the world are killed by effects from air pollutio...
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🌍 Clean air is a human right. At the WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, the call is clear: phase out fossil fuels to protect health and slow global warming. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle Air Pollution
The WHO has identified air pollution as the biggest environmental threat to human health globally. Each year, an estimated seven million people around the world are killed by effects from air pollutio...
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Après plusieurs déplacements dus aux marées et cyclones, les habitants de Walande, communauté autochtone des Îles Salomon, ont quitté leur île collectivement pour le continent. Aujourd'hui seuls quelques poteaux émergent à marée basse témoins de leur ancien foyer. www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Îles Salomon : Une communauté déplacée par la montée des eaux
Le gouvernement devrait soutenir la réinstallation des villageois de Walande, et les protéger contre les impacts du changement climatique.
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Thrilled to join BlueSky and share a new @hrw.org report just launched today ‘There’s Just No More Land’: Community-led Planned Relocation as Last-resort Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Solomon Islands www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
“There’s Just No More Land”
The 66-page report, “‘There’s Just No More Land’: Community-led Planned Relocation as Last-resort Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Solomon Islands,” documents why Walande community members made the dif...
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NEW: Intensifying climate impacts have displaced members of Walande and other coastal communities in Solomon Islands, threatening the enjoyment of their economic, social, and cultural rights. Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Incredible news from Malaysia: the state of Sarawak will not award any new permits for oil palm plantations 'for now', a senior minister said on February 20. He said Sarawak aimed to mitigate deforestation, citing international scrutiny in particular from the EU. www.thevibes.com/articles/new...
