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.

📍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]

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...

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

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

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

#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

Congratulations to Bethanie Carney Almroth on her appointment as the new Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights. She is a renowned researcher and policy advisor, known for fiercely defending the right to science — an ideal pick at this moment. Full statement: bit.ly/4y8cs4W

🌍 We're hiring! CIEL is seeking a Chief Program Officer to help lead global legal and advocacy strategies that protect people and the planet. 📍Remote/Geneva/Washington, DC (eligible locations) 📅 Apply by 27 July 2026 APPLY: drive.google.com/file/d/1G7tN...

Plastics treaty negotiations resumed last week at a Heads of Delegation meeting in Nairobi. Here is what happened and what it means for the future of the treaty — and of multilateralism. 🧵

My latest for @grist.org looks at two reports — one from @ran.org, the other from @ciel.org — showing how big banks are investing in fossil fuel expansion, including the industry's pivot toward plastics. grist.org/economics/ba...

🤓 Environmental Human Rights in a Fragmented World 🤓 Join our hybrid training to explore how human rights law, climate litigation, and environmental governance can strengthen accountability in a rapidly changing world. 📅 21–25/9/2026 Applications are open until 30/8 ⬇️ www.ghrh.ch/en/courses/e...

Last week, on the margins of Aarhus Convention's #WGP30 & #HRC62, we rallied in front of the UN to call on the @coe.int to legally recognize the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll across Europe through a treaty. #TheTimeIsNow: Protect people & the planet ✊

Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social of @ciel.org underscores significance of Paris Court ruling in ensuring corporate accountability: 🔸 Excluding scope 3 emissions from corporate accountability will exclude the majority of emissions 🔸 There are multiple chains of accountability under Scope 3

Moderator Camilla Pollera of @ciel.org highlights that in the face of severe impacts of climate change on human rights, States are obliged to take measures to limit GHG emissions, in line with #ParisAgreement 1.5C target, as confirmed by #ICJAO.

Specific conversation on my #Food systems report in #Geneva with a focus on #business responsibility for #HumanRigts and corporate #accountability 🙏@fian-international.bsky.social @ciel.org 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/3jjzr2ey 📘https://tinyurl.com/497pkm44

Are you a strategic finance leader looking to apply your expertise to environmental & #HumanRights protection? We are looking for a Chief Financial Officer to join our Executive Team! 📍 Remote US 📅 July 13, 2026 APPLY: drive.google.com/file/d/1Ttcu...

#Live now! Join this #HRC62 side event presenting legal cases looking at responsibilities of #FossilFuel exporters & discussing the role of judicial bodies in helping States comply with international obligations. @earthjustice.org @ciel.org ▶️ tiny.cc/HRC62FossilF... 📺 youtube.com/live/v2zkr98...

🚨🪇🎉 BIG WIN for climate accountability today 🎉🪇🚨 A French Court has issued a landmark ruling against TotalEnergies, sending a powerful signal that major corporate emitters can no longer sidestep responsibility for their climate impacts. A 🧵 www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

On the margins of #UNECE Aarhus #WGP30 & #HRC62, a rally calling for advancing legal recognition of the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll across Europe through a binding treaty took place at Place des Nations, underscoring that env't protection is a fundamental human right.

As States gather in Geneva for the 30th Meeting of the Working Group of the Parties #WGP30 to the Aarhus Convention, discussions on conflict of interest and undue corporate influence are becoming increasingly important for the future of environmental democracy 🌍⚖️ A 🧵

📢New report: Protecting Civic Space: How Climate Advocacy is at Risk During #UNFCCC Conferences. Drawing on 4 years of Safety Hub documentation, it reveals how climate advocates face surveillance, harassment, and exclusion at UN climate talks. READ: www.climateactivistdefenders.org/safety-hub-r...

"What was so refreshing and important about Santa Marta is that we could speak freely about the root cause of climate change - fossil fuels" 🛢️⁣ ⁣ Johanna Gusman, @ciel.org, on why the Santa Marta conference worked so well. ⁣ ⁣ Watch more from London Climate Action Week on wedonthavetime.org/london

🌊 How can the #EUOceanAct set a new course for ocean protection in Europe? This landmark legislative proposal is a major opportunity to address the drivers of ocean decline by confronting the fossil economy. ➡️ Our new paper outlines what that requires: bit.ly/4vCMEvP

Big Plastic is running the same playbook as Big Oil: deny, distract, delay. @ciel.org's new report “The Plastics Plot” shows how industry disinformation reframes plastic pollution as a waste problem, oversells recycling and stalls rules on cutting production. www.ciel.org/reports/plas...

🚨 We're hiring! Join CIEL as a Campaigner, US Fossil Economy, and help challenge petrochemical expansion, false climate solutions, and environmental injustice. 📍 US Remote (eligible US states) or DC 📅 Apply by July 7 🔗 cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/131?...

For decades, the plastics industry has framed the way we think about plastics to protect its own legitimacy and deflect responsibility for the crisis it created. A new brief exposes the disinformation tactics behind the plastics crisis — and what they mean for policymaking. READ: bit.ly/4eySgAq

🌍📣 Action alert 📣🌍 From the #HR62 and the Aarhus Convention conference to the @coe, our message is clear: the time to legally recognize the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll in Europe is NOW! 🗓️ June 25 at 1:30 pm 📍Place des Nations, United Nations, Geneva 🇨🇭

Plastic pollution is the predictable result of a decades-long industry disinformation campaign. New brief: The Plastics Plot maps the nine frames the plastics industry uses to delay action and shape the terms of debate. 🧵

Don't miss this great discussion, organized by CIEL and @fian-international.bsky.social, on legal norms related to the #HumanRights of #FutureGenerations in the context of relevant policy processes. Our friends at @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org are following live in the thread 🧵 below 👇

#Live now! In light of @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social report to #HRC62, this event connects communities’ lived experiences of #ClimateChange & corporate impunity's impacts on #RightToFood with action. ▶️ www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/trans... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9tf...

🚨Come work with us! We're hiring a Chief Financial Officer. Join our Executive Team and help drive the financial strategy behind global work advancing environmental justice and human rights. 🗺️Remote (Northeast US) or DC. 🏃‍♂️Apply by June 13 🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/schc-a...

🌍 Want your fundraising work to help protect people and the planet? We are hiring a Senior Development Officer to secure transformational funding for environmental justice, climate action, and human rights. 📍 Remote (US), DC, or Geneva. 🗓️ Apply by July 6: cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/130?...

A representative from @ciel.org underscores the need to be clear about what does not constitute rights-compatible #ClimateFinance, including carbon market offsets and ISDS mechanisms, and calls for true #ClimateJustice.

📣 The #JuneClimateMeetings ended yesterday, amid growing concerns over the ability of the United Nations climate process to deliver the scale and speed of action required by the climate crisis. Read our closing statement: www.ciel.org/news/june-cl... A 🧵

🌍 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

"A climate process that remains vulnerable to obstruction and corporate influence cannot deliver the action this crisis demands," said @ciel.org.

The #JuneClimateMeetings further exposed the structural barriers slowing climate action: 🤝#ConsensusKillsAmbition, 🕴️Corporate influence, 🪑Barriers to participation. It's high time for States to #FixTheUNFCCC. Read more in our statement: www.ciel.org/news/june-cl...

🚨 The #JuneClimateMeetings are drawing to an end in Bonn, with only one more day to close the negotiations. One important thing that was missing on the official agenda for the talks? #LossAndDamage. A 🧵 📸 @iisd.org

Deep Pockets, Dirty Profits 💸☠️ The global financial system plays a pivotal role in funding the petrochemical industry — the fossil fuel engine behind plastics, fertilizers, and synthetic fibers. Our new brief exposes the scale of these systemic investments. 👇🧵

📣 Today at #OurOceanKenya: CIEL’s @bruna-campos.bsky.social and partners discuss the ocean’s role in the energy transition and the urgent need to advance a #FossilFreeOcean. Don’t miss this conversation on leaving offshore oil & gas behind and scaling responsible offshore wind. ⤵️

📰 Oceanographic Magazine reports: With the Our Ocean Conference underway, CIEL and partners are calling on governments to address the root causes of ocean warming — including oil and gas expansion — not just its financial symptoms. bit.ly/3SqyQGo #OurOceanKenya

At the #JuneClimateMeetings that are in full swing in Bonn, everyone is talking about implementation. But real implementation only works when people, especially those on the frontlines, are not only acknowledged, but protected and meaningfully included. A 🧵

📣 Action at the #JuneClimateMeetings: Civil society is coming together in solidarity. Their message is loud and clear: ✊There's no climate justice without human rights ✊ Defend the defenders ✊ #FreeThemAll.