🧑‍⚖️ #ClimateAccountability update: This week, CIEL submitted written observations to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights for its advisory opinion on States’ duties in the face of the climate crisis. READ: www.ciel.org/issue/amicus... A 🧵

📣 The growing momentum for fossil fuel phaseout is undeniable. 🗓️ 45 countries will meet in Santa Marta this April to advance a just transition away from fossil fuels, as required by international law. Learn how civil society is organizing and how you can participate ⬇️ fossilfreerising.org

The 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council has just concluded this afternoon in #GENeva! With the #environment high on the agenda, consult the outcomes and decisions taken at #HRC61 ▶️ tiny.cc/HRC61Environ...

🎉 Great #EnvironmentalDemocracy news: Last week @coe.int's States made clear that social justice and environmental protection must go hand in hand: 👉 France extended the European Social Charter to its overseas territories 👉 Momentum on the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll 🧵

The first meeting of the new global science panel on chemicals, waste, & pollution ended without taking the decisions needed for it to begin its work. Procedural fights, obstruction, & even shouting in the plenary room derailed the negotiations. Read our latest blog for more: bit.ly/40UJkil

Petrochemical expansion is not inevitable — it is financed. Our new report traces $133B in bank financing and $1.6T in investor exposure behind US petrochemical growth — even as legal challenges, overcapacity, & cancellations mount Read: bit.ly/4uOHCga

🌍 New article: Sun-dimming is the new climate #colonialism bit.ly/4uSq2YO Drawing on Gaza, Mohammed Usrof warns that solar geoengineering is being shaped by power, not consent, & highlights how harm can be normalised through bureaucracy. Hear him LIVE: 26 March | 2PM UTC Register: bit.ly/4lzzUCm

📰 New blog 📰 Multilateralism is under strain. In an ever-more polarized geopolitical landscape, the Human Rights Council remains a critical platform for advancing environmental justice, accountability, and the voices of civil society. READ: www.ciel.org/hrc-environmental-justice/

Six months after the International Court of Justice’s unanimous Advisory Opinion on climate change, UN #HumanRights experts highlight that the UN General Assembly has a critical opportunity to turn legal clarity into cooperative action. A 🧵 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

📣 New briefing Communities are paying for climate and environmental harm—but corporations are often shielded from liability. @fian-international.bsky.social led briefing call for enforceable obligations & a UN Binding Treaty on Business & Human Rights ⚖️ Read more: www.ciel.org/reports/time...

📢 CIEL is hiring a part-time Executive Assistant to support our CEO & senior leadership. Help manage complex calendars, coordinate meetings & travel, support executive comms & Board engagement. 📍DC or remote (in the US) 📅Apply by 3/30 🔗 https://cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/128?source=aWQ9NjM%3D

The GEN is at the #HRC61 side event on Advancing a #JustTransition, and how human rights can underpin international processes to phase out #FossilFuels, ahead of the Santa Marta Conference on a Just Transition away from Fossil Fuels. ▶️ genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/fossi...

🌍 We’re hiring 🌍 CIEL is looking for an Administrative Assistant to support our Fossil Economy Program. Join a global team advancing climate justice & accountability. 🗓 Apply by 3/30 📌 Remote or Geneva-based) 🔗 https://cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/127?source=aWQ9NjM%3D

🚀 Ready to make a difference? CIEL is hiring a Development Associate to drive donor engagement, major gifts, and fundraising for climate & human rights justice. 📌 Remote 📆 Apply by March 18 🔗 https://cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/126?source=aWQ9MjA%3D 🔗

🌍⚖️ Today, @coe.int Human Rights Commissioner Michael O'Flaherty called for urgent rights-based climate action and urged UN Member States to support the upcoming #UN General Assembly resolution to operationalise the 2025 ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change. 👉 www.coe.int/en/web/commi... A 🧵

📣 #HRC61 Side Event: #FossilFuels & Human Rights Join us to discuss how the Human Rights Council, Special Procedures, Treaty Bodies & courts can advance accountability and strengthen State action for a fossil fuel phase-out grounded in #HumanRights. 🗓 3/10 | ⏰ 2pm CET 📍 Palais des Nations, Room IX

On #InternationalWomensDay — & every day — @camillapollera.bsky.social & all of us at CIEL stand with women environmental human rights defenders. ✊🌍 Their recognition in the UNFCCC process at #COP30 must lead to real implementation through the Belém Gender Action Plan. #ActOnTheGAP #FreeDaria

The EU’s #IndustrialAcceleratorAct risks undermining the climate goals it claims to advance. By promoting "acceleration areas" and failed tech like Carbon Capture & Storage, the EU is prioritizing industry interests over environmental safety. Read our full reaction: bit.ly/4udkF6c

📣 We’re #Hiring a Chief Program Officer at CIEL 🌍 A strategic, globally minded leader who can turn vision into action and values into practice — advancing human rights & environmental justice through the power of law. Learn more & apply: cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/124?... #PeopleWhoPowerCIEL

1/9. 🚨 #ICJAO UPDATE🚨: Six months ago the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ⚖️ delivered its landmark advisory opinion (AO) 📜 on the obligation of States in regards to #ClimateChange🔥. 👏Now Vanuatu 🇻🇺 has introduced a draft UN resolution to turn words into action! @ciel.org @wy4cj.bsky.social

CIEL condemns the unlawful US & Israel military strikes on Iran. We express solidarity for all affected across the region. These attacks violate international law, endanger civilians, & erode global security. The international community must reject the normalization of force: bit.ly/4seBEDg

📢 Event alert: Do you want to learn more about how to translate the groundbreaking climate ruling into #ClimateAction and the forthcoming UNGA Resolution? Hear from expert speakers during the two webinars [more info & QR code to register in the visuals below]. @pisfcc

A North Dakota judge ordered @greenpeace.org to pay $345 million in damages to the pipeline company Energy Transfer caused by protest actions in 2016/17. This is a textbook #SLAPP – a strategic lawsuit against public participation, designed to silence dissent through crushing legal costs. A 🧵

📣 The world's highest court has spoken: States have binding legal duties regarding the climate crisis. It's time to turn that clarity into #ClimateAction. 🤓 READ our NEW practitioner-led compendium to turn the ICJ's words into practical tools: www.ciel.org/reports/icj-litigation-notes-digest

📣 1st Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels coming this April It marks a shift from commitments to action! We applaud hosts Colombia and the Netherlands, and the Pacific Island nations strengthening international cooperation for a fossil fuel phaseout. 👇 transitionawayconference.com

Is the @ec.europa.eu in a toxic relationship with big polluters? Our latest analysis by @silviap.bsky.social reveals a striking pattern: the petrochemical industry’s private "wishlist" is becoming Europe's political reality. Progress is moving in reverse ⬇️[1/5]

The latest round of #PlasticsTreaty negotiations concluded with a new Chair. Our new brief examines where the treaty text stands and whether the oft-cited “start-and-strengthen” approach, where a treaty is strengthened over time, can work. Read the analysis ↓ bit.ly/4qZ5ydB

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine proves that environmental protection is inseparable from peace. Fossil fuel revenues must not continue to finance this war. We need loophole-free sanctions and a rapid, equitable transition toward a fossil-free future that safeguards human rights. bit.ly/3OJudoZ

😱 Europeans remain insufficiently protected from harmful chemicals 😱 CIEL & 40 NGOs are calling on European Union leaders to ensure a high level of protection for human health & the environment - by strengthening implementation, enforcement & modernization of the 🇪🇺 chemicals legislation. READ 👇

What does the UN Resolution on the @CIJ_ICJ Climate Opinion mean for the 🌎? It 1⃣Welcomes the Court’s advisory opinion & calls on States to comply fully with it 2⃣Calls for strengthened climate action 3⃣It advances the operationalisation of the opinion. READ👇 backchannel1.substack.com/p/what-vanua...

⚡⚖️ Continuation (and end) of historic #climatelitigation hearing at Paris Judicial Court this afternoon in historic case against TotalEnergies. 👀 🧵 Follow in thread below for blow-by-blow reporting in English. 🧵 🇫🇷 See also here in French via @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social: bsky.app/profile/notr...

Day two of the climate hearings against TotalEnergies 👀 The ongoing hearing before the Paris Judicial Court provides a defining test of corporate climate responsibility under legal standards regarding companies' duty of vigilance. Read what happened yesterday in the 🧵 below 👇

⚖️ 🌐 🛢️ #ClimateLitigation update: court hearings continue at Paris Judicial Court in landmark case against TotalEnergies. The hearing continues, with focus on the review of Total's vigilance plan & of injunctions sought by NGOs & municipalities. 🧵 Live coverage in thread 👇

Japan's plan to export carbon and dump it abroad means it "gets to keep polluting and driving climate change, while claiming to ‘clean up’ its emissions by shipping the carbon to Malaysia," says CIEL's @rjkennerley.bsky.social. Read the full article: bit.ly/4kHBX6N

'FIGHTING NOT DROWNING' Documentary is now streaming! 📽️ Follow an Indigenous-led team of young lawyers from the Pacific as they make history during the first-ever climate hearings at the world's highest court, opening the way for more ambitious climate action. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVG2...

STARTING NOW: A 🇫🇷 court will hear a landmark case that could reshape corporate climate accountability in Europe & beyond. The Court will confront a defining question of our time: Can #FossilFuel expansion survive the rule of law in a climate crisis? Follow @duycks.bsky.social for live reporting! A🧵

#ClimateLitigation update: Tomorrow, the Paris Judicial Court 🇫🇷will confront a defining question of our time: Can #FossilFuel expansion survive the rule of law in a climate crisis? Judges will examine whether TotalEnergies can be legally required to align its production with the 1.5°C limit. A 🧵

🌪️ Storms pass. The damage stays. And so does legal responsibility. ⚖️ Courts are making clear: #ClimateReparations are legal duties, not charity. 2026 presents key opportunities. Find out more in our new blog: www.ciel.org/storms-pass-... & in the thread below 🧵👇

The 🌎 highest court made clear: States have a legal duty to address climate harms. Last week, in line with established practice, Vanuatu introduced a UN draft resolution to turn that clarity into action. States must support the adoption of the resolution & protect its ambition during negotiations.

📣 Come work with us! CIEL is looking for a controller who will manage all day-to-day operations of the finance department, incl. accounts payable & receivable, monthly reconciliations, general ledger, payroll & audit preparation. 📍 US 🔗 APPLY: cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/125?...

Petrochemical industry talking points are being echoed at the highest levels of EU decision-making. So we asked: who’s really influencing EU policy? We compared petrochemical lobby demands and @ec.europa.eu rhetoric—and the overlaps are striking. Check out the matches ⬇️ [1/1]

The Trump administration has repealed the endangerment finding, eliminating federal limits on greenhouse gases. “This move is poised to break the law and the thermometer.” This rollback defies science, international law, and public health. Read CIEL’s statement: bit.ly/46MPJ2g

💘 Love is in the air… or is it influence? This Valentine’s Day, we’re taking a closer look at the relationships shaping EU policy. 👇 [1/7]

📣 We are hiring! Do you have deep experience in using the law to protect people & the planet? Have you successfully led senior teams to maximize integration & effectiveness? Then we are looking for YOU! APPLY to become our CIEL's NEW Chief Program Officer: https://bit.ly/3OztTsM

Almost two years after the Antwerp Declaration—the petrochemical industry‘s wishlist for deregulation, subsidies, & simplification steers EU policy. Alarm bells are ringing. Privileged @ec.europa.eu & petrochemical ties block EU climate goals—especially on plastics & toxic chemicals: bit.ly/4acaZiW

📢 Webinar alert 📢 What does the Asmania v. Holcim ruling mean for climate litigation worldwide? Hear from plaintiffs & legal experts during our upcoming session: 🗓️ 16 Feb | ⏰ 11:00 CET ✍️ JOIN US: https://bit.ly/46qZJy6

Almost 2 years ago, @ec.europa.eu backed the Antwerp Declaration to revive EU industry. The result? Environmental deregulation, called “simplification.” Winners: Fossil fuel & petrochemical industries. Losers: People & the planet. Two years on, calls for a different path still stand: bit.ly/4kk0XB7

🆕 🆕 🆕 NEW: Vanuatu has introduced a draft UN 🇺🇳 General Assembly resolution that builds on the International Court of Justice’s landmark ruling on States' legal duties in the context of climate change. The resolution aims at turning legal clarity into collective #ClimateAction.

INC-5.3 wrapped up in Geneva with the election of a new Chair for the global plastics treaty talks. It’s a necessary procedural step after months of paralysis — but it doesn’t fix what’s broken. A reset is urgently needed. Read our full statement: www.ciel.org/news/inc-5-3...

The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution ended in paralysis. Obstruction and geopolitics blocked agreement on basic rules needed for the Panel to function. Read our full statement 👇 www.ciel.org/news/isp-cwp...