❗New research has found social media platforms amplified climate #disinformation during the Valencia floods last year. The catastrophic floods claimed 237 lives, destroyed infrastructure and destroyed businesses. Full report 👇 files.maldita.es/maldita/uplo...

📢Research shows a 267% surge in #COP -related disinformation between July - Sept this year📢 A new report found despite recent research showing 80%+ of people support stronger climate action, increasing online disinfo (supercharged by AI) fuels hostility towards science🧵 www.dw.com/en/disinform...

Insight from our CEO @lauraclarkece.bsky.social and @hughmontgomery.bsky.social about the intersection between #climate, #health and the law 👇

A new YouGov poll commissioned by @friends-earth.bsky.social has revealed that a large majority of the British public want tougher laws to stop UK compannies contributing to deforestation🌳 and human rights abuses 💚 friendsoftheearth.uk/nature/major...

1️⃣ Americans are being harmed in the making of plastic. The gas that will feed INEOS’s new plastics project in Belgium will likely be fracked in the US – where gas operations are already poisoning communities, and polluting air and water. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This year’s #COP30 is historic - the first since the ICJ confirmed that governments and corps have legal duties to protect people & planet from climate harm. Yet, some leaders are backtracking on the same laws that could take us forward. We're going to Belém to make sure #JusticeTakesRoot. ⬇️

🚨Water companies in the UK have been ordered to reduce levels of #PFAS (aka forever chemicals) in drinking water sources that serve more than 6m people.🚨 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🧵

The launch of a legal claim from the Indigenous Sámi people against the government of Finland involving climate change and cultural traditions is drawing on the Australian precedent in which Torres Strait Islanders won against the Commonwealth. #ClimateLitigation

📢The European Court of Human Rights has said Norway must assess the global climate impacts of oil & gas before opening new oil fields. This week, the ECtHR gave a ruling that will change how governments approach fossil fuel development 🧵 www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

“Heatwaves, floods, drought & disease are no longer distant warnings – they’re here now. As attribution science, climate litigation & grassroots activism grow, accountability for climate impacts is no longer a question of if but when.” - ClientEarth CEO @lauraclarkece.bsky.social #ClimateChange

📢 Yesterday, the UK government published its new revised climate plan as a result of our Court victories. We’ve had a first look at it, and here’s what we like ⬇️ 🧵

🚨Climate litigation alert🚨 Canada's largest pension fund has been sued over alleged mismanagement of climate risk 🧵 ecojustice.ca/news/canadas... #CDNpensions #ClimateRisk #FiduciaryDuty #ClimateFinance #PensionGovernance #NetZero #cdnpoli #ProtectOurPensions

📢Scientists have said the extraordinary intensification of Hurricane Melissa - the storm about to hit Jamaica - is likely due to the ocean's rapid heating. With #COP30 just a few weeks out, this is yet another sign that we need strong, bold action from leaders. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

🦘🍃Potential win for Australia's nature 🍃🦘 As part of a package of landmark reforms to be put to parliament in the next 2 weeks, companies in Australia who have made profits through breaking environmental laws could have them stripped 💪 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The seas around South Korea are warming more rapidly than the global average, in part because they tend to be shallower. Between 1968 and 2024, the average surface temperature of the country's seas increased by 1.58C, more than double the global rise of 0.74C. #ClimateChange

Ugandan landmark case returns to court today ⚖️ How 48 landslide survivors are holding power to account for climate damages 👇 greenwatch.or.ug/judicial-dec... #ClimateChange #Uganda

🎉Historic Court win🎉 The greenwashing adverts of fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies have been ruled illegal, in a case taken by @amisdelaterre.org, @greenpeace.fr & @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social with our support. 1/4

Mosquitoes 🦟 have been found in Iceland for the first time after the country experienced record-breaking heat this spring. #ClimateChange

Brazil's state oil firm has received a licence to conduct exploratory oil drilling in the sea off the #Amazon, despite environmental concerns about the project. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb carbon dioxide 👇 #ClimateChange

The #ParisAgreement has helped the world avoid dozens of dangerously hot days every year, according to new research marking the accord’s 10th anniversary. But scientists warn that the planet is still heading for a “dangerously hot future” unless countries phase out fossil fuels faster.

Good ocean news! 🌊🐢 Green sea turtles are making a comeback after years of being on the brink of extinction. Decades of protection, habitat restoration and anti-poaching measures have showed that dedicated conservation effort does work.

Investment in climate action is the economic growth story of the 21st century, while growth fuelled by fossil fuels is futile because the damage it causes ends in self-destruction, leading economist Nicholas Stern has said.

🚨 Permission for Irish data centre megacomplex could send dangerous signal for Europe. Today we’re supporting a legal action taken by Friends of the Irish Environment and @foeireland.bsky.social.

Tipping point reached 🚨 Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, new @exeter.ac.uk report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns.

💸🏭New research reveals that some of the UK's biggest banks are investing more than ever in fossil fuels. “The UK’s financial sector has a mammoth, outsized impact on the climate – and these fossil fuel investments carry a significant legal risk. 🧵 www.standard.co.uk/business/bus...

📢 📢 📢 "The #ClimateChangeAct isn’t just about climate targets; it protects real people. Without it, climate policy would become voluntary, subject to short-term politics rather than binding duty. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The fight for nature just hit the streets. Our message is loud abd clear: STOP THE OMNIBUS. 🚌🌿 We made our tour around the EU institutions to make sure decision-makers can’t look away. No backroom deals. No rollbacks. Just clean air, safe water & a future for people and nature. #HandsOffNature

Erin’s legal victory over a utility co. in California that was poisoning local water with extremely toxic chemical chromium-6, led to a $333m settlement for affected communities & spotlit industrial chemical poisoning. ☠️ But the EU's proposed new ‘restriction’ on chromium-6 would undermine it all🧵

London has hit a HUGE milestone in the fight for clean air by finally meeting legal levels of air quality. It is a win for all who live & work in London: better health & wellbeing, fewer sick days & less pressure on the NHS.

Earlier this month, I interviewed ClientEarth's @lauraclarkece.bsky.social We discussed a wide range of things from Slapp suits and 'lawfare' though to the Pitcairn Island and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour...

🌊🐟Great news for the ocean and all of us who depend on it🐟🌊 The High Seas Treaty (#BBNJ Agreement) to protect vulnerable ocean habitats can finally kick in! This is another powerful tool we can use to make sure we #TurnTheTide on ocean protection for people and nature. 🧵

🚨 Court action🚨 We’ve filed a case against Nestlé Poland for misleading recycling claims on plastic water bottles. Claims on bottles from one of its water brands including ‘I am recyclable’ and 'I am made from another bottle’ falsely portray plastic as circular & fully recyclable ⬇️

🐝Good news for UK bees🐝 The UK government is tightening its guidance on those applying for emergency use of unauthorised pesticides, including ones that are potentially extremely harmful to bees and other pollinators. 🧵 www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Breaking News 📢 Sewage pours into rivers of English and Welsh National Parks at twice rate elsewhere Our new report in partnership with @theriverstrust.bsky.social reveals that 57% of rivers in National Parks fail to meet good ecological status 📉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

☠️The UK's biggest lake has become a toxic disaster☠️ What was once a natural paradise in Northern Ireland, Lough Neagh has now become completely choked with toxic algae, the result of agricultural run-off, mainly formed of fertilisers and animal waste. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

🌍✍️ Nearly 200,000 messages sent to the EU in just 10 days: hands off our environmental laws. Citizens won’t let profit come before people + planet. #HandsOffNature See what we are fighting for: handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/

❗Our right to hold governments and polluters accountable is under threat.❗ We believe that the law can be our strongest defender, but we need your help to make sure it's there for us when we need it. Find out how 👉 www.clientearth.org/campaigns/yo...

🔥This summer has seen Greece sweltering in 43 °C temperatures and wildfires... and yet the Greek govt continues to offer fossil fuel companies access to its seabed to drill for oil and gas.   We're calling on the EU Commission to finally do something about it. 🧵 www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

On September 3rd, the first hearing in the climate litigation against the Swiss cement company Holcim is taking place at the Cantonal Court of Zug. Stay informed about the climate litigation: www.callforclimatejustice.org/en/newsletter/

Don’t let the EU tear down nature protection! The European Commission is quietly trying to dismantle the laws that safeguard what we cherish most: our nature. They think we wouldn’t notice or care. But we do. Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature 👉 You've got until September 10th.

🌊Good news🌊 A South African court has cancelled TotalEnergies' permit to explore for oil off the country's Cape coast. We are expecting the ruling in a greenwashing case we supported against the very same TotalEnergies this October. More here: www.clientearth.org/latest/news/...

⚖️ A French court has ruled the state must compensate the family of a man who died from toxic #algae fumes. And it's not the only case ruling this summer in favour of our right to a healthy #environment [1/3]

📢Today saw the 6th round of global plastics talks end with no long hoped-for treaty. Many countries showed brave support for real action, but ‘petrostates’ blocked progress, advocating for a treaty focusing on disposal & recycling - not a full solution to plastic pollution.🧵

On Brazil's #DevastationBill 🚨 Matthew French, ClientEarth Attorney said: “By vetoing some of the bill’s most harmful provisions, President Lula has preserved vital constitutional protections for Brazil’s diverse biomes, biodiversity, Indigenous peoples and traditional communities." 🧵[1/4]

📢The UK needs a strong climate plan📢 After two wins in court, we're waiting for the current govt to deliver a plan full of bold, credible actions to meet the country's climate targets. YOU can help us put pressure on the government to deliver👉 act.clientearth.org/page/174981/...

☠️Chemical pollution is a crisis comparable with climate change☠️ A new report has uncovered that the industrial economy has created more than 100 million chemicals not found in nature & around 40,000 - 350,000 are in commercial use and production. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🌳Great news for nature🌳 The UK has recognised the right of this famous river to flow ‘freely and unpolluted’. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Colombia deforestation surges 43% fueled by fires and land-grabbing 🚨 New data from the country's environment ministry said 113,608 hectares were destroyed largely in its Amazon region, 43% more than in the previous year. #Deforestation #Colombia

Our CEO @lauraclarkece.bsky.social joins Akshat Rathi on Bloomberg's Zero podcast to discuss how the International Court of Justice's recent decision has reshaped climate litigation for decades to come. Listen now 👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...