Want an expert play-by-play of yesterday's #UNGA consideration of the resolution welcoming & operationalizing the #ICJAO, which culminated in a really strong vote for continued intl cooperation on climate action? This thread is for you👇Gratitude to #Vanuatu, #PISFCC, @wy4cj.bsky.social @ciel.org +++

🎉 🥳 BIG win for #ClimateJustice: States at the UN just adopted a landmark resolution on climate accountability, reaffirming that climate action is a legal obligation. This is a powerful step for multilateralism, the rule of law & accountability. Read CSOs' statement: www.ciel.org/news/global-...

🆕 🆕 🆕 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.

@iom.int & Ruta del Clima created the first-ever costing tool to quantify #LnD for #plannedrelocation & disaster #displacement. Results in #CostaRica & #Chile calculated that governments would need to invest around $65,384 per household to address LnD. carnegieendowment.org/posts/2026/0...

After Day 1 of INQUIMUS, what are my take-aways? So far, mainly that there are a tremendous amount of people who really want to see a just world where everyone has a chance at a decent life.

Local journalists! If you are looking for ways to localize the climate story for your region and audience, check out #LocallySourced, CCNow's bimonthly newsletter with story ideas, resources, advice from experts, and example stories we like. Find out more here: coveringclimatenow.org/from-us/loca...

NEW: The Trump admin is planning to release a reckless offshore drilling plan that would open vast new areas of U.S. waters to oil and gas development. This would include auctioning off public waters in California, the Gulf of Mexico, and virtually every offshore area in Alaska.​

🌎We’re Hiring! The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is seeking a Climate Justice Fellow to contribute to work on issues related to climate justice and equity ✅Requirements: J.D. or LLM & interest in climate justice/environmental law 📅Deadline: 1/16/2026 🔗More Details: buff.ly/R2zU9i8

“I heard there were a lot of negotiators who have been complaining of being put on a bunk bed, or in terms of sharing a room, but this is the reality of most people around the world.” Hosting COP in Belém will hopefully do a lot to draw attention to this issue www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/peop...

As #COP30 kicks off today in Brazil, what are our key messages on human mobility? The Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility, @lossanddamage.bsky.social, @cmdplatform.bsky.social, Pacific Migration Partners & many other brilliant folks have these asks: tinyurl.com/COP30mobilitymessages

We have an amazing lineup of guests scheduled for the next 2 weeks, including @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @rodschoonover.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social

1/14. 📢NEW BRIEF: What does the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ⚖️historic Advisory Opinion (#ICJAO) on the obligations 🧑‍⚖️ of states in regard to #ClimateChange mean for #LossAndDamage 🔥🌊⛈️ under the #UNFCCC? 🤔 🔗Find out here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/th... @ciel.org

1/11 📢NEW PAPER: “A Five Year Vision for #LossAndDamage: Summary for Policy Makers”. 🔗Read it here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/a-... @canclimateaction.bsky.social @ciel.org @gcdcj.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @fillthefund.bsky.social @adellethomas.bsky.social

A slow-moving disaster is unfolding nearby. Here's how we can all help as Hurricane Melissa slams the Caribbean www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/27/h...

🌎 Ahead of #COP30, we need less politics & more law. 🗣️ CIEL's @erikalennon.bsky.social, says this year the world must break the political gridlock that has defined climate negotiations. Countries must take ambitious climate action or risk violating their obligations under int'l law.👇 bit.ly/4ovq70n

⚖️ The Inter-American Court of Human Rights made history with its Advisory Opinion on climate. How do we use it? 👉 bit.ly/AOzoom 📅 Join us 10/29 @ 9 AM Mexico City / 10 AM Bogotá / 11 AM ET / 12 PM Santiago. 🗣️ More than a webinar. Come workshop with us! 💬 Spanish/English interpretation.

1/3.⏳In 8️⃣ DAYS, the Scottish Governement 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 — the world’s first mover on #LossAndDamage finance — will share what it learned at the launch🚀of a new report🔬 “Lessons From the Frontlines: Learning From Scotland’s Leadership on Loss and Damage Finance”. 🧐 Open to all. 2 sessions. Register ⬇️

🎥 Rising Up Together – the webinar is now available to watch! Movement leaders from across the globe came together to reflect on the outcomes of Nyéléni 2025 and build collective strategies towards #COP30. 🌱 #ClimateJustice meets food sovereignty! 📺 Watch here www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOvf...

In the Fall 2017 issue of EAA, @kimanh.bsky.social published "The 'Mundane Violence' of International Water Conflicts," introducing readers to environmental and social issues that have only grown more acute in the years since this article first appeared.

This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary. This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...

Tackling challenges of subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting—which could transform our ability to anticipate heatwaves, flooding, wildfires, and more—requires siloed scientific communities to work together, write Jadigwa Richter and Everette Joseph of @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. eos.org/opinions/sci...

"While [US] East Coast homeowners recovering from a nor’easter that flooded parts of [several] states the same weekend can run to Home Depot for supplies or drive to a hotel if their home floods, none of that exists in remote [Alaska] Native villages." Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social 👇

I strongly urge you to read this interview with @alaskawx.bsky.social who has unique insight and perspective on the catastrophic surge event in western Alaska I wrote about with his help. theconversation.com/typhoon-leav...

his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for @nymag.com --> nymag.com/intelligence...

Investing in resilience and anticipatory support before climate shocks hit can be up to five times more cost-effective than traditional post-disaster aid - new @iied.bsky.social report www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Important new report from @iied.bsky.social on "Climate resilience through social protection: the economic case for early action" launched today 👇 www.iied.org/22668iied

'Many of our representatives are facing significant challenges in securing accommodation for COP30' Chief envoy of the 48 'Least Developed Countries' @UNFCCC offers his take on #COP30 goals + preparation... @LDCChairUNFCCC backchannel1.substac...#COP30

Statement to the #LossAndDamage Fund to clarify relevance of the #ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion on #HumanRights, #Climate #Nature nexus #TransformativeChange www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... @ipbes.net @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @ungeneva.bsky.social @srenvironment.bsky.social

"The Fund should recognize that #LossesAndDamages are human rights violations ... [and] must urgently develop policies to do no harm and ensure inclusive, participatory & accountable operations that protect ecosystems, #HumanRights & include Indigenous People." https://bit.ly/3VWSpVy

Today is the day!!! Existential Politics is out in the world! Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.

Elisa Morgera, @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social describes key findings of her #HRC59 report & the upcoming #UNGA report on the imperative of defossilizing economies underscoring the need to hold consultative dialogues with all actors on what a net-zero system might look like.

1/10. ⚠️USEFUL INFO: The seventh meeting of the Board (B7) of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage (FRLD) 🔥⛈️🌊 starts tomorrow in Manila 🌇 in the Republic of the Philippines. 🔗Find the meeting webpage here: www.frld.org/nodeseventh-...

🚨 The 7th Board meeting of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage starts tomorrow in Manila. But the Fund is on life support: $399M paid in - less than 0.1% of the hundreds of billions needed. And key promises on access for communities and all climate-vulnerable countries not being met.

Join our Global Membership Onboarding Session and become part of WYCJ!✨ 📅 On 11 October, we organise two Global Membership Onboarding Sessions to welcome new stubborn optimists to the organisation and to introduce them to our campaign for climate justice! 🚀Sign up to get invited: shorturl.at/tHUNP

Warmest congratulations to the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change & Julian Aguon on receiving the 2025 Right Livelihood Award! 👏👏👏 You took on the #ClimateCrisis, & carried the voices & lived experiences of frontline communities to the #ICJ & you won‼️ www.linkedin.com/posts/lotte-...

5/9. 🔗A shorter summary for policy makers available here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/ke...

1/9. 📢KEY MESSAGES ON HUMAN MOBLITY: The seventh meeting of the Board (B7) of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) 🔥⛈️🌊 starts next week! 🚨 🔗Read our key messages on #Displacement and other forms of #HumanMobility here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/ke...

After Paris, the IPCC justified the expansion of the fossil-fuel system by implicitly promising that we could "overshoot” 1.5C yet ultimately meet the target anyway. What does this mean? Read my deep dive into Andreas Malm & @wimcarton.bsky.social's *Overshoot* lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

So proud of this collaboration led by @cssn.org 110 top experts from around the world 13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this Will be free online Oct 14 1/x global.oup.com/academic/pro...

⚡ ⚖️ 🌐 happening now: #ClimateLitigation court hearing in Zug, Switzerland 🇨🇭, in 𝐴𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑣. 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑐𝑖𝑚. This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms. 🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇

👇And if you missed it, the links below also contain the recording 😊

Finishing a syllabus for a class on environmental and/or climate and/or disaster justice? Check out The Syllabus for resources! We are adding more readings and databases every day! Open and free to everyone! www.just-environments.org/the-syllabus

A good guide for DC residents on what to do in response to the new immigration operations in DC.

1/5. ⏰ SIGN UP!: “What does the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision mean for #ClimateJustice? ⚖️: Leveraging the ICJ advisory opinion (#ICJAO) on #ClimateChange into future outcomes”. 🥳 🗓️August 14th ⏰East Call, 8am GMT: zoom.us/webinar/regi... ⏰West Call, 1pm GMT: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The #ICJ delivered a historic Advisory Opinion on #ClimateChange that cuts through decades of delay, denial, & legal ambiguity. It did so with moral & legal clarity that leaves no doubt: states must act to prevent climate harm or be held legally responsible. Read our Q&A: cri.org/cri-qa-on-th...

The world's highest court declared greenhouse gas emissions a human rights violation. A week later, the EPA said it plans to rescind the government's legal assertion that GHGs endanger the public. America's most catastrophic form of exceptionalism. A gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

Scoop: The U.S. billion-dollar disaster database is set to return this fall over at @climatecentral.org. They've hired the former NOAA scientist who ran the project for 10+ years www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

⚖️🌎 The ICJ's climate change opinion is making waves—but not always for what it said. In two symposium posts from @verfassungsblog.de and #SabinCenter, authors explore what the Court held back and what it revealed about itself in the process.