It is a new era in Montana today, rooted in constitutional protection for children instead of protection for an extractive industry whose time must end as we enter a new energy future powered by sun, wind and water. Read our PR with @westernlaw and @welc_org: MTSupremeCourtRuling

BREAKING: The MT Supreme Court has AFFIRMED the trial court's historic ruling in the Held v. State of Montana youth climate case, cementing the youth plaintiffs' landmark victory 🧑‍⚖️ #climatelitigation News story coming soon

🌎 Major win today for climate action and #HumanRight to a #HealthyEnvironment 👉 ⚖️ In landmark youth-led case #HeldVMontana, MT Supreme Court confirmed laws preventing consideration of greenhouse gas emissions violated state constitution 👀 dailymontanan.com/wp-content/u... @youthvgov.bsky.social

Young Floridians say utilities’ fossil fuel-based energy plans violate their constitutional rights to life and health, in a lawsuit filed against the state commission that approves the plans.

🌍What an epic week at ⚖️International Court of Justice #ClimateJustice hearings! 🧵A thread on this David vs. Goliath struggle & the outrage sparked by the 🇺🇸US ⬇️ We hope that countries that have yet to speak -like the 🇬🇧UK- will stand for #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ #AOLetsGo

“Plans for more electricity from the dirtiest fossil fuel in South Africa, which has the most carbon-intensive economy among the Group of 20 nations, violate the constitutional right to health, Judge C.J. van der Westhuizen wrote in a ruling released on Wednesday.”

🇺🇳UN Experts are questioning the US about retaliation against protestors and other #HumanRightsDefenders for peaceful #ClimateAction. The climate crisis IS a #HumanRights crisis—and criminalization of peaceful demonstrators is just one of countless reasons why. 👉 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

🧵1/2 🇺🇳UN Special Rapporteur on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange, Elisa Morgera, urged ⚖️International Court of Justice to recognize States' international obligations to prevent human rights violations arising from climate change www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ #ClimateReparations

For anyone catching up on the historic #ClimateJustice hearings at the International Court of Justice this week: ICJ's forthcoming Opinion set to clarify States' climate obligations under int'l law, may also address remedies for climate harms www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/c... #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ 🌍

The first week of hearings on the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on States' obligations regarding #ClimateChange is coming to a close. As we gear up for week 2⃣, here are four fallacies that major emitting States have put forth: ciel.org/wp-content/u... A 🧵👇

An excellent piece by @lienvandamme.bsky.social & @joiec.bsky.social on the urgent need for climate reparations as historic #ClimateJustice hearings unfold at the International Court of Justice this week. ⚖️ 🌍 #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ @cielorg.bsky.social 👉 www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/28/c...

Unpacking key arguments and drawing lessons from a human rights perspective, join this event for a debrief on the #ClimateJustice Hearings at the ICJ. 📆 12 December, 18:30 - 20:30 CET ▶️ tiny.cc/GEN12Dec24ICJ @earthjustice.bsky.social @cielorg.bsky.social

🧵 1/ This week, environmental defenders Sharon Lavigne & Shamyra Lavigne-Davey of RISE St. James advocated for reparatory justice for Cancer Alley before the U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent. 👉 www.law.georgetown.edu/experiential... #WGEPAD #ClimateJustice #HumanRights

The United States is now in front of the International Court of Justice, presenting its argument as part of the ongoing #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ hearings. 🇺🇸 is the world’s richest country and largest historical carbon emitter & is currently among the top expanders of oil and gas production globally.

The climate talks in Baku 🇦🇿 are officially over! #COP29 opened with a bulldozing through of dangerous #CarbonMarkets and ended with a bulldozing through of an empty promise of rich countries’ legal obligations to protect #HumanRights & the planet: ciel.org/news/cop29-c... A 🧵

⚠️ Disturbing development in the #LossAndDamage Fund: the private sector could be given an observer seat⚠️ Public participation is a human right. Seats should exclusively go to affected communities, Indigenous Peoples, women, youth & civil society. More: www.linkedin.com/pulse/corpor...

🚨🔥 #ClimateJustice hearings continue at the International Court of Justice this PM ⚖️🇺🇳 . We will hear from: 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates, 🇪🇨Ecuador, 🇪🇸Spain, 🇺🇸USA, 🇷🇺Russia, 🇫🇯Fiji. 🧵I will continue to cover legal arguments & context in thread below 👇 #AOLetsGo #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ