🎬 Geneva premiere & debate: YUMI – The Whole World The documentary on the Pacific youth campaign that brought the climate crisis to the world’s highest court. 🗓️ 2 Sept | 18:30|📍Cinélux, Geneva 🎟️Reserve your seat: shorturl.at/hvIE4 @ciel.org @wy4cj.bsky.social

1/ ⚖️ A groundbreaking moment for climate justice! The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, affirming that everyone has a human right to a healthy environment. A new legal compass has been set. 🧵

🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑‍⚖️ International Court of Justice. 🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability 📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇 #ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo

🚨Get ready for the FIRST climate opinion from an international #HumanRights court! 🌎 The Inter-American Court will issue a historic opinion on the #ClimateEmergency that could be a game-changer for climate justice. #AOLetsGO #OpiniónConsultiva More via @duycks.bsky.social's live updates 👇👇

⚠️ TODAY IS THE DAY⚠️ 🔹 What must States do to prevent harm caused by climate change? 🔹How should States protect the most vulnerable? 🎥 WATCH the historic advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights LIVE: shorturl.at/GkNfD 📅Thu, 3 July | 16:00 UTC @joiec.bsky.social @ciel.org

3/ Gender-just climate solutions are needed and it is critical for outcomes at #COP30 to recognize the fundamental role of women & girls in climate action, and especially to protect those who are working to defend the environment & #HumanRights #DefendTheDefenders ⬇️

🧵1/ 📢 Two weeks of #UNFCCC talks at #JuneClimateMeetings #SB62 in Bonn wrapped up with ”no urgency” and ”no meaningful progress”, while the planet burns and rights are under threat due to #ClimateChange. Read our statement here:🔗 bit.ly/4lpYfcA

We can't solve the triple planetary crisis without multilateral cooperation. But we have to get it right. As the #JuneClimateMeetings come to an end, some thoughts on the need and motivation for a deep reform of the UN climate talks. #TheCOPWeNeed #KickBigPollutersOut #FixTheUNFCCC

🚨TOMORROW AT #SB62 🚨 🕐13:00 CEST | 📍 Area 5 (escalators) #DefendTheDefenders: No #ClimateJustice without #CivicSpace & #HumanRights! Join us to honor the voices of 7 Environmental Human Rights Defenders silenced by repression and violence. ✊Stand in solidarity!

🌍 What if the UN Climate Talks @UNFCCC truly worked - for everyone? #TheCOPWeNeed: ✅ Majority decisions ✅ Binding accountability ✅ Open, transparent, inclusive talks ✅ No more #CorporateCapture Today, we stand united. It is time to #FixTheUNFCCC. 🔗 bit.ly/45BAFoK

@lienvandamme.bsky.social says "For 30 years, the climate negotiations have systematically failed us. The UNFCCC has failed to deliver climate justice, undermined international law & allowed the fossil fuel industry to write the rules." 📣 200+ groups have come together to say "Enough is enough"

🚨 LIVE from #SB62: 200+ orgs launch bold proposals to reform the UN Climate Talks @UNFCCC #TheCOPWeNeed 📅 Mon, June 23 | ⏰ 4:30 PM CEST | 📍 Nairobi Room 4 🔴 Livestream: shorturl.at/ohJ0K 30 years of talks have failed to deliver #ClimateJustice. Time to #FixTheUNFCCC.

“Chevron is turning oil and gas into tools of domination — and in Palestine, it’s doing so right now.” Join the @palclimate.bsky.social and #BoycottChevron.

As climate talks are happening in Bonn, Germany’s complicity in Israel’s gross violations of int'l law in Gaza cannot be ignored. We call on Germany and all complicit States to immediately halt arms and munitions exports to Israel & end the ongoing genocide now🍉✊ www.ciel.org/german-gover

📆 ⚖️ 🌱 join us today, 3pm at the 🇺🇳 #SB62 Bonn climate camp to discuss the process forward toward the effective protection of the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll in Europe under the auspices of the 🇪🇺 @coe.int! 🙏 @yeenetwork.bsky.social & @wy4cj.bsky.social for convening this timely event

📣 Join us at #SB62, side event: Advancing the Right to a Healthy Environment at the Council of Europe. 🎤 With @samirabenali.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social & Stephanny Ulivieri. 📍 Hosted by @yeenetwork.bsky.social @ciel.org & WYCJ #SB62 #righttoahealthyenvironment

"It’s outrageous that in 2025, Europe still hasn’t legally recognized the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll as a basic human right." Today, @coe.int46 member states missed again a key opportunity to legally protect this important right in Europe. Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/coe-lag...

▶️ 𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆: discussion of legal principles applicable to 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 as we launch of the legal commentary to the Maastricht Principles on the Human Rights of Future Generations 👋 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 & follow the event online: www.geneva-academy.ch/event/all-ev... 🧵some highlights 🔽

🗣️ 📑 Many upcoming calls for input by 🇺🇳 UN Special Procedures Mandate Holders & institutions with direct relevance to environmental human rights... 🔗 link to all UN human rights calls for input: lnkd.in/e-puN5pe 🔹 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 -⏳ 31 March 2025;

🆕 @cielorg.bsky.social materials on #HumanRights Based Nationally Determined Contributions #NDC (in EN/ES/FR) 🗣️ Civil Society Guidebook for advocacy ✅ Checklist: What to look out for? ⚖️ Toolkit for practitioners (from 2022 - now also in FR & ES) 🔗 All available here: www.ciel.org/project-upda...

No state, including Israel, should act with impunity, undermining international law. We call on the international community for urgent action and accountability.

🔥 ⚖️ today: day 2 of #ClimateJustice hearing in #SaulvsRWE 🏛️ The Higher Regional Court in Hamm (🇩🇪) reviews if a #fossilfuels company can be held accountable for climate harms, potentially setting a historic precedent. 🐦 📝 I am reporting live from the Court's room. 🧵 🔽 thread below

🔥⚖️🌐NOW: historic moment for #ClimateJustice ongoing in #SaulvsRWE in Hamm 🇩🇪 📢this case could set a groundbreaking #ClimateLitigation legal precedent to hold polluters accountable for climate harms 🐦📝I will be reporting live on this platform, with facts & background 👇

🎉 #KlimaSeniorinnen BIG WIN 🎉 The @coe.int decided that Switzerland is not yet complying with the requirements of the @echr.coe.int's climate judgment. 🇨🇭must fulfill its legal obligation to protect its citizens’ human rights by ramping up its climate ambition. Our reaction 👇

‼️ Webinar alert ‼️ Together with @wy4cj.bsky.social & PISFCC, we are organizing a panel discussion to reflect on the arguments presented by countries during the historic hearings at the International Court of Justice on States' responsibility to tackle the #ClimateCrisis. 👇 More info 👇

📢 Exciting News! CIEL is thrilled to welcome Rebecca Brown as our new President & CEO! A seasoned human rights lawyer and advocate, she will lead us in using the power of law to protect people & the planet. 🌍⚖️ Read more: bit.ly/4imHNbp

As @coe.int's members meet for the second time in the Committee of Ministers’ Rapporteur Group on Human Rights, we call on States to turn words into action and legally recognize the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll! ➡️ healthyenvironmenteurope.com/the-case-for...

📣We are hiring! We are looking for a communication specialist to support our campaigns on: 🌪️ climate change & human rights, ✊ fighting false climate solutions—geoengineering, #CCS, and petrochemicals. 📆 May 2025, 6 months leave coverage 📍Geneva APPLY NOW: cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/108?...

CIEL welcomes the UN Human Rights Council's Advisory Committee’s ongoing work on the impact of #Disinformation on human rights. READ how disinformation plays a role in exacerbating environmental degradation, chemicals & plastic pollution, and climate change: www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...

Countries must reject Trump’s unlawful plan to “take over” #Gaza. Forcible displacement of Palestinians violates international law and amounts to crimes against humanity. No leader is above the law. We must resist early signs of imperial darkness.

🧡A huge moment for human rights🧡 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life. www.clientearth.org/latest/press... (1/4)

In the historic International Court of Justice climate proceedings, human rights arguments have been at the forefront. 🤓READ @srenvironment.bsky.social's timely article on the role of the UN’s highest court in ensuring the right #HealthyEnvironmentForAll everywhere 👇👇 sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...

Updates from my work as UN Special Rapporteur on #ClimateChange & #HumanRights can now be found here. Check the Amicus brief I submitted with Astrid Puentes Riaño to the European Court of Human Rights on 📌 intersectionality in climate change mitigation & adaptation www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

📢 Join us to “Get to Know the Right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll at the Council of Europe Campaign: Updates, Insights, and Engagement” - we will discuss options ahead and ways to strengthen our collective voice. 📅 January 30 ⏰ 1pm CET 📝 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

ALL States must act to limit their emissions in order to tackle the climate crisis. Switzerland is no exception. 🆕 joint submission shows 🇨🇭 failure to comply with the European Court of Human Rights' climate judgment: www.klimaseniorinnen.ch/wp-content/u... Switzerland must #ActOnClimateNow. A🧵

As the 47th US President is sworn into office, vowing to dismantle critical environmental protections and human rights safeguards, CIEL reaffirms its unwavering commitment to justice, democracy, and a just and sustainable future for all. Read statement: bit.ly/3E4mdJY

Fresh 2025 reading: @cielorg.bsky.social's #COP29 report with a focus on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange. Spoiler alert: it wasn't good. From backtracking on human rights & gender to a weak finance outcome, accelerated carbon markets and L&D largely ignored. 🔗 www.ciel.org/reports/prom...

#AOLetsGo: What were some of the key arguments addressed during the historic #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ hearings? Why did big polluters’ most dangerous claims fail? 📑 Find out in our 🆕 briefing: www.ciel.org/reports/clim... 🔖 and summary sheet: www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...

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

This week, historic International Court of Justice hearings on the legal obligations of States in the context of #ClimateChange & the consequences of breaching those continue in The Hague. Week 1 saw climate-vulnerable States make a clear case: such consequences entail #ClimateReparations. A 🧵

The Marshall Islands stresses the need for #ClimateReparations. "Where there's a right, there's a remedy". The climate harm caused by the combined emissions of certain States is posing an existential threat to the planet; those States must, therefore, repair & remedy these harms.

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.

⚖️🌐 3rd day of historic #ClimateJustice hearings @ 🧑‍⚖️🇺🇳International Court of Justice - we expect a legal roller coaster today in terms of legal arguments 🧵live thread with summary from yesterday's interventions and today's arguments ⬇️ #AOLetsGo #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ

👺 To make it more bearable to listen to some statements delivered at the #ClimateJustice oral hearings ongoing at 🇺🇳 ⚖️ International Court of Justice, here is your Climate Injustice BINGO… The more of these terms in a submission, the less aligned with the hope for #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ

⚖️ The historic #ClimateJustice hearings at the International Court of Justice have begun! 📖 Here's why this is an unprecedented opportunity: www.ciel.org/historic-hea... ✍️ Don't forget to sign up for daily top-line analysis at the end of each hearing: www.wy4cj.org/icjao-oral-h...

⚖️ #AOLetsGo: The historic #ClimateJustice hearings at the International Court of Justice just re-started in The Hague; this afternoon, we will hear oral submissions by Saudi Arabia, Australia, Bangladesh, and Barbados. For live coverage follow CIEL's @duycks.bsky.social 🧵⬇️

In their powerful intervention, Vanuatu & the Melanesian Spearhead Group just made clear that: ⚖️ There cannot be #ClimateJustice without #HumanRights, 🧑‍⚖️ The conduct of major polluters responsible for the climate crisis & its consequences is unlawful. Read our reaction 👇

"We look to the court for recognition that the conduct that has already caused immense harm to my people and so many others is unlawful, that it must cease, and that its consequences must be repaired." - Ralph Regenvanu for Vanuatu, opening remarks for International Court of Justice climate hearings

📌 #AOLetsGo: Ongoing today: #ClimateJustice hearings at⚖️🇺🇳 International Court of Justice - a historical moment 🧵live thread below with summaries of key arguments, context & relevant links ⬇️ 🎙️Hear from Pacific Islands Student Fighting Climate Change's Vishal Prasad setting the stage. A 🧵👇

"All rise" The International Court of Justice's historic #ClimateJustice hearings just started: Inside the Court, the judges are settling in, while outside of the Peace Palace, climate advocates, youth & campaigners demand #ClimateJustice. A thread with key takeaways 🧵👇