A new report from @climaterights.bsky.social documents the human rights, environmental, and climate impacts of nickel mining in the Caraga Region, home to more mines than any other part of the Philippines. 1/5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf6H...

CRI's new report shows how nickel mining in the Philippines is not only causing human rights harms, but also making communities more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Read the report here cri.org/reports/brok...

“We are protecting this territory so that you in the world can have life.” — Darlon Neres, Lago Grande Frontline communities are keeping the Amazon standing — and paying the price for Brazil’s neglect of community conservation areas. Read the new @climaterightsintl report cri.org/brazil-defor...

The climate crisis puts harms on Indigenous communities’ lives, livelihoods and tradition, but they are often sidelined in policies and measures from the Indonesian government. Indonesia's nickel industry is further driving harms to Indigenous Peoples' livelihoods, culture, and rights.

Our research rests on the stories shared by the communities most affected. In our latest report on #NickelMining in #Indonesia residents of Southeast Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, & North Maluku share the harmful impacts of mineral extraction taking place around their homes ➡️ cri.org/reports/does...

As the Indonesian government prioritizes nickel mining & smelting, local communities near nickel industrial projects and mines find themselves in de facto ‘sacrifice zones,’ where the extraction of nickel comes at the cost of health, livelihoods, & rights. NEW CRI REPORT 👇 cri.org/indonesia-wi...

From CRI's Substack - CRI researcher Cara Schulte on the risks posed to pregnant workers by extreme heat. "No worker should have to choose between a paycheck and a healthy pregnancy, and no child should suffer the consequences of a warming world even before they are born." rb.gy/3xbb1n

California should prioritize the health & safety of local communities, marine life, & the need to transition away from fossil fuels & refuse permission to restart the Las Flores pipeline system, said Climate Rights International. Read the full briefing paper here. cri.org/california-h...

Pakistan’s govt should provide assistance to at least 4 million people displaced by recent flooding, but also take action to prevent foreseeable harms, including from climate change and extreme weather events. @hrw.org @saroopijaz.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

"Of the extreme heat events the researchers focused on, as many as a quarter of them would have been “virtually impossible” without the climate pollution from any of the 14 biggest “carbon majors”' www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/c...

Efficiently using already mined minerals is key to reducing the need for new mines and impacts on frontline communities. A new study finds that the US could meet much of its demand for #criticalminerals used in renewables, electronics and defense by recovering materials discarded in mining waste.

CRI & 44 global organizations are calling on the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Garment & Textile Industries to expand its inspection & remediation programs to include heat risks - a major threat to worker safety. Read more here 👇 cri.org/global-group...

CRI's advocacy director Lotte Leicht in The Atlantic: Tthe United States and the rest of the planet are now in “completely separate worlds” in terms of legal understanding of climate responsibility. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

Following the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, CRI’s Advocacy Director, @lotteleicht.bsky.social, weighs in on what it means for global accountability and justice.🌍⚖️ Official ICJ press release here: www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

ICJ delivered a roadmap for #ClimateJustice: - rejecting claims by big GHG polluters that they can wreak climate havoc w impunity - spelling out obligations to prevent, halt & repair harms to the climate system & protect rights Where there's a right, there's a remedy www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

Researcher Cara Schulte discusses her new report, which centers the voices of Bangladeshi workers enduring dangerous heat on the job.

📢 New Report: “My Body Is Burning”: Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and Labor Rights in Bangladesh CRI's latest investigation documents the human cost of extreme heat among urban workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where rising temperatures are intersecting with labor rights abuses. cri.org/bangladesh-e...

“Almost every day [in the hot season], in our factory, five to seven people faint. Five to seven people just fall down.”  New CRI report documents how extreme heat driven by human-induced climate change is endangering the lives & livelihoods of urban workers in Bangladesh. cri.org/bangladesh-e...

July 23, 2025: A defining day for international law. The #ICJ will deliver its first-ever climate advisory opinion — a ruling that could strengthen global legal protections for people and the planet. Like, share, and raise your voice if you believe polluters must pay for the damage they’ve caused.

Doreen Debrum Marshall Islands UN ambassador: “incomprehensible that a resolution purporting to advance the protection of human rights from the effects of climate change would fail to mention the need to transition from fossil fuels” Yet again, oil-producing states blocked the progress we need.

The UN Human Rights Council failed to confront the primary driver of the climate crisis by refusing to accept proposed language calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels from a resolution on human rights and climate change, says Climate Rights International. Full analysis 👇 cri.org/united-natio...

The opinion of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is a legal wake-up call for governments and high-polluting corporations to change their behavior, says Climate Rights International. Our analysis 👇 cri.org/inter-americ...

The cont'd detention of the KCB11 is targeted harassment & seems intended to send a chilling message to every EACOP activist in Uganda, says CRI. KCB Bank & the owners of EACOP shld publicly call on Ugandan authorities to end all criminal prosecutions for peaceful protests.” cri.org/uganda-relea...

"If you can get people laughing, you can get people listening." CRI Legal Fellow, Trevor Stankiewicz, spoke with TRT World about our recent play, Degrees of Hope and panic. Watch to learn more about why Trevor created this play. youtu.be/BuMkdVxPZXA?...

🌍Atlanta is taking bold steps on cool roofs to make the city cooler, improve air quality, & lower residents’ energy bills—& blazing a trail for other cities to follow. Daniel Metzger’s #blogpost explains the action & how it can be a model for future climate adaptation efforts. ➡️ bit.ly/3GcZ2i9

On his June 29 visit to inaugurate a new EV battery mega-project, President Prabowo should announce his govt’s commitment to hold it & other nickel-related projects to intl human rights, environment, & greenhouse gas emissions standards, says Climate Rights International. cri.org/indonesia-pr...

Mark the Calendar‼️ On July 3, the Inter-American Court on Human Rights is to deliver its Advisory Opinion on States’ obligations in relation to #ClimateChange noticiasambientales.com/environment-... It follows a landmark ITLOS Opinion: cri.org/landmark-dec... #ICJ Opinion also expected this year:

New Report: #FossilFuel giants have deployed “dual deception” by: 1) denying reality of #ClimateChange, obscuring responsibility & obstructing #ClimateAction 2) deploying greenwash to portray themselves as environmentally sustainable #ClimateJustice NOW‼️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It's #WorldEnvironmentDay. Yet communities at the frontlines of nickel mining and processing in Indonesia are exposed to serious environmental pollution. Government and corporate actors have failed to respond meaningfully to serious and well-documented environmental abuses. 🔗 cri.org/indonesia-ni...

🚨 New Report: Ongoing Harms, Limited Accountability: Climate, Environmental, and Human Rights Violations in the Indonesian Nickel Industry Indonesia’s nickel industry is fueling EV batteries—but at what cost? cri.org/reports/ongo...

Comment: A more coherent, coordinated approach to heatwave warning systems will be a massive step in the right direction

🚨NEW REPORT: @climaterights.bsky.social documents how nickel mining & processing in Indonesia is driving deforestation, air & water pollution, & contributing to the climate crisis. Read the full report here: cri.org/indonesia-ni...

In a landmark ruling advancing efforts to hold major polluters accountable for transboundary climate-related harms, on May 28 a German court concluded that a corporation can be held liable under civil law for its proportional contribution to global climate change. Our take: cri.org/germany-cour...

📣#UN SR Michel Forst presses TotalEnergies & its shareholders to "take immediate action to protect environmental defenders in #Uganda in the context of the Tilenga/Kingfisher & #EACOP projects" 👇 unece.org/sites/defaul... Read our Climate Rights International‬ report here 👇 cri.org/reports/they...

Senate Republicans scrap California's 2035 ban on gas powered cars. The rules would have prevented more than 1,200 premature deaths and provided $13 billion in public health benefit. More pollution = more health harms.

Trump administration says it's "wasteful and ineffective" to retrofit apartment buildings in California so they don't collapse during earthquakes.

A new Environmental Crimes Convention, adopted by the Council of Europe, criminalizes serious environmental offenses, including unlawful pollution, hazardous waste management, illegal mining, trade in unlawfully harvested timber, and illegal destruction of protected habitat, fauna, and flora.

The new Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law is a pivotal step for environmental protection and justice, says CRI. See our statement here: cri.org/council-of-e...

The historic rain and flooding in parts of Arkansas, Kentucky and other states caused by intense April thunderstorms was likelier and also more intense because of climate change, according to the World Weather Attribution project.

As the role of minerals in the energy transition grows, governments should ensure that the protection of human rights & the environment, & the need to tackle poverty and inequality, are an essential part of the conversation around whether & how these minerals are extracted. cri.org/competition-...

“This will be a key milestone in reinforcing legal protection for both people and the planet” #UN experts urge Council of Europe states to start negotiations on a legally binding Protocol that will recognize the right to a clean, healthy, & sustainable environment www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

“The ability to trace emissions from specific #FossilFuel companies to concrete economic damages from climate impacts marks an important jump forward for climate attribution science. Science can quantify, with confidence, how emissions from companies ... have contributed to real world harms.”

Join us for a bold new satire exploring the complexities of climate change and the unknown! 12 and 13 May at the Keegan Theatre in Washington DC. Buy tickets here: tinyurl.com/3dhjxc7w

Indonesia added 1.9 gigawatts of new coal capacity in 2024, the third-highest globally, mainly to power metal smelters supporting the electric vehicle industry — despite global efforts to phase out coal.

This is more important than all of the idiotic Trump announcements of the past two months: Record breaking coral bleaching, with potential impacts in the trillions of dollars Also, heart-breaking!! Climate crisis is NOT a hoax. www.cbc.ca/news/science...

For those in D.C., join CRI for the premiere of our original climate play, Degrees of Hope and Panic, a sharp and thought-provoking satire on climate change, human rights, & the choices we make for our future. Tickets, which are pay-what-you-can, are available on Eventbrite.

Media lawyer Thomas Burke, author of the book "Anti-SLAPP Litigation," told AFP that SLAPP suits make up "80 percent or more of the big lawsuits" against the media and environmentalists. www.barrons.com/news/process... @molenews1.bsky.social @at-tgibson.bsky.social @lotteleicht.bsky.social

No member of Congress should vote to shield the fossil fuel industry "from facing consequences for its deception and the massive resulting harm," writes @kathymulvey.bsky.social of @ucsusa.bsky.social  blog.ucs.org/kathy-mulvey...

On #InternationalDayforMonumentsAndSites, let’s remember that #heritage includes people, #culture, and land—not just structures. The @climaterights.bsky.social "Nickel Unearthed" report shows how industrial mining in #Indonesia is erasing these elements. Read the full report here 👉

The US State Dept is rolling back its human rights reports and will no longer cover: 🔴Violence against LGBTQ+ people 🔴Involuntary medical practices 🔴Restrictions on public participation 🔴Harassment of human rights groups 🔴Extensive gender-based violence 🔴Violence targeting people with disabilities