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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 2m
Participants at the climate talks #COP31 in Antalya 🇹🇷 will have a "duty" not to interfere in internal affairs under the country's hosting deal with the UN, reviving a clause dropped for last year's climate summit. READ: www.climatechangenews.com/2026/09/25/c... A 🧵
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 19h
👏 Finally! After mounting scrutiny of his fossil fuel stocks, Justice Alito recused from Suncor v. Boulder. Dozens of climate suits hinge on this case, some against oil companies in his portfolio. Accountability demands justice without conflicts—or perceived conflicts—of interest. bit.ly/4yWvcnM
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Alito’s Recusal From Climate Case: Too Little, Too Late? - Inside Climate News
Justice Samuel Alito decided Monday to sit out one of the most consequential climate change cases to reach the Supreme Court, but legal experts expected continuing ramifications due to his ownership o...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 28/09/2026
Insurers say climate risk is the reason rates keep rising. So why are they siding with the companies driving that risk? 3 insurance trade groups filed a brief backing Big Oil in Suncor v. Boulder, the landmark climate case SCOTUS will hear on Oct. 5. 🔎 We unpack what's at stake: bit.ly/4ApNHlU
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 28/09/2026
Are you passionate about environmental law & human rights? JOIN us as a legal intern in Geneva 🇨🇭 to gain hands-on experience in international environmental law, human rights, legal research, advocacy & more. 📅 Deadline: 16 Oct 2026 🔗 Apply: cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/135?...
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 24/09/2026
Stressing that implementation must continue, Sébastien Duyck of @ciel.org underscores the historic achievement of the recognition and the influence it has had on international fora, such as the #UNGA & #ICJAO, are a reminder of "the power of #GENeva."
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 27/09/2026
Fossil-fueled climate destruction threatens human life, health, the economy, and vital ecosystems on which all depend. That reality should incentivize insurers to break free from fossil fuels faster and protect the public from climate peril, write NIkki Reisch and Charles Slidders of @ciel.org.
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The Insurance Industry Is on the Wrong Side of the Legal Battle Against Fossil Fuels
​In recent years, insurers have pointed to growing climate risk as the reason for raising rates and dropping coverage. Now, they’re supporting the very industry driving that risk rather than the communities facing it. Why?
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 25/09/2026
An investigation from @theguardian.com raises important questions about conflicts of interest and transparency within the @ipcc.bsky.social's author selection and governance processes. Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/... A 🧵👇
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/09/2026
🌊 #SeaLevelRise is a human rights and climate justice issue 🌊 What does that mean from an international law and human rights perspective? Our new briefing examines exactly that: www.ciel.org/reports/sea-... A 🧵
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 21/09/2026
Tomorrow, 6:15 pm EDT. Ministers will speak on efforts to renew environmental multilateralism. Watch live: bit.ly/4cSjiTh
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 21/09/2026
🇦🇿 #HumanRights defender Anar Mammadli has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. We call for: ✊ Immediate release for him & for all others imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their rights, 🚫 Ending all the persecution of independent media & civil society. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Azerbaijan: Lengthy sentences for Anar Mammadli and other independent voices point to the shocking scale of the crackdown on dissent
Since 2009, the Azerbaijani authorities have increasingly tightened restrictions on critical NGOs and independent media outlets.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 18/09/2026
At #UNGA81, ministers will discuss whether international law can keep pace with an increasingly complex world, pulling from the global plastics treaty, responses to the ICJ AO on climate change, and the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels Conference. Tune in on Sept 22. Livestream: bit.ly/4cSjiTh
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 15/09/2026
🎉Huge congratulations to CIEL’s @dlevialvares.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Climate Breakthrough Award! With Climate Breakthrough’s support, she’s launching an ambitious initiative to map pathways out of the petrochemical-dependent world. 🧵👇1/2
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 11/09/2026
The EU is investing billions in costly #CCS instead of in real #ClimateAction. CIEL's Rachel Kennerley told @euronews.com “All CCS projects suffer from the same problem... [they] give polluting industries like fertiliser production a pass to keep on polluting" 🧵👇
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 11/09/2026
Last week, a massive rock & ice collapse in Nepal’s Langtang region unleashed a devastating torrent of mud, water & debris. Lives and homes have been lost, communities destroyed, and thousands remain missing. Our thoughts and solidarity are with the people of Nepal and Tibet. A 🧵
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/09/2026
🚨 Europe’s latest carbon capture project is a dangerous distraction — and a pass to keep on polluting. The project in the Netherlands risks funneling millions in public money into speculative technologies rather than real decarbonization. Our reaction: bit.ly/4hds290 🧵👇1/4
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Opening of Europe's largest carbon capture project is a dangerous distraction - CIEL
CIEL experts warn that the opening Europe's largest carbon capture project, risks using billions in taxpayers’ money to fund a dangerous distraction that delays climate action.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/09/2026
Event alert: Corporate influence can undermine health, #HumanRights & environmental protection. How can we strengthen accountability, transparency & evidence-based policymaking? Join CIEL & @fian-international.bsky.social side event at #HRC63: ⏰ 14 Sept. 3pm CEST 📍Palais des Nations, Room XI, Geneva
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 07/09/2026
The 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council starts today in Geneva. #HRC63 marks the 5⃣ years since the Council recognized the human right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll & the first session with a newly appointed @srtoxics.bsky.social. A 🧵 on what to watch👇
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 03/09/2026
The world is choking on plastic, and Big Oil and the plastics industry know they’re to blame. Here's the playbook they're using to escape accountability.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 03/09/2026
In a very worrying move, New Zealand to become the 1st country in the world to lock the courthouse door on #ClimateChange as it adopts a law authored by industry to grant legal immunity from tort claims against fossil fuel producers and large emitters. READ: drilled.media/news/new-zea...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 02/09/2026
A new @unep.org report warns of massive risk from exceeding 1.5°C global warming. Yet it fails to put a fast, fair, funded fossil fuel phase-out at the center of how governments fulfill their legal obligations. Here’s why that’s a problem. 🧵
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 01/09/2026
🌊 A new wave of offshore oil and gas comes at a high cost for the Wider Caribbean. It fuels climate change, threatens marine ecosystems, and deepens fossil fuel dependence. But another path is possible. See what’s at stake and what governments can do. ⬇️ Link in the next post.
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If Oklahoma can do it, why aren't more states cracking down on Big Insurance? By challenging Allstate and State Farm's allegedly unfair claims handling practices, AG Gentner Drummond is opening the door to a broader crackdown. His counterparts elsewhere have no excuse to sit on the sidelines. 🧵⬇️
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Cracking Down on Big Insurance in … Oklahoma? - The American Prospect
State Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a crackdown on Allstate and State Farm.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 26/08/2026
The European Union is preparing new rules for carbon dioxide transport that could accelerate industrial carbon capture infrastructure at the expense of people and nature. 1/4 🧵👇
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 21/08/2026
“This is the biggest climate-related case that the Supreme Court has heard," says Nikki Reisch of @ciel.org. It raises "fundamental issues of fairness" over whether communities can hold companies accountable for their contributions to "the mounting losses" of climate change.
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SCOTUS Will Hear a Major Climate Case This Fall. Here's What You Need To Know
The decision could set a significant precedent for states and cities trying to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate impacts.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New research from @ciel.org traces what governments knew about the risks of fossil-fuel-driven climate change and when they knew it. It shows many governments understood the risks decades earlier than they have claimed. buff.ly/iAt8G1c
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Early Warnings: Government Knowledge of Climate Change and Legal Responsibility for Climate Harm - Center for International Environmental Law
Read CIEL's new report revealing when governments knew about climate change risks and how that knowledge strengthens climate accountability and litigation.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 19/08/2026
⚖️ On Oct. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court #SCOTUS will hear oral arguments in a major climate case: Suncor v. Boulder. CIEL’s Nikki Reisch and Charles Slidders unpack the implications for climate accountability, communities facing climate harm, and a nationwide home insurance crisis. 1 -🧵 Keep reading.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 19/08/2026
In an escalating climate crisis, we should strengthen pathways for accountability, not dismantle them. New Zealand’s legislation blocking climate-related tort claims sets a worrying precedent. Govs cannot legislate away climate harm or the right to seek justice for it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
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Legislation to end climate lawsuits against companies passes third reading in Parliament
Legislation that would stop a climate activist's lawsuit against New Zealand's biggest emitters has passed its third reading in Parliament.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 10/08/2026
A new draft of the #PlasticsTreaty has just been released. The Chair called this draft a "no surprises" document. On that count, it delivers.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 04/08/2026
Who is financing the global petrochemicals build-out? We followed the money — and the numbers are staggering. 🏦 US$250B from banks. 📈 US$87B from institutional investors. And it keeps flowing. It's time to pull the plug on toxic finance. 👉 bit.ly/4aM5vMP
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 03/08/2026
#BigOil’s profit season is looking like a scary blockbuster. @oxfaminternational.bsky.social report finds that the world’s 6 biggest #FossilFuel corporations are expected to nearly double their profits in Q2 2026, while climate vulnerable communities bear the cost: www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 30/07/2026
🌊 Fossil fuel free zones offer a path to protect vital marine ecosystems and the communities that depend on them from offshore oil and gas. But the transition away from fossil fuels can’t stop there. We need a #FossilFreeOcean and future. 🔎 ⤵️ Swipe, then dive deeper in the next post.
Graphic with text that reads: Fossil fuel free zones can help us achieve a fossil-free ocean.
Grpahic with text that reads: What are fossil fuel free zones?
Ecologically or culturally important areas, where fossil fuel extraction is phased out.
Graphic that reads: Fossil fuel free zones already exist.
500+ local and subnational zones have been registered worldwide.
In the ocean, these zones can help protect vital marine ecosystems from offshore oil and gas.
Graphic that reads: From commitments to action.
Fossil fuel-free zones give governments a concrete starting point for phasing out oil and gas production, prioritizing the most sensitive areas.
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Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance @handsoffmotherearth.org · 28/07/2026
In reality, these approaches don't fix the climate crisis. They mask it temporarily, while putting an already stressed ocean under even more pressure. @ciel.org
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 29/07/2026
⚖️🤓 For decades, climate politics has shaped climate law. But something is changing: increasingly, the law is reshaping what is politically possible on #ClimateChange & it’s doing so because of the #PeoplePower behind it. Read more in our latest blog: www.ciel.org/how-climate-...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 28/07/2026
A #plasticstreaty built around consensus alone won't end plastic pollution. The next draft will reveal whether negotiations are moving toward an effective treaty—or simply the lowest common denominator. Here's what to watch 👉 bit.ly/4vMXHT1
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What to Watch for in the New “No Surprises” Plastics Treaty Draft - Center for International Environmental Law
Will the next plastics treaty draft tackle production and toxic chemicals — or settle for the lowest common denominator? Here's what to watch for.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 27/07/2026
#TheTimeIsNow: We join @alain-berset.coe.int's call on @coe.int Member States to finally start negotiating a legally binding instrument on the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll. Lost time is inexcusable when the news keeps reminding us of the cost of inaction. www.dw.com/en/europe-wi...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 27/07/2026
As Europe’s largest carbon capture and storage (#CCS) project prepares to start operating in the Netherlands, fertilizer giant Yara is claiming a major climate win. But our expert Lisa Tostado pulls back the curtain on why this project is a dangerous distraction. 🙅 1/2 👇
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Dr. David R. Boyd @drdavidboyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Fires blazing in Spain and France! Urgent need for bold rights-based climate action! 1. Council of Europe must enshrine right to healthy environment in law 2. massive investment in renewables, batteries and efficiency 3. adaptation programs supporting low-income and other vulnerable communities
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/07/2026
1️⃣ year ago, the International Court of Justice confirmed that States have binding obligations to respect, protect & fulfill human rights in addressing the climate crisis, incl. the right to a clean, healthy & sustainable environment. A🧵on the #ICJClimateAO& the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
One year on from the ICJ’s landmark climate ruling, the advisory opinion made one thing clear: climate action is a legal duty, not just a policy choice. @ciel.org new piece tracks how that legal clarity is now turning into real-world implementation. www.ciel.org/one-year-on-...
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One Year On: From Legal Clarity to Global Implementation of the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion - Center for International Environmental Law
One year after the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion, explore how the landmark ruling is driving climate litigation, diplomacy, policy, and global accountability.
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
One year later: climate impunity continues. Legal rulings are nothing without enforcement.
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 23/07/2026
Highlighting how right to #HealthyEnvironment was affirmed by #ICJAOClimate, Camilla Pollera of @ciel.org calls on all to rally "how we can leave CoE member states with no choice but to act" as it remains the only regional HR system that has not explicitly protected the right.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 23/07/2026
🌍 🧵Today, join in celebrating the 1-year anniversary of the world’s highest court’s ruling to help enforce the law in protecting our climate and reducing fossil fuel emissions. The ICJ climate advisory opinion is becoming a powerful tool for climate justice. @ciel.org @greenpeace.org
A Year of the Advisory Opinion: From The Hague to every negotiating table-the law is clear.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 23/07/2026
1⃣ year ago, the International Court of Justice delivered a landmark Climate Advisory Opinion. But this story didn't begin in the 🇳🇱. It began with Pacific & world's youth, communities on the frontlines of climate change & a global movement that believed the law could better reflect #ClimateJustice.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 22/07/2026
⚠️ Fossil fuel companies and their allies are trying to limit climate liability lawsuits through the US Congress and Supreme Court. Even if these efforts succeed, climate litigation will not stop. It is evolving in a new direction. ⤵️ Get the links to 2 new analyses on this changing legal landscape.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 22/07/2026
🆕 BLOG! One year ago, the world's highest court (the ICJ) clarified that States have legal obligations to prevent, address & repair climate harm: www.ciel.org/one-year-on-... But this story is about much more than a court opinion. It is about a movement & it's now about implementation. A 🧵
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 21/07/2026
One year after the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' climate #AdvisoryOpinion, the task is clear: turn it into real action. 🔗 In a publication written by more than 20 organizations and experts, we explain how: bit.ly/AOtools 1/5 🧵 See which countries are already using the Opinion.
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Climate Justice and Human Rights: Legal Standards and Tools from the Inter-American Court’s Advisory Opinion 32/25 (October 2025) - Center for International Environmental Law
This publication unpacks the climate Advisory Opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for legal practitioners and advocates.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 21/07/2026
📍One year after the International Court of Justice's landmark Advisory Opinion on climate change, and following the UN General Assembly's overwhelming endorsement of the Opinion, global climate governance has reached a turning point. A 🧵
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 20/07/2026
⚖️This week, the world’s highest court’s historic ruling clarifying States’ responsibility on climate change turns 1️⃣ year old. Together with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights opinion, the ICJ climate ruling marked a significant moment for climate justice & #IndigenousPeoples' rights. A 🧵
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 17/07/2026
📢 Training opportunity! Join our hybrid training Environmental Human Rights in a Fragmented World (21–25 Sept 2026, Geneva + online) and build practical skills in environmental litigation, UN mechanisms & human rights advocacy. ⏳ Apply by 30 August: www.ghrh.ch/en/courses/e...
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Santa Marta opened a door. Now governments must step through it and turn dialogue into real action.
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