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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 30/09/2026

The latest round of informal plastics treaty talks in Bangkok closed with many Member States uniting behind effective multilateralism and rejecting a lowest-common-denominator text.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 30/09/2026

Today, 35 States also called on the UN Human Rights Council to ensure the safe participation of environmental & human rights defenders in UN fora, including at COP31 in Türkiye. Read more 👇

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 30/09/2026

“States participants, the COP31 Presidencies & the UNFCCC must ensure that civil society can participate without fear of intimidation, harassment or reprisals, & that freedom of expression and peaceful assembly are protected," CIEL's @camillapollera.bsky.social.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 30/09/2026

It’s particularly concerning that this agreement includes a provision requiring participants not to ‘interfere in the internal affairs’, which was absent from the #COP30 agreement. Meaningful participation at COP31 is fundamental to the legitimacy of climate action.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 30/09/2026

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 · 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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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 25/09/2026

As @rjkennerley.bsky.social puts it, the question is whether the IPCC’s #COI policy is “fit for purpose or being properly applied.” That means ensuring that conflicts are identified & managed wherever they arise: across govs, industry, academia & in both the Global North & Global South.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 25/09/2026

#ConflictOfInterest safeguards aren't about accusing scientists or governments of wrongdoing. They are about protecting the credibility, independence & public trust that make scientific assessments so valuable, particularly when those inform policies about the #ClimateCrisis.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 25/09/2026

What is the IPCC? The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assesses the science, impacts & solutions to climate change. Its reports underpin climate talks & inform climate policy around the world. That makes strong & transparent #ConflictOfInterest safeguards essential.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/09/2026

How? 🌊 Prevent further harm 🌊 Strengthen international cooperation 🌊 Put communities disproportionately affected by #SeaLevelRise at the center of decision-making 🌊 Protect people facing displacement 🌊 Ensure remedy and #ClimateReparation.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/09/2026

As governments meet in New York to discuss #SeaLevelRise's impacts, they must ensure climate action is grounded in ✊ #HumanRights, 👨‍⚖️ International law, 🤝 Cooperation, and ⚖️ Accountability.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/09/2026

The brief analysis 3️⃣ interconnected imperatives & sets out key recommendations for States: 🛢️ Prevent climate harm and its drivers, including #FossilFuels, 🛡️ Protect the human rights of people and communities facing its impacts, 🧰 Provide remedy and #Reparation when legal obligations are breached.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/09/2026

Our briefing explores how recent developments in international law, including the 2025 International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on climate change, could help clarify that statehood, sovereignty & existing maritime entitlement remain unaffected despite #SeaLevelRise. #AOLetsGo #ICJClimateAO

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/09/2026

😱 For climate vulnerable, low-lying States and coastal communities, this is not simply a future environmental challenge: rising seas are already affecting access to freshwater, food, housing, health, livelihoods, and development, with consequences that extend across borders.

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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 · 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 · 09/09/2026

Ammonia — the key ingredient in synthetic nitrogen fertilizers — is made from fossil gas in an energy-intensive process. Adding CCS demands more energy to run the capture process, deepening vulnerability to gas price shocks while doing nothing to fix widespread nitrogen pollution. 3/4

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/09/2026

Carbon capture and storage (#CCS) is a false climate solution. It fails to deliver promised capture rates, relies heavily on public subsidies, and distracts critical resources from cutting emissions at the source. 2/4

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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 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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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 26/08/2026

Instead of spending public funds on false climate solutions, Europe must focus on what works: cutting emissions at the source, phasing out fossil fuels, and accelerating renewables. Read the full op-ed: bit.ly/4xX3PJB 4/4

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 26/08/2026

Rachel breaks down why Europe cannot afford to repeat these past mistakes at the expense of its taxpayers and natural ecosystems: 3/4

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 26/08/2026

In an opinion piece for @euobserver.com, our expert @rjkennerley.bsky.social warns this proposal risks forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for a repeatedly failed technology, while weakening environmental and safety checks meant to protect local communities. 2/4

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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 International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 19/08/2026

Insurance groups are backing the fossil-fuel defendants in Suncor v. Boulder. But insurers should be fighting climate change — not climate accountability. 🔎 Read this friend-of-the-Court brief CIEL filed w/ @democracyforward.org in support of the plaintiffs: bit.ly/3TSwmkQ 4 -🧵

Quote graphic reads: You would think that insurance companies that are on the front lines of witnessing the scale of losses that community members and homeowners are facing would be siding with the majority of their policyholders. But instead, we saw them basically acting as a mouthpiece of the fossil fuel industry and sounding the alarm that cases like this will somehow make it more difficult for fossil fuel companies to obtain liability insurance.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 19/08/2026

🚫 The case comes amid broader efforts to limit climate accountability. Congress is considering legislation to grant fossil fuel companies immunity from liability suits. SLAPPs are being used to quash climate protests. We won't be silenced. Charles’ analysis via Table Media: bit.ly/3Usf6Db 3 -🧵

Quote graphic reads: There appears to be a coordinated strategy by the fossil fuel sector and its allies to shield the industry from liability for climate damage. In the most extreme scenario, the fossil fuel industry could receive what amounts to a legal free pass.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 19/08/2026

🏡 Communities are bearing the costs of the climate crisis. Lawsuits seeking to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate harms have multiplied in state courts. Now, those companies are asking SCOTUS to block the claims. It shouldn’t. Nikki’s analysis via TIME: bit.ly/4xFaoRc 2 -🧵

Quote graphic reads: This lawsuit is really about ensuring that corporations that have caused harm pay their fair share, rather than the burden being on the public and local governments for escalating climate impacts.

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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

💸✊ It’s high time to #MakeRichPollutersPay & #PhaseOutFossilFuels ✊💸 Sign the petition and demand a global tax on fossil fuel profits: act.350.org/sign/treaty-...

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 03/08/2026

🤑 If governments get these global tax rules right, the treaty could finally #MakeBigPollutersPay, and direct the money to climate action and redress for the communities most affected by the climate crisis.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 03/08/2026

That opportunity starts this month, when governments meet to negotiate a new 🇺🇳 United Nations #TaxConvention. It sounds technical, but it could reshape how multinational corporations, including fossil fuel giants, are taxed.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 03/08/2026

We know who’s responsible for the climate crisis, and they are making staggering profits while communities pay the price. It’s high time to hold those responsible for climate damages accountable, #MakeRichPollutersPay & #PhaseOutFossilFuels! READ: www.climatechangenews.com/2026/07/28/t...

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 03/08/2026

And while Europe, North Africa, and Canada are burning and communities are suffering increasing heat, the world's 6 biggest fossil fuel corporations are expected to nearly double their combined net income in Q2 2026 😱. www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO26...

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 03/08/2026

Oxfam's 🆕 analysis finds that the emissions of ONLY 5 major fossil fuel corporations were enough to cause around 1 in 4 heatwaves reported globally between 2000 and 2023, heatwaves that would have been virtually impossible without #ClimateChange. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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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

📰 Read this article from @dialogueearth.bsky.social featuring analysis from CIEL's @bruna-campos.bsky.social and our partners at @earth-insight.org and the Fossil Free Wider Caribbean network: 🔗 bit.ly/4pyYSne

Graphic reads: Fossil fuel free zones are an important beginning.
But the transition must extend beyond their boundaries.
Toward a fossil-free ocean and future.
🔗 Dive deeper at the link in the post.

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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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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 · 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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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/07/2026

The #ICJClimateAO reminded us what collective action can achieve. Now it is time to turn that momentum into action. Join the movement to advance the legal protection of the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll at the @coe through a binding treaty: forms.gle/cqw5iARqX4nJ...

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/07/2026

The Heads of State & Government of the Council of Europe’s Member States committed, in 2023, to building on the political recognition of the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll. Since then, momentum is building; NOW @coe.int Member States must turn words into action!

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/07/2026

Especially after the #ICJClimateAO, maintaining that gap has become impossible to justify. 500+ civil society organizations are working together (@healthyenvcoe.bsky.social) to ensure that the @coe.int adopts a legally binding instrument protecting this right: healthyenvironmenteurope.wordpress.com

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/07/2026

In Europe, one important gap remains. While the #EuropeanCourtHumanRights has increasingly interpreted the European Convention on Human Rights to protect people from environmental harm, Europe remains the only regional #HumanRightsSystem that hasn't yet protected the right to a healthy environment.

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