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Lili Fuhr

@lilifuhr.bsky.social
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Director - Fossil Economy Program, Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org. Fighting fossil fuels & false solutions. Opinions my own. She/her

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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🇹🇻 Tuvalu and 🇮🇪 Ireland have announced the next chapter of the Santa Marta Process: the 2nd International Conference on a Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, coming to the Pacific in July 2027. 🌊
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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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Lili Fuhr @lilifuhr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🥳 My colleague & friend @dlevialvares.bsky.social has been selected for the 2026 Climate Breakthrough Award: www.climatebreakthrough.org. Huge congratulation for your visionary leadership & commitment to building collective power. Can't wait to continue the work to Uproot the Fossil Economy 🙌
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Bold Climate Action Deserves Bold Philanthropy
Climate Breakthrough aims to make an outsized impact on resolving the climate crisis through our global philanthropy. This mission may not be unique; it's how we do it that sets us apart.
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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 · 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 · 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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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🎨🎭🖌️ More than 200 artists, from globally acclaimed names like Brian Eno, Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, Jameela Jamil and Robert Smith, to regionally celebrated voices such as Mundano in 🇧🇷, La Linterna in 🇨🇴 and Misan Harriman in 🇬🇧, have added their names to the global call for a Fossil Fuel Treaty.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 25/06/2026
🚨🪇🎉 BIG WIN for climate accountability today 🎉🪇🚨 A French Court has issued a landmark ruling against TotalEnergies, sending a powerful signal that major corporate emitters can no longer sidestep responsibility for their climate impacts. A 🧵 www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/06/2026
🌊 How can the #EUOceanAct set a new course for ocean protection in Europe? This landmark legislative proposal is a major opportunity to address the drivers of ocean decline by confronting the fossil economy. ➡️ Our new paper outlines what that requires: bit.ly/4vCMEvP
Graphic showing a coastal beach and blue ocean with cliffs and rock formations. Text reads: “European Union Ocean Act: Tackling the Triple Planetary Crisis.” Additional text says: “A new publication from the Center for International Environmental Law. Available now at ciel.org.”
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 23/06/2026
🚨 We're hiring! Join CIEL as a Campaigner, US Fossil Economy, and help challenge petrochemical expansion, false climate solutions, and environmental injustice. 📍 US Remote (eligible US states) or DC 📅 Apply by July 7 🔗 cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/131?...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 17/06/2026
Deep Pockets, Dirty Profits 💸☠️ The global financial system plays a pivotal role in funding the petrochemical industry — the fossil fuel engine behind plastics, fertilizers, and synthetic fibers. Our new brief exposes the scale of these systemic investments. 👇🧵
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 15/06/2026
🌊 Offshore oil and gas is a threat to ocean health, climate stability, and sustainable economies. As governments gather in Kenya this week for the 11th Our Ocean Conference (June 16–18), our new analysis explains why #OOC11 must advance a #FossilFreeOcean. 🔎 Read it here: bit.ly/4oni7zA
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/06/2026
🚨 #SB64 event alert 🚨 On June 12 at 12pm CEST, join us for a critical discussion on how to reform and build global climate responses amid attacks on multilateralism, impunity, and the undermining of international law, to strengthen #HumanRights, accountability, and effectiveness 👇👇
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 27/05/2026
Three developments over the last month have put solar geoengineering governance back on the map. A new blog from @mmchch.bsky.social unpacks what they mean — and what needs to happen next.
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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
⚖️ 🌍 ⚡ 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 🇳🇱 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞: 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, @milieudefensie.bsky.social et al. v. Shell. #ClimateJustice #ClimateCaseShell 🧵 ⬇️ analysis in thread below
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 20/05/2026
🎉 🥳 BIG win for #ClimateJustice: States at the UN just adopted a landmark resolution on climate accountability, reaffirming that climate action is a legal obligation. This is a powerful step for multilateralism, the rule of law & accountability. Read CSOs' statement: www.ciel.org/news/global-...
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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
40/ 🗣️ 📣 here are the initial reactions of global civil society groups, including the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, @wy4cj.bsky.social, @ciel.org, @amnesty.org, @pacificislandcan.bsky.social, @clientearth.bsky.social, @greenpeace.org... 🔗 👀 www.ciel.org/news/global-...
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Global Civil Society Groups Welcome the UN Climate Accountability Resolution Vote - Center for International Environmental Law
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a UN climate accountability resolution, reaffirrming that the rule of law and meaningful multilateralism must guide climate action.
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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🔥 the 🇺🇳 UN General Assembly is about to be called upon to #VoteYesForClimateJustice as it considers an important resolution tabled by 🇻🇺 Vanuatu (and others) to welcome and build upon the historic #ClimateJustice ruling by the 🌐 ⚖️ International Court of Justice! 🧵⬇️ follow proceedings in thread below
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 12/05/2026
⛓️‍💥 The fertilizer crisis is a fossil fuel crisis. It's time to break free! Today, war in the Gulf has sent fertilizer prices soaring again📈 The EU's reliance on synthetic fertilizers squeezes farmers, pollutes nature, harms health, and keeps our food tied to fossil fuels. 70+ orgs call for change👇
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🤝 A high-ambition coalition of Global South nations call for Santa Marta Conference to recognize need for a new legal instrument for a fair phase out of fossil fuels.
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
🚨BREAKING NEWS! Pacific nations just made history with a landmark declaration for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific! ✊🌊 Read the Tassiriki Call for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific 👉 fossilfueltreaty.org/tassiriki-call
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 15/04/2026
📣 In a historic first, over 50 countries are gathering in Santa Marta (April 24–29) to advance a transition away from fossil fuels — as required by science and law. We break down what States must deliver in this critical moment for fossil fuel phaseout. ➡️ Read more: bit.ly/SMartaC
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/03/2026
Petrochemical expansion is not inevitable — it is financed. Our new report traces $133B in bank financing and $1.6T in investor exposure behind US petrochemical growth — even as legal challenges, overcapacity, & cancellations mount Read: bit.ly/4uOHCga
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Geoengineering Monitor @geoengmon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🌍 New article: Sun-dimming is the new climate #colonialism bit.ly/4uSq2YO Drawing on Gaza, Mohammed Usrof warns that solar geoengineering is being shaped by power, not consent, & highlights how harm can be normalised through bureaucracy. Hear him LIVE: 26 March | 2PM UTC Register: bit.ly/4lzzUCm
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Sun-dimming is the new climate colonialism, and the UK is funding the runway - Geoengineering Monitor
Guest article by Mohammed Usrof, Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 03/03/2026
CIEL condemns the unlawful US & Israel military strikes on Iran. We express solidarity for all affected across the region. These attacks violate international law, endanger civilians, & erode global security. The international community must reject the normalization of force: bit.ly/4seBEDg
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Unlawful Strikes on Iran Escalate Impunity, Injustice, and Insecurity - Center for International Environmental Law
CIEL condemns in the strongest terms the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran, which are in flagrant violation of international law and risk unleashing a prolonged war.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 27/02/2026
📣 1st Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels coming this April It marks a shift from commitments to action! We applaud hosts Colombia and the Netherlands, and the Pacific Island nations strengthening international cooperation for a fossil fuel phaseout. 👇 transitionawayconference.com
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First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
Colombia and the Netherlands will host the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Conference is designed as a space for countries, subnational governments and other stakeholders...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 27/02/2026
Is the @ec.europa.eu in a toxic relationship with big polluters? Our latest analysis by @silviap.bsky.social reveals a striking pattern: the petrochemical industry’s private "wishlist" is becoming Europe's political reality. Progress is moving in reverse ⬇️[1/5]
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/02/2026
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine proves that environmental protection is inseparable from peace. Fossil fuel revenues must not continue to finance this war. We need loophole-free sanctions and a rapid, equitable transition toward a fossil-free future that safeguards human rights. bit.ly/3OJudoZ
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 14/02/2026
Petrochemical industry talking points are being echoed at the highest levels of EU decision-making. So we asked: who’s really influencing EU policy? We compared petrochemical lobby demands and @ec.europa.eu rhetoric—and the overlaps are striking. Check out the matches ⬇️ [1/1]
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 13/02/2026
The Trump administration has repealed the endangerment finding, eliminating federal limits on greenhouse gases. “This move is poised to break the law and the thermometer.” This rollback defies science, international law, and public health. Read CIEL’s statement: bit.ly/46MPJ2g
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Rollback of US Protections Against Greenhouse Gases Disregards Science and Defies International Duties
The Trump administration eliminated federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions that drive the climate crisis in a scientifically baseless and legally indefensible move that sacrifices health and safet...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/02/2026
🆕 🆕 🆕 NEW: Vanuatu has introduced a draft UN 🇺🇳 General Assembly resolution that builds on the International Court of Justice’s landmark ruling on States' legal duties in the context of climate change. The resolution aims at turning legal clarity into collective #ClimateAction.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/02/2026
Almost 2 years ago, @ec.europa.eu backed the Antwerp Declaration to revive EU industry. The result? Environmental deregulation, called “simplification.” Winners: Fossil fuel & petrochemical industries. Losers: People & the planet. Two years on, calls for a different path still stand: bit.ly/4kk0XB7
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Corporate capture won’t solve environmental crises
We implore EU and member state leaders to prioritise the protection of citizens and environments suffering from chemical, pesticide, and fossil fuel pollution, and action to ensure that big polluters ...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 02/02/2026
📣 We are hiring! We are looking for an attorney to help us drive our work to confront the expansion of the #Petrochemicals sector & curtail the proliferation of false climate solutions. 📌 Remote 📆 2-year contract APPLY NOW: cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/122?...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 17/12/2025
Bad news for the #CCS industry: 🔻World’s largest #CCS project revealed record low capture rates 🔻Backers of Acorn CCS are looking to sell up 🔻BP scrap blue Hydrogen & CCS at Teesside CCS projects falling short — technically, economically and politically.
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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
As UNEA7 opens in Nairobi @theguardian.com Editorial spotlights African Ministers’ leadership in calling for a Non Use Agreement to put extreme Solar Geoengineering technologies permanently off the table, and refocus on real solutions to the climate crisis: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on solar geoengineering: Africa has a point about this risky technology | Editorial
Editorial: Sun-dimming risks putting the planet’s thermostat under Donald Trump’s control. Better to adopt the precautionary principle with high-stakes science
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 22/11/2025
📢 The climate talks #COP30 in Belém conclude with a largely empty deal: ❌ No halt to deforestation, ❌ No fossil fuel phaseout, and ❌ No climate finance at the scale the crisis demands. Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/cop30-f... A 🧵👇
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 21/11/2025
At #COP30, it is increasingly evident that the momentum for change is real: A call to #FixTheUNFCCC is growing louder. 🗣️ “This is about restoring faith in cooperation — & making the process worthy of the crisis. The science is clear. The law is clear. Now the process must catch up.” Watch 👀 👇
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Lili Fuhr @lilifuhr.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Closing Poetry for Closing Plenary At the end of #COP30 in Belém The mission is clear: 1.5°C The Presidency will offer a Compass Everyone promises to press the Implementation Accelerator What is missing is an actual Road and a Roadmap One thing is clear though: Next stop: Santa Marta in April 2026
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 21/11/2025
📣 At #COP30, one thing is clear: The framework that guides the climate talks is falling short! Colombian minister Irene Vélez Torres goes straight to the point while explaining why #FossilFuels aren’t COP30 text: Consensus kills ambition‼️ We couldn't agree more! A 🧵
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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Colombian minister Irene Vélez Torres explains her views on fossil fuels being excluded from the COP30 text. "The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”. She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
#Cambodia just became the 18th country to officially support the #FossilFuelTreaty! 🇰🇭 At #COP30 in Belém, Cambodia affirmed their commitment to a fast, fair and financed global transition aligned with a low-carbon, climate-resilient future. 🔗 FossilFuelTreaty.org/cambodia%EF%...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 17/11/2025
As week 2️⃣ at the UN climate talks #COP30 in Belém 🇧🇷 begins, here's a recap of what happened during the 1st week & what to look for over the remaining days. A 🧵 on what went down 👇
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 17/11/2025
📣 BREAKING At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks. Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu... A 🧵
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 14/11/2025
📣 BREAKING: One out of every 25 attendees at the #COP30 climate talks is a fossil fuel lobbyist. The arsonists aren’t just in the building — they’re throwing fuel on the fire. We need to #KickOutTheSuits NOW! READ: kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
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Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V. @bund.net · 14/11/2025
Jede*r 25. Teilnehmer*in der Weltklimakonferenz #COP30 in Belém ist Lobbyist*in der fossilen Industrie. Das zeigt eine neue Analyse von #KickBigPollutersOut. Solange wir an Kohle, Öl und Gas festhalten, rückt der 1,5-Grad-Pfad in immer weitere Ferne. ➡️ kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
Zitat von Susann Scherbarth, BUND-Leitung Internationale Klimapolitik: "Die COP ist mit etwa 1500 Vertreter*innen der fossilen Industrie massiv von fossilen Lobbyinteressen überflutet – wie ein Fluss, der über die Ufer tritt und alles mit sich reißt."
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Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance @handsoffmotherearth.org · 13/11/2025
#PressReleaseAlert 🌎 As COP30 and the Peoples Summit open in Belém, movements declare: Our HOME is not a laboratory ❗ 🚨Geoengineering is an illusionary fix, a dangerous distraction and false solution pushed by powerful interests through carbon markets. #HandsOffMotherEarth #COP30 #CúpulaDosPovos
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Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement @solargeoeng.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
📢 ❗Just published: "Solar geoengineering for profit" In this new blog, a group of academics responds to recent for-profit solar geoengineering ventures. www.solargeoeng.org/solar-geoeng... Their key message? 🧵👇 1/8
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Solar geoengineering for profit - Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement
Advocates of solar geoengineering are dismayed. But why are they surprised?
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Lili Fuhr @lilifuhr.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Now more than ever, we need to heed warnings about overshoot pathways & follow leadership of Africa & Pacific calling for non-use of solar geoengineering. We urge our movement partners around the world to join us at this critical moment in saying: ‘Hands Off Mother Earth, No to Geoengineering.’
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Lili Fuhr @lilifuhr.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Petrochemicals are a barrier to a fossil fuel phaseout 👉@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @carbonbrief.org on China‘s emissions trends www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 07/11/2025
AI’s soaring power demand is being used to justify new gas/coal plants “cleaned” by CCS. Track record: 88% failures, big costs, bigger delays. With #COP30, close CCS/offset loopholes and align NDCs with 1.5°C. Read: bit.ly/4pgcG55 Let's not power tomorrow’s AI with yesterday’s fuels.
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