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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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Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance @handsoffmotherearth.org · 12/06/2026

#PressReleaseAlert ✊🏽 At the UN climate negotiations #SB64 in Bonn today Indigenous Peoples, civil society organizations, and climate justice groups came together to reject blue economy initiatives and the growing push for marine geoengineering. @ciel.org @gfc-forest.bsky.social #HandsOffOurOceans

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 12/06/2026

Happening today at 11.30am CEST during the #BonnClimateMeetings. Our very own Mary Church will speak about the risks of marine geoengineering being advanced under the guise of climate action. Watch it here: unfccc-events.azureedge.net/SB64_113292/...

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Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance @handsoffmotherearth.org · 08/06/2026

#WorldOceanDay 🌊On this World Oceans Day HOME Alliance reminds that our oceans are not a testing ground for risky geoengineering experiments. ❗Marine geoengineering is not a climate solution, it is a high-risk and speculative intervention in already fragile ocean ecosystem. #NoGeoengineering

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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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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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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 17/12/2025

⚠️Defence as a justification for deregulation: the military caveat in the Climate Law🌍 Climate goals should not be pursued if seen as a “burden” on the EU’s military priorities 🪖says new Climate Law More 🛢️🛢️🏭🏭 in name of defence? Read more on 🔍Deregulation Watch🔎 corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 12/12/2025

#UNEA7 just wrapped up two weeks of negotiations — and the outcome is a mix of progress, setbacks, and 11th-hour compromises. But there was also plenty of reason for hope. A thread:

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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Recent developments inc US-Israeli start-up Stardust’s plans to commercialise & scale up this technology over the next decade, and UK govt funding outdoor experiments through controversial research agency ARIA are deeply concerning..

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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Solar geoengineering would break the climate in new & different ways, creating regional winners & losers. Untestable and inherently unpredictable, it carries supremely sobering and real prospect of intergenerational technological lock in or face termination shock.

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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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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

With recent revelations about US-Israeli start up Stardust’s plans to commercialise and scale up this technology over the next decade, and the UK government funding outdoor experiments through its controversial research agency ARIA the time to get behind Non Use is now www.solargeoeng.org

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Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement

Our initiative stands against such emerging initiatives to explore planetary techno-fixes as a climate policy option.

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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Solar geoengineering would break the climate in new and different ways, creating regional winners and losers. Untestable other than through large scale deployment, inherently unpredictable, and carries the prospect of intergenerational technological lock in or face termination shock.

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Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance @handsoffmotherearth.org · 12/11/2025

❗Our HOME is not a laboratory❗ 📢Today in Belém, Brazil at Cúpula dos Povos (Peoples Summit), we launched our renewed Manifesto Against Geoengineering - a clarion call to defend Mother Earth from geoengineering. #NoGeoengineering #HandsOffMotherEarth @ciel.org @cjaourpower.bsky.social

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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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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 29/10/2025

Stardust and its backers cannot be allowed to flout international law by developing and normalizing this extraordinarily dangerous technology. It’s time to put solar geoengineering off the table for good, and refocus urgently on tackling the root causes of the climate crisis.

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US-Israeli start-up Stardust Solutions plans reckless outdoor experiments of highly controversial solar geoengineering from April 2026

US-Israeli start-up Stardust Solutions plans to begin outdoor experiments of highly controversial solar geoengineering. Its deployment is constrained by various norms and principles of international c...

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 29/10/2025

Solar geoengineering cannot be safely tested, fairly governed, or ethically deployed. Deployment would create winners and losers, undermining the rights of billions of people and raising the central question of who gets to control the global thermostat.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 29/10/2025

🚨 Stardust Solutions, a US-Israeli start-up, plans to begin outdoor solar #geoengineering experiments as soon as April 2026, aiming for commercialisation and deployment this decade. This accelerates a reckless race that threatens to put humanity on a path of no return.

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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

It's time to put solar geoengineering off the table for good - the call for a Non-Use Agreement is growing louder and stronger - you can support it here: solargeoeng.org

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Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement

Our initiative stands against such emerging initiatives to explore planetary techno-fixes as a climate policy option.

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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Stardust and its investors are accelerating a reckless race towards the possibility of perpetual dependency on this extreme and inherently unpredictable technology

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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Solar geoengineering would create winners and losers, cannot be fairly and democratically governed or safely tested, and begs the question of who then gets to control the global thermostat

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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

News that Israeli-US start up Stardust Solutions has now raised a hefty $75m, plans to start outdoor solar geoengineering experiments as soon as next spring and appears to be working towards potential deployment this decade is major cause for alarm www.ciel.org/news/us-isra...

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US-Israeli start-up Stardust Solutions plans reckless outdoor experiments of highly controversial solar geoengineering from April 2026

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 16/10/2025

Marine geoengineering is a dangerous distraction from real, rights-based climate solutions. CIEL & FOE US urge states to uphold precaution, stop open-ocean experiments, and protect the ocean as a vital climate ally. 🛑 It’s time to hit the brakes.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 16/10/2025

This new brief outlines: - The scale and scope of potential marine geoengineering deployment - What’s at stake for coastal communities and ecosystems - How international law restricts deployment and commercialization - What states must do to uphold precaution and halt open-ocean experiments

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 16/10/2025

These highly speculative techniques would turn the ocean into a laboratory and risk undermining the livelihoods of billions of people. Yet experiments are on the rise with some projects already selling carbon credits in violation of international agreements.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 16/10/2025

🌊 Marine #Geoengineering is increasingly entering mainstream climate discourse . A new report from CIEL & @foeus.bsky.social maps where these dangerous technologies may be tested or deployed. The findings: no ocean basin or coastal state is out of scope. 🔗 Read the briefing: bit.ly/47rmsuS

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A Gathering Storm: How Marine Geoengineering Threatens All Ocean Basins (October 2025) - Center for International Environmental Law

New brief warns: marine geoengineering threatens all oceans, risking ecosystems, communities, and climate stability. Precaution is not optional.

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ClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

CAN condemns the illegal Israeli aggression against the #GlobalSumudFlotilla and its activists. International law is clear. Israel is in violation. We call for the immediate and safe release of those illegally abducted by Israel. Full statement: climatenetwork.org/2025/10/02/c... #FreePalestine

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah freed from prison. The British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been released from jail after serving six years for sharing a Facebook post. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

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British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah freed from prison

Writer, who has served six years for sharing a Facebook post, was given a presidential pardon

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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 23/09/2025

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu said on Monday that it is drafting a UN resolution to turn a landmark judicial opinion on states’ legal responsibilities to tackle climate change from words into “political action”.

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Vanuatu pursues new UN resolution to turn ICJ climate opinion into action

In a landmark opinion, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said states have a legal responsibility to act on climate change

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 22/09/2025

🌐 With #UNGA underway, States must uphold the international rule of law to prevent the continuation of genocide in Gaza. There can be no environmental justice while the universal nature of human rights faces such grave and flagrant violations. 🔗 Read our statement: bit.ly/3Iy1Bwi

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UN General Assembly Opens with Ever Greater Urgency to Uphold the International Rule of Law - Center for International Environmental Law

At the 80th United Nations General Assembly, States must uphold the international rule of law and protect human rights.

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Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance @handsoffmotherearth.org · 22/09/2025

🌊 Join us at #ClimateWeekNYC, as HOME Alliance brings together Indigenous Peoples, climate activists & filmmakers to spotlight spotlight climate scams like marine geoengineering and the growing global resistance. 🌐 bit.ly/HOMEatNYCW25 Details below ⤵️ #NoGeoengineering #HandsOffMotherEarth

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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

A much needed & timely assessment of insanely risky geoengineering technologies by over 40 cross disciplinary experts

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International Cryosphere Climate Initiative @iccinet.org · 09/09/2025

An authoritative group of #climate scientists have reviewed 5 prominent ideas to #geoengineer the polar regions. They conclude that these ideas are economically and practically unfeasible, environmentally dangerous & have major governance & ethics issues. www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci... 🌊🧪

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Frontiers | Safeguarding the polar regions from dangerous geoengineering: a critical assessment of proposed concepts and future prospects

Fossil-fuel burning is heating the planet with catastrophic consequences for its habitability and for the natural world on which our existence depends. Halti...

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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

This is huge. Africa is drawing a big red line, fighting back against efforts to normalise these extreme technologies. You don't fight pollution with pollution, you don't heal the climate by harming it in new ways. Its time for a Solar Geoengineering Non Use Agreement @solargeoeng.bsky.social

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 14/07/2025

On ‘Smoke and Mirrors’, CIEL’s Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social & @matrixlaw.bsky.social's Kate Cook expose geoengineering as a risky distraction from real #ClimateAction. It won’t solve the crisis and could make it even worse. 🌍🔥 🎧Listen: bit.ly/3IsCQ4j

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A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast – Smoke and Mirrors: Geoengineering and International Law Part 1 - Matrix Chambers

A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast – Smoke and Mirrors: Geoengineering and International Law Part 1

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 11/07/2025

🚨 Silencing dissent is a threat to us all. We call on all States to: ⚖️ Uphold obligations under international law ✊ Protect the right to protest ❌ End reprisals 🛑 Stop enabling genocide, apartheid & occupation. www.ciel.org/news/silenci...

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Silencing Dissent: UK and US Actions Undermine Rights to Protest and International Law - Center for International Environmental Law

WASHINGTON, July 10, 2025—Two recent events demonstrate an alarming escalation in the trend of State efforts to undermine human rights obligations and international law relating to free speech and the...

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Netpol @netpol.org · 03/07/2025

A new direct action group calling itself 'Yvette Cooper' claims to have targeted Time Logistics for providing transport in Britain for Israel's Elbit Systems. Its message to the government on social media says, "if you want to ban Palestine Action, you'll have to proscribe Yvette Cooper too"

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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Legal challenges of course are underway - please donate if you can www.crowdjustice.com/case/palesti...

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Fight the Proscription of Palestine Action

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Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Palestine Action are acting in the spirit of the *obligation* to prevent genocide, in context of a deeply complicit UK Govt & clearly also Scottish political class shame on each & every one of you who voted for proscription or abstained ps **YOU CAN'T ABSTAIN ON GENOCIDE**

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, and I know I speak for millions of people up and down this country: We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

If thousands of us stand up and say "I support #PalestineAction", what is the government going to do? Lock us all up for "terrorism" offences? This is where we show them how solidarity works. My latest with the great @doubledown.news

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

We Are All Palestine Action. And louder, for those at the back: WE ARE ALL PALESTINE ACTION!! Whatever they *attempt* to legislate, we will defend dissent, protect the right to protest, and fight for people over profit: we will not be silenced, we will be ungovernable.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

If you are not concerned by the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation because you think it doesn’t impact you, you are wrong. This is an authoritarian abuse of power by the government & it curtails all of our civil liberties #r4today

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

We are all Palestine Action. 🇵🇸

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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Our statement on Iran 👇 Yet again the US is backing acts of terrorism by Israel which threaten to engulf the region in war. Yet again Britain is trying to excuse the inexcusable. Raise your voice now. Hands off Iran www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/hands-o...

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Hands off Iran – our statement - Global Justice Now

The US attack on Iran that occurred over the weekend is a dangerous and illegal escalation of violence in the Middle East. Yet again, the US is backing acts of […]

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Lien Vandamme @lienvandamme.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Today the UN climate negotiations started in Bonn. As we gather to discuss climate justice, we can't ignore Israel's genocide in Gaza & the States enabling these atrocities, incl. Germany. No climate justice without human rights - no climate justice under occupation 🍉 www.ciel.org/german-gover...

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German government to host climate talks while enabling genocide - Center for International Environmental Law

BONN, Germany, June 16, 2025 — As the climate movement gathers in Bonn for the 62nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the C...

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