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Silvia Pastorelli

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/04/2026
As the 1st Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels kicks off today in Santa Marta, the conversation is shifting from “if” to “how”— and CIEL experts are sounding the alarm on the systems keeping the industry on life support as we prepare to pull the plug. 🧵1/7
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 22/04/2026
As leaders gather in Santa Marta for the Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, our expert @dlevialvares.bsky.social explains why a fossil-free future must include tackling petrochemicals. 🧵 - 1/5 ⬇️
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 12/02/2026
💘 Love is in the air… or is it influence? This Valentine’s Day, we’re taking a closer look at the relationships shaping EU policy. 👇 [1/7]
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“how’s work been lately?” me:
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
petrochemicals are the lifeline of the fossil fuel industry their impact on the climate, ecosystems, workers and people’s health is huge, but often hidden
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
if you care about the environment and feel frustrated by the lack of progress, it’s not you, it’s corporate capture
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
fantastic! I love Brussels managing to get furniture and kitchenware in one go is so lucky!!
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
and last, found in the December on a night out, a set of cast iron roasting plates made in France (there were 3, one was a bit chipped so it’ll be used as dish for a flower pot)
two orange cast iron roasting dishes, on the bottom it says Made in France
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
a music book for kids titled Images Qui Chantent look, it was threatening rain, it had lovely drawings and I have a soft heart
a music book for kids called Images Qui Chantent music and illustrations for the song Sur le Pont d’Avignon
in the drawing kids are happily hopping on the bridge drawings for a song about a fox who stole a goose, I fear for the fox as hunters seem to be looking for it
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
as the year is ending, here are some of the last bits the Brussels’ circular economy gave us in the past months: a perfectly good frame (found on the day of my move, I was already carrying things so why not?)
a perfectly good frame left on the street for people to take, the beauty of the Brussels’ circular economy
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
2025 wasn’t a great reading year for me (didn’t read as much as I wanted to, some disappointments), so I’m taking this as a great omen for 2026
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
what a delicious Christmas haul
an assortment of books received for Christmas, titles in random order:
L’ora dei Predatori; La fine del Diritto; Stitching the Intifada; Katabasis; To the Lighthouse, To Star the Dark; Ninety-Nine Words for Rain (and One for Sun); The Penelopiad (signed by Margaret Atwood); Troubled Waters and Nel Nido dei Serpenti
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I want to talk about generative AI because of the defeatist impulses chronicled in this article. While simply expresssing a defiant attitude cannot always change lived-in reality, in certain cases it definitely can. This is in part because, early on, a conflict can exist at a perceptions level. 1/?
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
you should get me one!
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
today 👇
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
agree depressing to think that one of the few effective ways to leave the land alone is the literal threat of being blown up though
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
“As my professional life keeps me knee-deep in democratic collapse, climate breakdown and other crises, the joy of reading aloud feels less like a luxury and more like a necessity.” I knew I wasn’t the only one crazy about reading aloud and now as a parent of small child that joy has multiplied
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
“Syntax buckles beneath the pressure of empty stomachs. Grammar is no match for despair. I sit before my keyboard and try to summon what once came so naturally, but words scatter midway, like startled birds forgetting how to fly” from a powerful essay about hunger from Gazan writer Alaa Alqaisi
arablit.org
Beneath the Howl of Hunger
“And though the world may have looked away, let this much be remembered: we named the hunger. We bore it. We endured. Let that remain.” – Alaa Alqaisi
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Break Free From Plastic @breakfreefromplastic.org · 13/08/2025
LIVE: #INC52 #PlasticsTreaty plenary is happening now in Geneva. The new text from INC Chair @LuisVayasEc (released only 1 hour ago) does not mention "life cycle" or "chemicals" at all. It is a betrayal of the original mandate. #BreakFreeFromPlastic unep.org/inc-plastic-... (1/🧵
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 13/08/2025
🚨 This text gives in to petrostates and industry demands — Member States must reject it. The chair's draft text has just dropped at #PlasticsTreaty talks. CIEL's @Davzoul responds.
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
as many are heading to Geneva for the Plastics Treaty negotiations and the EU obsesses over competitiveness, I wrote a briefing about how a pause on plastics production would be a win, not just for the environment (duh) but also economically
ciel.org
From Overproduction to Opportunity: EU Leadership in the Plastics Treaty - Center for International Environmental Law
The brief examines steps the EU can take during the Plastics Treaty negotiations and in regional policy to remain competitive in the years to come.
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
their advertisement also shows the reality that there's really no separation between the fossil fuel industry and the chemical industry fossil fuel companies happily support the "industry of industries" narrative as petrochemicals represent a huge lifeline for them, usually hidden from public view
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
this week, in Brussels’s circular economy: a chopping board was left in my street in a box with other things sure, it might require a little love, I’ll sand it and oil and then it’ll be ready for the next cheese platter!
a nice wooden chopping board, found on the street, looks homemadea nice wooden chopping board, found on the street, looks homemade, in this photo from the side
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ClientEarth Europe @clienteartheur.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
☠️The fact that everyday chemical products may contain ingredients that cause cancer is already problematic. The bare minimum would be to have labelling & packaging that clearly states any hazardous substance – so that we can protect ourselves. But the Chemicals #Omnibus would do the exact opposite.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/07/2025
🧪“This Chemicals Action Plan exposes a troubling truth: EU policymaking is increasingly shaped by industry interests, not public welfare.” - Silvia Pastorelli, CIEL. “EU Bends to Chemical Lobby”, CIEL full statement here: www.ciel.org/news/eu-bend...
ciel.org
EU Bends to Chemical Lobby: Consumers, Health, and Environment Left Hanging - Center for International Environmental Law
The ‘European Chemicals Industry Action Plan’ and proposed ‘Chemical Omnibus’ unveiled today by the European Commission reflect a flawed process unduly influenced by industry interests. The proposals ...
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
sure the far-right has grown significantly, but more than a win of the far-right, to me this shows how little the main groups cared about the climate target: simply not enough
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
European governments seem to be hyperfocused on business, on making the industry happy, but..who for? power cuts, deaths, droughts..even if you don't care about people, there's no business case for any of that if you can't see that, maybe your brain has already melted in the heat
theguardian.com
Three die in Spain as extreme temperatures grip Europe – live updates
Two people killed in Catalan wildfires and a child reportedly succumbs to heatstroke in a car in the region
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
local authorities do what they can: disseminating advice on how to cope with the heat and setting up climate shelters (had first seen them in Spain in 2019, now they're becoming more common) but these are patches on a gap that is too big without an action plan that matches the scale
ilpost.it
Cosa sono i “rifugi climatici” per proteggersi dal caldo - Il Post
Per la prima volta anche le città italiane stanno pubblicando liste di spazi pubblici gratuiti in cui andare a ripararsi
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
those more at risk are once again the most vulnerable I'm not just talking about kids and elderly people, as TV and newspapers remind us each summer it's the people we don't see or don't want to see: those who fix our roads, who work in the fields, who clean our streets
elpais.com
“Que paren de trabajar”: crece la indignación por la muerte de una limpiadora en plena ola de calor
Los sindicatos exigen revisar los protocolos y adecuarlos a temperaturas cada vez más extremas
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
this is not new, no fun in the sun stuff in 2023, 47.000 people died across Europe alone because of the heat imagine people dying, every year, with regular warnings about how bad things will get, and still governments move at snail pace, or suggest to maybe discuss the issue a little bit longer
fondazioneveronesi.it
Morire di caldo: in Europa 47 mila decessi nell'estate 2023
Decessi in calo rispetto al 2022. Italia tra le nazioni più colpite. Politiche e comportamenti personali cominciano ad avere effetti positivi
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
climate chaos, unlike carbon capture tech, is no fantasy, it's very real and very much here, affecting the lives of millions of people not faraway, not in the future, not "just" your grandchildren, real people, here and now thousands of people could die in this very heatwave
politico.eu
Lethal heat is Europe’s new climate reality
Some 4,500 people could die in the next three days due to soaring temperatures, an expert said.
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
today the latest amendment to the EU climate law the EU Commission is proposing measures that will make a colander of the emissions reduction target they let polluters off the hook, while we step into the furnace, again my colleague @rjkennerley.bsky.social ey.bsky.social is 100% correct 👇
ciel.org
New EU Climate Law Being Built on Loopholes and Hollow Promises - Center for International Environmental Law
Amid record-breaking heat across the continent, the European Commission today unveiled a dangerous new proposal that backslides on climate ambition, embraces loopholes like carbon offsetting, and comp...
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
my phone yesterday, 8:20 in the morning 15 degrees above average, Brussels, Northern Europe now, the fact that I'm Mediterranean and used to high(er) temperatures didn't make me blind to the fact that we were stepping into a furnace it'll keep happening if we don't start taking serious action NOW
phone weather forecast showing 24 degrees at 8 in the morning in Brussels, with temperatures as high as 35 degrees announced for the rest of the day in Brussels, Belgiumphone weather forecast showing a warning for extreme weather and temperatures 15 degrees above average in Brussels, Belgium
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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
absolutely love the venetian resistance to bezos's wedding ordinary people, on the absolute front lines of climate breakdown and having their city gutted by capitalism, pushing back against their home being turned into disneyland for rich jerks
bell tower rising over a domed church, there's a banner with the word BEZOS crossed out in red. blue smoke comes from the tower

it's san giorgo in venicea stone bridge crowded with people, there's a banner on the side reading NO SAPCE FOR BEZOS with a lil rocket ship drawn on it

it's ponte di rialto in venice
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
read our statement here 👇 oilchange.org/news/break-f... @ciel.org @caneurope.org @foodwatereurope.bsky.social @greenpeace.be @greenpeace.eu @oilchange.bsky.social @razomwestand.bsky.social
A group of people in front of a colourful banner that says Break Free from Fossil Gas next to a person dressed as the EU chained to a big prisoner’s ball that says fossil gas
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
buying more gas only harms frontline communities and chains us further to energy insecurity, while propping up polluting industries we ask @consilium.europa.eu‬ to not backtrack on the action we desperately need to fight the climate crisis and stand up for communities everywhere
A group of people in front of a colourful banner that says Break Free from Fossil Gas next to a person dressed as the EU chained to a big prisoner’s ball that says fossil gas A group of people in front of a colourful banner that says Break Free from Fossil Gas pulling a person dressed as the EU chained to a big prisoner’s ball that says fossil gas
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
while these rules "only" apply to energy, importantly they cover fossil fuel imports.. which then fuel other high polluting, energy intensive sectors like petrochemicals where they are an essential ingredient in the chemical recipe that brings you plastics, pesticides, synthetic fertilizers etc
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
what does the regulation do? it sets out rules for the energy sector to: ✔️monitor & report methane pollution from fossil fuels, in the EU & along its global supply chains ✔️act on methane leaks these are important steps on the way to phase-out all gas and not just swap one dependency for another
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
a number of countries want to re-open or "simplify" the new rules on methane they approved only a year ago (!) to get more fossil gas in the EU, bowing to political and industry pressure the EU seems very keen on easing its rules as a concession to the US to buy more liquefied fossil gas..
gasoutlook.com
In possible Trump tariff concession, EU could weaken Methane Regulation - Gas Outlook
Europe eyes a “simplification” of its Methane Regulation to speed up LNG imports. But experts say weakening rules leads to higher emissions.
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Good morning ☀️ if you’re wondering what we’re doing with a giant prisoner’s ball in front of the EU Council this morning.. it’s because next Monday European ministers will discuss changes to EU legislation that could chain us even more to fossil gas under the excuse of energy security WHY?👇
Partial shot of a black prisoners ball in from the of the EU Council building
Close up shot of parts of a big chain
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
their words were "Resist, Defend, Rebuild" my heart goes in particular to the partigiane, the women, who fought just as hard, even for their right to fight alongside men and carry guns, and are too often forgotten buona liberazione a tutti
Partigiani in Venice celebrate in the city, finally liberated from nazi/ fascists partigiane in trench coats carrying rifles in the streets of Milan in 1945partigiane resting, chatting and smoking between the fighting, with their rifles next to thema group of partigiane and partigiani listening attentively
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Brussels’s circular economy strikes again, this time providing me with two coffee saucers made in former Yugoslavia: time to put the coffee pot on!
Two cute coffee saucers decorated with wheat spikes on the front, the back shows they were made in former Yugoslavia
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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 16/04/2025
📢 Communities in the US are paying the price for Europe’s fossil gas addiction. 🚨The EU replaced Putin’s gas with U.S. LNG, mostly produced through fracking. This is the reality for communities on the frontlines 🧵👇 @foodwatereurope.bsky.social @uscannetwork.bsky.social @andygheorghiu.bsky.social
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Andy Gheorghiu @andygheorghiu.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Listen to the impacted US community members @ec.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @marossefcovic.bsky.social! Defend EU #methane regulations! @foodwatereurope.bsky.social @caneurope.org @betterbayou.bsky.social @chispalcv.bsky.social @tadziomueller.bsky.social @parentsforfuture.de
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
a classic of the Brussels circular economy from last night: found in Forest three plant pots and two saucers!
terracotta plants pots and saucers found on the street
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 05/03/2025
It is actually so fucking annoying when people tell me “it’s too late to solve climate change” as if a) all 8 billion people on this planet are about to drop dead and b) if we oriented the economy around need instead of profit we wouldn’t be able to get things under a reasonable level of control
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 21/02/2025
🚩 Red flag: Today, the @esabcc.bsky.social released a report on scaling up carbon dioxide removal with recommendations that, while well-intentioned, risk legitimizing dangerous technologies and distracting European Union policymakers from much-needed real climate solutions. Our reaction👇🧵
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
while I keep writing briefings that start with last January was the hottest on record, EU Commission plans to buy more gas, this time with the excuse of making energy more affordable more gas won’t improve people’s lives or lower their bills, just prolong the stranglehold of a fossil based economy
politico.eu
EU eyes funding foreign LNG projects to lower prices, draft plan reveals
A document seen by POLITICO shows Brussels is exploring whether to back overseas fossil fuel infrastructure amid trade talks with the U.S.
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Silvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
really impressive legal analysis (for both the lawyers and the non-initiated) on a possible ban on all new fossil fuel projects in the EU it gives me hope to see real experts saying that stopping all new fossil projects it’s not only necessary but also possible
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