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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#MaryRobinson Speaker Series last week hosted a powerful conversation on why protecting #CivicSpace, #democratic participation and #HumanRights #Defenders is essential to delivering a #JustTransition 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iURq... 🙏 Business and Human Rights Centre @srenvironment.bsky.social
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Mary Robinson Speaker Series | Human rights defenders powering the transition to green economies
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One insightful aspect of my role in UN #HumanRights Special Procedures' Coordination Committee is better understanding the cumulative impacts of UN budget crisis, UN reforms & attacks against #HumanRights, and what strategic responses are needed amidst complex geopolitics. 🔗 tinyurl.com/mr49hfen
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📣 Call for papers open until 13 Oct– “Critical minerals: a real and just transition away from fossil fuels and over-production?” for Frontiers in Sustainable Resource Management tinyurl.com/266fxp9n Any questions to sustainableresourcemanagement@frontiersin.org & chiara.paoli@frontiersin.org
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Frontiers | Critical minerals: a real and just transition away from fossil fuels and over-production?
The field of critical minerals has emerged as a central focus in global discussions on the shift away from fossil fuels and the broader challenge of building...
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Monday updates 4/4: my new report on Carbon Market and #HumanRights is now available online in all UN languages: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
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A/81/217: Rethinking carbon credits according to climate and human rights obligations
SummaryIn the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Elisa Morgera, identifies structural misalignments between carbon...
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Monday updates 3/4: another crucial call for inputs for #ClimateChange & #HumanRights - UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territory @franceskalbs.bsky.social is collecting evidence on environmental degradation in Gaza, incl transboundary & intergenerational impacts tinyurl.com/7z3bfbyb
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OHCHR | Call for input on environmental destruction and its human rights impacts in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
BackgroundIntentional destruction and degradation have long been integral to Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territory. Over decades Israel has systematically constrained Palestinians' ability ...
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Monday updates 2/4: in parallel to my work on climate technologies, the new UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food has also launched a call for inputs on “Science, Technology and Food Systems”, including #digitalisation and #AI Open until 14th October www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
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OHCHR | Call for Input: Science, Technology and Food Systems Report
BackgroundThe Special Rapporteur on the right to food has decided to dedicate her upcoming thematic report to the interlinkages between science, technology, knowledge and food systems. Knowledge syste...
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Monday updates 1/4: my call for inputs on #climate #technologies and #HumanRights is open until end of September. 🔗https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2026/call-input-technologies-related-climate-change-and-their-impacts-human-rights
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Starting now! Join us if you can
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Join tomorrow (10th September) this critical conversation us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I'll be visiting #Mozambique from 21 Sept to 2 Oct 🔎 If you have information or have conducted research in Mozambique on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange, please share your findings by mid August: www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 08/07/2026
@unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social Elisa Morgera presented her report to the Council & was present in various #HRC62 events addressing: 🔸 climate change & food systems 🔸 energy transition 🔸 future generations 🔸 Sumauma Tree pledge 🔸 climate resilience in SIDS ▶️ tiny.cc/HRC62Environ...
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Human Rights must be central to climate change action. We need to move away from overlooking human rights violations that we see on the ground. We need detailed action on phasing out fossil fuels says @durham.ac.uk's Prof Elisa Morgera ( @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social ). @cisdl.bsky.social #SDLaw
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Climate action is increasingly translated into legal obligation and the future is implementation says Prof. Tenia Kyriazi, here with Profes. David Boyd ( @ires.ubc.ca), Elisa Morgera ( @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social / @durham.ac.uk) and Dr @ashfaqkhalfan.bsky.social @cisdl.bsky.social #SDLaw26
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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Start of the Global Experts Plenary I on Linking HRs & Climate Change chaired by @ashfaqkhalfan.bsky.social and Ayman Cherkaoui with Profes. Sumudu Atapattu, Marcel Szabo, Payam Akhavan, Tenia Kyriazi, David Boyd and @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social Elisa Morgera @cisdl.bsky.social #SDLaw26
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 22/06/2026
In the face of climate tipping points, @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social Elisa Morgera underscores that as children in near future will be impacted differently by climate change, we need to think about the legal rights implicated, its collective dimension, & participation of children & youth.
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 22/06/2026
#Live now! Join the discussion on legal norms related to #HumanRights of #FutureGenerations towards guaranteeing better protection of rights of present & future generations in context of relevant policy processes. ▶️ www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/human... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=J76D...
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 22/06/2026
Moderating the event, @duycks.bsky.social of @ciel.org underscores the importance of discussing intergenerational rights against the backdrop of many intergovernmental negotiations, and of advancing the right of #FutureGenerations in different spaces.
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 22/06/2026
Following an open discussion with the public on the implication of #AI, nuclear legacies on future generations' rights, the panel concluded underscoring the role of the Human Rights Council in identifying when rights of #FutureGenerations are violated & broadcasting their recognition.
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Sumaúma Pledging Tree for Human Rights-Based Climate Action aims to share learning on climate actions towards greater enjoyment of human rights for all: www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Specific conversation on my #Food systems report in #Geneva with a focus on #business responsibility for #HumanRigts and corporate #accountability 🙏@fian-international.bsky.social @ciel.org 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/3jjzr2ey 📘https://tinyurl.com/497pkm44
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 22/06/2026
@unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social Elisa Morgera highlights how the system was "purposefully co-developed", from plastics, fossil fuels to ultraprocessed food, where profit-making is prioritized at expense of env't & health. We need interconnected undestanding for effective #ClimateAction.
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 22/06/2026
#Live now! In light of @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social report to #HRC62, this event connects communities’ lived experiences of #ClimateChange & corporate impunity's impacts on #RightToFood with action. ▶️ www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/trans... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9tf...
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 19/06/2026
Highlighting the growing entanglement of the agrifood-petrochemical agri-food, petrochemical, and fossil fuel industries, Yves Lador of @earthjustice.org endorses the call to "redefine the priorities of climate action", and asks @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social which can be prioritized.
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 19/06/2026
To defossilize and detoxify our food systems, @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social emphasizes: 🔹 Effective regulation and accountability of large-scale food businesses 🔹 Protecting and supporting Indigenous Peoples, peasants, women-led agroecology, ecosystem-based small-scale fishing & pastoralism
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 19/06/2026
@unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social also puts a spotlight on the "the global reach of toxic pollution across food systems & of ultra-processed foods", causing a combined health epidemic of obesity, hunger, malnutrition & NCDs, with disporportionate impacts on children's health and development.
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 19/06/2026
Focusing on the report, @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social shares examples not sufficiently discussed: - Climate impact of nitrogen fertilizers exceeds that of commercial aviation - Emissions of a billion tons of #FoodWaste per year generate emissions equal to the world's third largest emitter.
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 19/06/2026
Paradoxes run deeper, underlines @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social, as we have have witnessed a global fuel crisis that has led to exacerbated inequalities everywhere, undermining those most affected & least responsible for it, while fossil fuel & associated businesses made record profits.
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 19/06/2026
The @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social opens the presentation of her report by highlighting the "deepening paradoxes" within which we find ourselves: We are experiencing extreme heat earlier in the year, while climate negotiations in Bonn were debating on the validity of climate science.
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 19/06/2026
The GEN is at the #HRC62 Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on climate change, Elisa Morgera, presenting her report "Transforming food systems for a safe climate and health for all". @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social 📄 docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/62/44 📺 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1o...
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
⏱️ Just starting now! Join us online if you can at lnkd.in/ezVebf3S #LCAW2026 #Food #Health #ClimateChange #HumanRights Looking forward to sharing reflections from my new report to the Human Rights Council 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/3jjzr2ey 📘https://tinyurl.com/497pkm44
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
⏱️ Follow live my dialogue at the UN Human Rights Council rights on #Food Systems #ClimateJustice #HumanRights TODAY at 4pm CEST ❗ 📺 tinyurl.com/3t94vsns 📘 report, 90 submissions, #science, #practices tinyurl.com/497pkm44 🏵️ Consultations with #children and #youth: tinyurl.com/2s4h8wkc
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 18/06/2026
To close, @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social Elisa Morgera reflects on the idea of fair partnerships and developing cooperation that is responsive to local needs. She highlights the importance for collaborations to remain in an open framework, to learn as we go, and for relationships to evolve.
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 18/06/2026
Stressing the importance of an integrated approach to mitigation, adaptation, prevention & responses to loss & damage to encompass the opportunities of the #EnergyTransition, @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social Elisa Morgera highlights defossilizing the economy needs a whole-of-economy approach.
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 17/06/2026
Climate change is high on the agenda of #HRC62, with key moments taking place this week including: 🔸 Annual panel discussion on climate change & human rights, focused on #ClimateFinance 🔸 Interactive dialogue and events with @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social ▶️ tiny.cc/HRC62Environment
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
...on my way to #Bonn #JuneClimateTalks, with 3 new policy briefs #defossilization #HumanRights #EnergyTransition #Food #Land #Ocean) for the @UN Climate negotiations on: 👉 #mitigation 👉 #JustTransition 👉 #agriculture 🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/documents... @astridpuentes.bsky.social @fao.org @unep.org
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Insightful conversation at @unesco.bsky.social on protecting scientists as Environmental Human Rights #Defenders + #democracy & #HumanRights to #science #information #education in the context of #Climate #Disinformation + #digitalization #securitization #militarization 📘 tinyurl.com/4jp7nf3b
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Great conversation with diplomats at @CCEEL and @unep.org Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements in #Helsinki on: - Convention on #Biodiversity & #HumanRights for just #energy transition - @ipbes.net #Nexus planning for transition #minerals & #ICJAO 📖 www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My statement for the opening of #JuneClimateMeetings is out: www.ohchr.org/en/statement... Looking forward to meeting and supporting all the experts and #HumanRights advocates in #Bonn from 11th June onwards
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Links between #ClimateAction #HumanRights #FossilFuels #Food systems & #Conflicts discussed also in my new report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🏵️ Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay! My new report on #Food Systems, #ClimateChange #HumanRights benefitted enormously from consultations with #Children and #Youth whose voices and clear views are amplified in🔗 tinyurl.com/2s4h8wkc 📘 Full report at tinyurl.com/497pkm44
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay! My new report on #Food Systems #ClimateChange #HumanRights is out 🔍 deepens understanding of State obligations to #Defossilize our economies ❗ connects #corporate capture, market concentration, #land accumulation with climate #disinformation 🔗 tinyurl.com/497pkm44
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
30+ @UN_SPExperts #HumanRights welcome #GeneralAssembly resolution on ICJ AdvisoryOpinion on #ClimateChange 🔗https://tinyurl.com/2xkruj9x 🔎 We support new int'l process to advance compliance with State obligations 👓 We support determination of 141 States in translating #AO in int'l #cooperation
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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
La semana pasada envié una comunicación a Chile, junto con 3 relatorías, sobre el preocupante retiro de 43 secretos ambientales. Disponible aquí: 🔗 spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas... @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I contributed to @UN Working Group on #RighttoDevelopment on #HumanRight to #HealthyEnvironment, #Children rights & @CIJ_ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion on #ClimateChange based on 📘 my report on #Defossilization tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3 ✉️amicus to African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights tinyurl.com/y7vfsxdx
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I welcome the General Assembly resolution on the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on State obligations on #ClimateChange and will soon share a reflection together with other UN #HumanRights Experts @srenvironment.bsky.social
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
📣 call for inputs on #ClimateChange #Technology is extended to 30 Sept: tinyurl.com/39nxktwk for report due in mid 2027. 📘 My report to UN General Assembly will focus on #CarbonOffsets ⏰ My report on #Food systems will be soon online; it will presented to the Human Rights Council on 19 June.
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
#ActOnTheClimateRuling 📆 Adoption of UN General Assembly resolution welcoming ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion on State obligations on #ClimateChange expected on 20 May 📣UN #HumanRights Experts call on States to participate in good faith, with highest ambition & co-sponsor 🗝️https://tinyurl.com/2eyjm5fr
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
⏱️ During final hours of #SantaMarta Conference on Transitioning Away from #FossilFuels, @a reflection with #ClimateHomeNews 🔗https://tinyurl.com/zu2yuj9n 🔎 Inclusion for effective implementation 💡 Solutions that tackle injustices ⚖️ @CIJ_ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
💡 At opening of #SantaMarta Conference on Transitioning away from #FossilFuels, negotiations at UN #GeneralAssembly continue on resolution on ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion on State obligations on #ClimateChange, supported by 11 #HumanRights Special Procedures: tinyurl.com/2eyjm5fr @srenvironment.bsky.social
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UN experts urge states to support General Assembly resolution operationalising ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate obligations
GENEVA – All states must support a UN General Assembly resolution upholding the 2025 Advisory Opinion by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate change obligations, UN experts* said today,...
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
At opening of #SantaMarta Conference on Transitioning away from #FossilFuels, a recent reflection on #defossilization of our economies, #ClimateReparations and #TransformativeChange together with @mwewerinke.bsky.social 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8WS... @srenvironment.bsky.social
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Climate Reparations
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