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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 3h

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 3h

We're hiring a Publications Manager. CIEL’s publications shape global conversations on climate justice and human rights. Help us build on our legacy of connecting law, science, and justice with the audiences who can turn ideas into wins.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 15h

📖 In their @iisd.org, @joiec.bsky.social & Johanna Gusman (CIEL), C. Houniuhi (#PISFCC) & @adtshe.bsky.social (@wy4cj.bsky.social) unpack how a movement-grounded process led by Pacific and world’s youth shaped a powerful, justice-centered outcome at the ICJ.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 15h

🌍⚖️Behind the ICJ’s historic climate ruling: youth leadership, solidarity & movement lawyering.

👉🏽Read the new @iisd.org blog from colleagues at #pisfcc, @wy4cj.bsky.social & CIEL — ‘Movement Lawyering Matters’: bit.ly/3IVWs1k

#ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ #HumanRights

Movement Lawyering Matters

By Cynthia Houniuhi, Aditi Shetye, Johanna Gusman, and Joie Chowdhury Since the delivery of the historic International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on States’ obligations in respect of c...

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 1d

Fertilizers and plastics share a dirty secret — one that poisons our bodies and fuels climate chaos.
👇Watch to learn what Big Ag doesn't want you to know.
#GlobalFertilizerDay

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 1d

⚠️ Big Ag has a dirty secret. More than half of fertilizers are made from fossil fuels. Industry claims we need fertilizers to feed the world — but we can feed the world without fossil fuels.
👉Read more in “Frack to Fork”https://bit.ly/4nYirn7
#GlobalFertilizerDay

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 4d

Project One—Ineos’ €4B ethane cracker is marketed as the “greenest cracker in Europe”.

But the truth is it:
🚨 Locks in fossil use past 2050
💰Gets massive public subsidies

Flanders must invest in a just, toxic-free, climate-safe future.

📰 Full report (NL): bit.ly/4gRltr5

De hoge kosten van de Vlaamse petrochemie: Kritisch onderzoek van een fossiele industrie

De Vlaamse petrochemie presenteert zich graag als een economische motor, maar ons nieuwe rapport toont dat dit beeld zw

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 4d

The global petrochemical sector faces overcapacity—but in Europe, big players blame EU climate rules.

In reality:
💰 €1.5B+ profit
📊 76% financially sound
📈 Turnover near 2019 levels

The real issue? It emits 4x more CO₂ than other Flemish industries.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 4d

New report by #FairFin exposes the hidden costs of Flanders’ #petrochemical sector.
In 2024, 29 Flemish petrochemical plants emitted as much CO₂ as over 500,000 Flemish citizens.
Yet they received EU carbon allowances, effectively getting paid to pollute.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

Grateful to our partners and frontline allies.
The fight continues—people and planet before profit.

💚 #HRC60 #HumanRights

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

🤝 CIEL co-led pivotal side events:

🗓️ Sept 8: #FixISDS - bit.ly/3KFgbCY
🗓️ Sept 10: Regulating corporate abuse - bit.ly/47hieWw
🗓️ Sept 18: Just Transition & #COP30 - bit.ly/43cv5H4
🗓️ Oct 1: Implementing #ICJ climate opinions - bit.ly/3WheMoR

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

📢 Corporate disinformation is a human rights threat. From greenwashing to SLAPPs, fossil fuel and plastic giants distort science and policy.

At #HRC60, we urged states to regulate this assault on truth—and ensure environmental policy is led by science, not spin.

#ClimateJustice

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

🧂 Plastic pellets = toxic Trojan horses.

CIEL’s @andresdelcas.bsky.social revealed that 445,970 tonnes of nurdles spill yearly—yet they’re not classified as hazardous.

We demanded a #PlasticsTreaty rooted in #HumanRights: prevention, remedy, and #CorporateAccountability.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

🔥 #JustTransition must mean more than slogans. Without strong safeguards, it risks fueling land grabs, criminalization, and false solutions.

Through the session, CIEL called for:
✅ Equitable #FossilFuel phaseout
✅ Community-led, circular economies

No tech fixes. No delays. Just rights.

#COP30

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

⚖️ CIEL highlighted Investor-State Dispute Settlement as a barrier to climate and human rights progress.

CIEL’s Francesca Mingrone exposed how #ISDS lets polluters sue governments for protecting people and planet—and called for a rights-based overhaul of global investment rules.

#FixISDS

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

🌊 A landmark resolution on sea level rise was adopted. It
✅ Builds on the historic #ICJ Advisory Opinion
✅ Affirms that statehood endures despite rising seas
✅ Calls for a human rights–based approach to climate displacement

⚠️ Regrettably, it fails to name fossil fuels as the root cause

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

🌍 CIEL was on the ground at #HRC60 because the #ClimateCrisis is a #HumanRights crisis.

From sea level rise to #ToxicPlastics, #FossilFuels to corporate impunity—we worked to center frontline voices and demand rights-based #ClimateAction.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 6d

We’re calling on states to:
⚠️ Recognize the right to a healthy environment
⚠️ Embed climate & environmental due diligence
⚠️ Guarantee remedy & protect defenders
⚠️ Strengthen legal liability
This isn’t optional—it’s legally grounded and morally urgent.

🔗 bit.ly/3J0pjRY

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 6d

Without strong environmental protections, the #LBI will fail the communities it’s meant to protect.

#ClimateJustice #PeopleOverProfit #CorporateAccountability

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 6d

The law is clear. The #ICJ, Inter-American Court, UNGA and HRC have confirmed that:
✅ States must regulate private actors to prevent climate harm
✅“Polluter pays” principle upheld
✅ The #RightToAHealthyEnvironment is universal

Yet the LBI draft sidelines this. Civil society demands urgent fixes.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 6d

📄 New analysis from @fian-international.bsky.social, @fesonline.bsky.social, #ESCR-Net, @franciscansintl.bsky.social, @ishr.ch, and CIEL breaks it down:

🔗 bit.ly/3J0pjRY

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 6d

🚨 States are negotiating a UN Legally Binding Instrument (#LBI) to regulate transnational corporations (#TNCs) under #HumanRights law.
But the latest draft omits the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment—despite global legal recognition.

#R2HE

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 6d

The oil & gas industry is pushing #CCS because it locks in fossil fuels—and governments like the UK are footing the bill.
@influencemap.bsky.social reveals no CCS projects are operational in the UK, and even industry insiders doubt it works.
A win for polluters, a loss for people and planet.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 6d

🚨 New report from @influencemap.bsky.social reveals Oil & Gas giants are driving the push for costly Carbon Capture & Storage.
It’s not a climate solution—it’s a lifeline for fossil fuels. #CCS risks locking in emissions and delaying real action.

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The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 7d

CIEL & partners are watching closely and demanding:
1️⃣ A binding finance strategy rooted in responsibility
2️⃣ Community-led access from the start
3️⃣ Rights-based modalities

The world is watching. The Fund must not remain an empty shell.

#FillTheFund #PayUp #ClimateDebt #COP30

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