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🚨 We denounce the Trump Administration’s move to withdraw the US from dozens of UN bodies and organizations.
🌐 This is a targeted assault on international law and the institutions that safeguard human rights, peace, and climate justice worldwide.
Read CIEL president’s statement 👉 bit.ly/4aKuFMS
🌐 This is a targeted assault on international law and the institutions that safeguard human rights, peace, and climate justice worldwide.
Read CIEL president’s statement 👉 bit.ly/4aKuFMS
"The answers to the climate crisis lie with the people and movements leading the way toward a just, equitable, #FossilFreeFuture. The science is settled & the law is clear: We must keep fossil fuels in the ground & #MakePollutersPay,” @nikkireisch.bsky.social.
www.commondreams.org/news/wildfir...
www.commondreams.org/news/wildfir...
'What Climate Breakdown Looks Like': 50,000+ Flee Wildfires as Chile Declares 'State of Catastrophe' | Common Dreams
Wildfires in Chile's Ñuble and Biobío regions killed at least 18 people
and forced over 50,000 to evacuate, highlighting the dangers of the
worsening climate emergency.
www.commondreams.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
"The answers to the climate crisis lie with the people and movements leading the way toward a just, equitable, #FossilFreeFuture. The science is settled & the law is clear: We must keep fossil fuels in the ground & #MakePollutersPay,” @nikkireisch.bsky.social.
www.commondreams.org/news/wildfir...
www.commondreams.org/news/wildfir...
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⚡ ⚖️ 🌍 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧 in🇨🇭Swiss case vs. carbon major.
Judges validated legal theories underpinning the case brought by 4 Indonesian islanders against Holcim and accepted all claims as admissible, clearing path to judgment on the merits.
🧵details in thread below 👇
Judges validated legal theories underpinning the case brought by 4 Indonesian islanders against Holcim and accepted all claims as admissible, clearing path to judgment on the merits.
🧵details in thread below 👇
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
⚡ ⚖️ 🌍 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧 in🇨🇭Swiss case vs. carbon major.
Judges validated legal theories underpinning the case brought by 4 Indonesian islanders against Holcim and accepted all claims as admissible, clearing path to judgment on the merits.
🧵details in thread below 👇
Judges validated legal theories underpinning the case brought by 4 Indonesian islanders against Holcim and accepted all claims as admissible, clearing path to judgment on the merits.
🧵details in thread below 👇
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The 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council is taking place in #GENeva from 23 February to 2 April 2026.
Join this info-sharing session to learn and share #environment-related activities & events at #HRC61.
📆 27 January, 10:00 CET
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Join this info-sharing session to learn and share #environment-related activities & events at #HRC61.
📆 27 January, 10:00 CET
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January 16, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council is taking place in #GENeva from 23 February to 2 April 2026.
Join this info-sharing session to learn and share #environment-related activities & events at #HRC61.
📆 27 January, 10:00 CET
▶️ tiny.cc/GEN27Jan26
Join this info-sharing session to learn and share #environment-related activities & events at #HRC61.
📆 27 January, 10:00 CET
▶️ tiny.cc/GEN27Jan26
🏘️ A year after the destructive LA #wildfires, many are still struggling to rebuild.
Meanwhile, insurers are:
🚫 denying claims
⏳ delaying payments
⬆️ rising premiums
🛢️ investing in fossil fuels that drive climate risk
Insurers must put people over profits & polluters! Check out our experts' take 👇
Meanwhile, insurers are:
🚫 denying claims
⏳ delaying payments
⬆️ rising premiums
🛢️ investing in fossil fuels that drive climate risk
Insurers must put people over profits & polluters! Check out our experts' take 👇
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
🏘️ A year after the destructive LA #wildfires, many are still struggling to rebuild.
Meanwhile, insurers are:
🚫 denying claims
⏳ delaying payments
⬆️ rising premiums
🛢️ investing in fossil fuels that drive climate risk
Insurers must put people over profits & polluters! Check out our experts' take 👇
Meanwhile, insurers are:
🚫 denying claims
⏳ delaying payments
⬆️ rising premiums
🛢️ investing in fossil fuels that drive climate risk
Insurers must put people over profits & polluters! Check out our experts' take 👇
For over a year, the #ForeverLobbying Project investigated an ongoing orchestrated lobbying & disinformation campaign by the PFAS industry, with the aims of watering down an EU proposal to ban “forever chemicals” & shifting the burden of environmental pollution onto society.
Find out more 👇
Find out more 👇
It has been exactly one year since launch of #ForeverLobbying Project & our own Chemical Reaction report.
Together we exposed access, strategies, & misleading messaging of prominent parts of #PFAS industry against proposed ban.
➡️ corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-...
➡️ foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/
Together we exposed access, strategies, & misleading messaging of prominent parts of #PFAS industry against proposed ban.
➡️ corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-...
➡️ foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/
January 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
For over a year, the #ForeverLobbying Project investigated an ongoing orchestrated lobbying & disinformation campaign by the PFAS industry, with the aims of watering down an EU proposal to ban “forever chemicals” & shifting the burden of environmental pollution onto society.
Find out more 👇
Find out more 👇
In 2026, the Trump Administration continues to put corporate interests over people and the planet.
🗣️ “The US government is choosing to retreat," says CIEL's Rebecca Brown, via @euronews.com
Read the full analysis 👇
bit.ly/3LJMUI5
🗣️ “The US government is choosing to retreat," says CIEL's Rebecca Brown, via @euronews.com
Read the full analysis 👇
bit.ly/3LJMUI5
All of Trump’s climate attacks and setbacks so far in 2026
Trump’s onslaught on the climate shows no signs of slowing down, as he kicks 2026 off with a turbulent start.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
In 2026, the Trump Administration continues to put corporate interests over people and the planet.
🗣️ “The US government is choosing to retreat," says CIEL's Rebecca Brown, via @euronews.com
Read the full analysis 👇
bit.ly/3LJMUI5
🗣️ “The US government is choosing to retreat," says CIEL's Rebecca Brown, via @euronews.com
Read the full analysis 👇
bit.ly/3LJMUI5
Two things can be true:
✅ We cannot ignore Nicolás Maduro’s deplorable record of human rights violations.
✅ Military action to seize Venezuela’s oil and take over the country is unlawful and threatens global stability.
👉 Governments must uphold the rule of law: bit.ly/4pyBu81
✅ We cannot ignore Nicolás Maduro’s deplorable record of human rights violations.
✅ Military action to seize Venezuela’s oil and take over the country is unlawful and threatens global stability.
👉 Governments must uphold the rule of law: bit.ly/4pyBu81
January 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Two things can be true:
✅ We cannot ignore Nicolás Maduro’s deplorable record of human rights violations.
✅ Military action to seize Venezuela’s oil and take over the country is unlawful and threatens global stability.
👉 Governments must uphold the rule of law: bit.ly/4pyBu81
✅ We cannot ignore Nicolás Maduro’s deplorable record of human rights violations.
✅ Military action to seize Venezuela’s oil and take over the country is unlawful and threatens global stability.
👉 Governments must uphold the rule of law: bit.ly/4pyBu81
🚨 We denounce the Trump Administration’s move to withdraw the US from dozens of UN bodies and organizations.
🌐 This is a targeted assault on international law and the institutions that safeguard human rights, peace, and climate justice worldwide.
Read CIEL president’s statement 👉 bit.ly/4aKuFMS
🌐 This is a targeted assault on international law and the institutions that safeguard human rights, peace, and climate justice worldwide.
Read CIEL president’s statement 👉 bit.ly/4aKuFMS
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🚨 We denounce the Trump Administration’s move to withdraw the US from dozens of UN bodies and organizations.
🌐 This is a targeted assault on international law and the institutions that safeguard human rights, peace, and climate justice worldwide.
Read CIEL president’s statement 👉 bit.ly/4aKuFMS
🌐 This is a targeted assault on international law and the institutions that safeguard human rights, peace, and climate justice worldwide.
Read CIEL president’s statement 👉 bit.ly/4aKuFMS
Your support is powering our work in 2025 — and we are so grateful. 💚
Thank you for being a part of this global movement for a more just and sustainable world.🌍
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Thank you for being a part of this global movement for a more just and sustainable world.🌍
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Thank you 2025
CIEL thanks all of our 2025 supporters.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Your support is powering our work in 2025 — and we are so grateful. 💚
Thank you for being a part of this global movement for a more just and sustainable world.🌍
https://vimeo.com/1147795144?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
Thank you for being a part of this global movement for a more just and sustainable world.🌍
https://vimeo.com/1147795144?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
Only a few hours left in 2025. ⏳
Your gift to CIEL is matched until midnight — 2× the impact for environmental justice and human rights.
Give now: https://bit.ly/4j2O3qp
Your gift to CIEL is matched until midnight — 2× the impact for environmental justice and human rights.
Give now: https://bit.ly/4j2O3qp
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Only a few hours left in 2025. ⏳
Your gift to CIEL is matched until midnight — 2× the impact for environmental justice and human rights.
Give now: https://bit.ly/4j2O3qp
Your gift to CIEL is matched until midnight — 2× the impact for environmental justice and human rights.
Give now: https://bit.ly/4j2O3qp
Last day. Last chance. ⏳🌍
Your gift to CIEL is doubled until midnight, fueling the fight for human rights, environmental justice, and a healthier future.
Let’s finish strong:https://bit.ly/4j1do4d
Your gift to CIEL is doubled until midnight, fueling the fight for human rights, environmental justice, and a healthier future.
Let’s finish strong:https://bit.ly/4j1do4d
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Last day. Last chance. ⏳🌍
Your gift to CIEL is doubled until midnight, fueling the fight for human rights, environmental justice, and a healthier future.
Let’s finish strong:https://bit.ly/4j1do4d
Your gift to CIEL is doubled until midnight, fueling the fight for human rights, environmental justice, and a healthier future.
Let’s finish strong:https://bit.ly/4j1do4d
With 2 days left to match your gift, we need your help to finish strong. 2x the power for people + the planet 🌍
Your support helps stop fossil fuel expansion, protect communities from pollution, and hold corporations accountable.
👉 https://bit.ly/48MvaVe
Your support helps stop fossil fuel expansion, protect communities from pollution, and hold corporations accountable.
👉 https://bit.ly/48MvaVe
December 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
With 2 days left to match your gift, we need your help to finish strong. 2x the power for people + the planet 🌍
Your support helps stop fossil fuel expansion, protect communities from pollution, and hold corporations accountable.
👉 https://bit.ly/48MvaVe
Your support helps stop fossil fuel expansion, protect communities from pollution, and hold corporations accountable.
👉 https://bit.ly/48MvaVe
We’re at a critical moment for people and the planet. 🌍✊
Your support fuels the global fight to stop fossil fuels, and your gift is matched until 12/31.
2X the impact. 2X the power.
Donate now: https://bit.ly/4jdLLVx
Your support fuels the global fight to stop fossil fuels, and your gift is matched until 12/31.
2X the impact. 2X the power.
Donate now: https://bit.ly/4jdLLVx
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We’re at a critical moment for people and the planet. 🌍✊
Your support fuels the global fight to stop fossil fuels, and your gift is matched until 12/31.
2X the impact. 2X the power.
Donate now: https://bit.ly/4jdLLVx
Your support fuels the global fight to stop fossil fuels, and your gift is matched until 12/31.
2X the impact. 2X the power.
Donate now: https://bit.ly/4jdLLVx
We made major progress this year, thanks to you:
✅Landmark climate justice rulings
✅Major wins for the plastics treaty
✅New accountability for corporate polluters
✅Stronger remedies for communities harmed
⏳ Only days left to DOUBLE your impact for environmental justice: https://bit.ly/4aSGBvV
✅Landmark climate justice rulings
✅Major wins for the plastics treaty
✅New accountability for corporate polluters
✅Stronger remedies for communities harmed
⏳ Only days left to DOUBLE your impact for environmental justice: https://bit.ly/4aSGBvV
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We made major progress this year, thanks to you:
✅Landmark climate justice rulings
✅Major wins for the plastics treaty
✅New accountability for corporate polluters
✅Stronger remedies for communities harmed
⏳ Only days left to DOUBLE your impact for environmental justice: https://bit.ly/4aSGBvV
✅Landmark climate justice rulings
✅Major wins for the plastics treaty
✅New accountability for corporate polluters
✅Stronger remedies for communities harmed
⏳ Only days left to DOUBLE your impact for environmental justice: https://bit.ly/4aSGBvV
The fertilizer industry doesn’t want you to know ammonia is fueling the next petrochemical boom. CIEL uncovered how ammonia production drives environmental racism, agriculture, and the climate crisis. Communities are fighting back.
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/CIEL2025ImpactReport
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/CIEL2025ImpactReport
December 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The fertilizer industry doesn’t want you to know ammonia is fueling the next petrochemical boom. CIEL uncovered how ammonia production drives environmental racism, agriculture, and the climate crisis. Communities are fighting back.
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/CIEL2025ImpactReport
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/CIEL2025ImpactReport
Wildfires are destroying homes across Southern California, but the crisis doesn’t end when the flames go out. Insurers are pulling coverage, raising premiums, and denying claims while investing in fossil fuels fueling climate change. Support CIEL to hold insurers accountable: https://bit.ly/3MN7zuX
December 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Wildfires are destroying homes across Southern California, but the crisis doesn’t end when the flames go out. Insurers are pulling coverage, raising premiums, and denying claims while investing in fossil fuels fueling climate change. Support CIEL to hold insurers accountable: https://bit.ly/3MN7zuX
INC 5.2’s Plastics Treaty talks were shaped by fossil fuel pressure. But a majority of countries are demanding real change, and CIEL is with them.
We can’t let polluters write our planet’s future.
Support the fight for a plastics-free future: https://bit.ly/3KRxhOu
We can’t let polluters write our planet’s future.
Support the fight for a plastics-free future: https://bit.ly/3KRxhOu
December 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
INC 5.2’s Plastics Treaty talks were shaped by fossil fuel pressure. But a majority of countries are demanding real change, and CIEL is with them.
We can’t let polluters write our planet’s future.
Support the fight for a plastics-free future: https://bit.ly/3KRxhOu
We can’t let polluters write our planet’s future.
Support the fight for a plastics-free future: https://bit.ly/3KRxhOu
#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:
A thread:
December 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#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:
A thread:
On #HumanRightsDefendersDay, we stand with those fighting to protect the Santurbán páramo in #Colombia from mining, as they face continued threats.
Governments and companies must respect and protect the rights of environmental defenders.
Learn more via
@miningwatch.bsky.social 👇 shorturl.at/O9Jyt
Governments and companies must respect and protect the rights of environmental defenders.
Learn more via
@miningwatch.bsky.social 👇 shorturl.at/O9Jyt
One year after reporting threats, the Santurbán Committee questions Aris Mining’s response and the Canadian government’s silence | Mining Watch Canada
shorturl.at
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
On #HumanRightsDefendersDay, we stand with those fighting to protect the Santurbán páramo in #Colombia from mining, as they face continued threats.
Governments and companies must respect and protect the rights of environmental defenders.
Learn more via
@miningwatch.bsky.social 👇 shorturl.at/O9Jyt
Governments and companies must respect and protect the rights of environmental defenders.
Learn more via
@miningwatch.bsky.social 👇 shorturl.at/O9Jyt
✊ On Human Rights Day, stand with environmental defenders who protect the land, water, and climate we all depend on.
⚖️ The Inter-American Court of Human Rights confirmed it:
Defending the planet is a human right. States must protect it.
Support our work to #DefendTheDefenders 👉 bit.ly/48LEWpx
⚖️ The Inter-American Court of Human Rights confirmed it:
Defending the planet is a human right. States must protect it.
Support our work to #DefendTheDefenders 👉 bit.ly/48LEWpx
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
✊ On Human Rights Day, stand with environmental defenders who protect the land, water, and climate we all depend on.
⚖️ The Inter-American Court of Human Rights confirmed it:
Defending the planet is a human right. States must protect it.
Support our work to #DefendTheDefenders 👉 bit.ly/48LEWpx
⚖️ The Inter-American Court of Human Rights confirmed it:
Defending the planet is a human right. States must protect it.
Support our work to #DefendTheDefenders 👉 bit.ly/48LEWpx
👀 Do you have potatoes, apples, honey, or salt in your kitchen?
‼️ Microplastics have been found in all of these foods.
Avoiding toxic plastics shouldn’t be on you. We need systemic change.
👉 Help us hold polluters accountable and keep plastics out of our food and bodies: bit.ly/4pYnCV8
‼️ Microplastics have been found in all of these foods.
Avoiding toxic plastics shouldn’t be on you. We need systemic change.
👉 Help us hold polluters accountable and keep plastics out of our food and bodies: bit.ly/4pYnCV8
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
👀 Do you have potatoes, apples, honey, or salt in your kitchen?
‼️ Microplastics have been found in all of these foods.
Avoiding toxic plastics shouldn’t be on you. We need systemic change.
👉 Help us hold polluters accountable and keep plastics out of our food and bodies: bit.ly/4pYnCV8
‼️ Microplastics have been found in all of these foods.
Avoiding toxic plastics shouldn’t be on you. We need systemic change.
👉 Help us hold polluters accountable and keep plastics out of our food and bodies: bit.ly/4pYnCV8
Thread from CIEL's geoengineering campaign manager, @mmchch.bsky.social on African ministers' leadership on solar geoengineering 🔽
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...
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
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Thread from CIEL's geoengineering campaign manager, @mmchch.bsky.social on African ministers' leadership on solar geoengineering 🔽
Plastic pollution starts long before it hits our oceans. It starts at production — and it’s poisoning people and the planet. 🧵👇
That’s why CIEL is fighting for a strong, legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production, protects communities, and holds polluters accountable.
That’s why CIEL is fighting for a strong, legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production, protects communities, and holds polluters accountable.
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Plastic pollution starts long before it hits our oceans. It starts at production — and it’s poisoning people and the planet. 🧵👇
That’s why CIEL is fighting for a strong, legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production, protects communities, and holds polluters accountable.
That’s why CIEL is fighting for a strong, legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production, protects communities, and holds polluters accountable.
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🤫 Why is the EU pushing industry's #FalseSolutions like risky, costly #CCS when better alternatives exist?
Welcome to the #ICMForum, a club of the #FossilFuel industry designing EU’s key energy policies.
#ICMForum meets in Pau 🇫🇷October 10-11
Read all about it 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/CarbonCou...
Welcome to the #ICMForum, a club of the #FossilFuel industry designing EU’s key energy policies.
#ICMForum meets in Pau 🇫🇷October 10-11
Read all about it 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/CarbonCou...
The Carbon Coup revisited
As the ICM Forum gears up to meet in Pau, France, 10-11 October, find out how the European Commission is allowing this close-knit club of the fossil fuel industry and other big polluters to shape key ...
corporateeurope.org
October 9, 2024 at 8:47 AM
🤫 Why is the EU pushing industry's #FalseSolutions like risky, costly #CCS when better alternatives exist?
Welcome to the #ICMForum, a club of the #FossilFuel industry designing EU’s key energy policies.
#ICMForum meets in Pau 🇫🇷October 10-11
Read all about it 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/CarbonCou...
Welcome to the #ICMForum, a club of the #FossilFuel industry designing EU’s key energy policies.
#ICMForum meets in Pau 🇫🇷October 10-11
Read all about it 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/CarbonCou...