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Protecting the Rights of People and Communities in the Era of Climate Change

Learn more about our work at https://cri.org/.
📢 CRI’s new investigation by @caraschulte.bsky.social and Zia Ur Rehman shows how extreme heat + labor abuses are putting #Karachi garment workers at serious risk – while global #fashion brands fail to protect them. #Pakistan Accord talks offer a chance to act. Read here: cri.org/reports/they...
December 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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New @climaterights.bsky.social report is live. Garment + textile mill workers in Karachi’s international fashion supply chains face extreme heat (45°C), fainting, forced OT + unsafe water. Pakistan Accord renegotiations offer brands an opportunity to address risks.

More here: bit.ly/4pOxUqU
“They Don’t See What Heat Does to Our Bodies”:
Climate Change, Labor Rights, and the Cost of Fashion in Karachi, Pakistan
cri.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Workers in Karachi’s garment factories face rising heat, unsafe conditions, and little protection as global fashion brands fail to address climate-driven risks.
By Cara Schulte
@caraschulte.bsky.social
@climaterights.bsky.social

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Dec-2025/...
Fashion Brands Ignore Deadly Heat As Karachi Garment Workers Struggle To Survive
Workers in Karachi’s garment factories face dangerous heat, labour abuses, and little protection as major global fashion brands fail to address climate-related
www.thefridaytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Despite earning billions, major fashion brands neglect basic safeguards like ventilation, rest breaks, and clean water, leaving workers to endure dangerous heat.
By Cara Schulte
@caraschulte.bsky.social
@climaterights.bsky.social

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/03-Dec-2025/...

#workersrights
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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New @climaterights.bsky.social report finds garment + textile mill workers in Karachi’s international fashion supply chains face extreme heat (45°C), fainting, forced OT + unsafe water. Ongoing renegotiations of Pakistan Accord offer brands an opportunity to address risks.
cri.org/reports/they...
“They Don’t See What Heat Does to Our Bodies”
Climate Change, Labor Rights, and the Cost of Fashion in Karachi, Pakistan
cri.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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NGOs are calling for automakers to carry out regular audits of nickel mines in the Philippines after research from @climaterights.bsky.social shows negative impacts on local communities, from destroyed livelihoods to pollution that affects drinking water & health 1/4

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“Broken Promises:” Philippines Nickel Mining Causes Rights Abuses & Increases Climate Vulnerability
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
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December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In the Brazilian Amazon a collective of forest guardians we work with called the Guardiões do Bem Viver (Guardians of Good Living) sustain their livelihoods while protecting the environment around them. (1/3)

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Forest Guardians Protecting Brazil's Amazon
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
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December 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Env defender, Julio Santoyo in Michoacán, like many others in his community, is at the frontlines of combatting illegal #deforestation despite threats to their lives. Our work in tackling avocado-driven deforestation in Mexico could not take place without the work of defenders such as Santoyo. (1/3)
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
As we close out on #COP30 this week, @danielwilkinson.bsky.social's recent op-ed on Carta Capital discussing climate threats in host country #Brazil is a must read!
Portuguese: lnkd.in/d4GchG5H
English translation: cri.org/oped-illegal...
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
What does the historic #ICJ advisory opinion mean for #EACOP — the longest heated oil pipeline in the world? CRI's @lotteleicht.bsky.social and @felixhorne.bsky.social write about the controversial pipeline stretching across #Uganda and #Tanzania ⤵️ substack.com/home/post/p-...
EACOP and East Africa’s Fossil Fuel Future on Trial
By Felix Horne and Lotte Leicht
substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
#Brazil's community conservation areas were built on a simple but revolutionary idea: protect the forest by protecting the people whose livelihoods and identities depend on it.

These areas link collective land rights, sustainable livelihoods, and environmental protection (1/2)
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"The journey upriver was also a journey into #Brazil’s climate paradox". Researcher @sarahlsax.bsky.social writes for CRI's Substack on her field research in Pará and findings of deforestation, violence & more in community conservation areas: climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/brazils-cl...
Brazil’s Climate Test — Protecting the Forest Protectors at COP30
By Sarah Sax
climaterightsinternational.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The Indigenous-led protests at #COP30 highlight the urgent need for forest protection and human rights. Hear from the voices of #Brazil’s community conservation areas.

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📖 lnkd.in/ggKwgETB

#HumanRights #ClimateJustice #Amazon #SocioBioeconomy
The Forest Keeper's
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
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November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Read the full report at --> cri.org/reports/brok... 5/5
“Broken Promises”
Philippines Nickel Mining Causes Rights Abuses and Increases Climate Vulnerability
cri.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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⛏️ Nickel ore exported to China was processed into nickel sulfate, a high-quality nickel often used in EV batteries, and ferronickel, used in the production of stainless steel, then re-exported to third countries, including Brazil and India 4/5
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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🚙 Chinese companies that sourced nickel from MMDC have been documented in electric vehicle supply chains, including JSW MG Motor India Private’s supply chain for its Windsor EV and Comet EV models 3/5
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The auto industry is implicated in this damaging nickel supply chain. According to the report:

🔋 One mining operation studied reportedly supplies battery grade minerals to Panasonic, a major battery manufacturer that produces batteries for Tesla and Toyota 2/5
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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A new report from @climaterights.bsky.social documents the human rights, environmental, and climate impacts of nickel mining in the Caraga Region, home to more mines than any other part of the Philippines. 1/5

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“Broken Promises:” Philippines Nickel Mining Causes Rights Abuses & Increases Climate Vulnerability
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
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November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you missed this last week, check out Researcher @sarahlsax.bsky.social's op-ed on the recent Bill Gates memo. Sax writes in @theatlantic.com on what the memo ignores as well as the uncomfortable truths we must accept www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Many critics of Bill Gates’s latest climate-change essay are accusing him of defeatism, Sarah Sax writes—but they’re downplaying a different kind of truth:
Bill Gates Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
The world’s strategy for addressing climate change is not serving those most vulnerable to it.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
During the final week of #COP30 a mini 🧵 about land and forest rights ⤵️

Earlier this month, the COP30 Forest and Land Tenure Pledge secured US $1.8 billion to strengthen the land and forest rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant peoples. (1/3)
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We joined @ciel.org and 170+ orgs calling on the #UNFCCC to defend #IndigenousPeoples rights and the rights to protest at #COP30. Read 🧵 below ⤵️ climaterights.org/wp-content/u...
#IndigenousPeoples came to #COP30 to defend their land, future & our planet. They were met with lines of security forces.
This is the result of a UNFCCC letter.

We joined 170+ orgs in calling on the UNFCCC to de-escalate, listen & protect the right to peaceful protest.

A mini 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Tune in tomorrow at #COP30 as CRI's @kristashennum.bsky.social joins experts from #Indonesia's Supreme Court, Ministry for Env, the #UNFCCC & ICEL to unpack challenges, best practices, & the future of climate-responsive enforcement in Indonesia.
📅 15 Nov
🕑 14:45 GMT-3

Livestream: bit.ly/4oGkLzN
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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« The inequities baked into global finance, agribusiness expansion, and fossil-fuel dependence are not peripheral to the climate crisis; they define it. Without confronting those asymmetries, even human welfare risks becoming another hollow metric. »
By ignoring massive corruption by the fossil fuel industry, and massive wrongful subsidy of fossil fuel by allowing “pollute-for-free” business model, Gates gave aid and comfort to the deniers: “Bill Gates says innovation is going to solve this,” I often heard.

www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Bill Gates Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
The world’s strategy for addressing climate change is not serving those most vulnerable to it.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Communities living near mining operations in the southern Philippines’ Caraga region are feeling the toll of the global energy transition, with nickel mining driving deforestation and pollution. @mongabay.com on @climaterights.bsky.social 's new report 👇
‘Green’ energy transition leaves a dirty trail in the Philippines’ nickel belt
MINDANAO, Philippines — Communities living near mining operations in the southern Philippines’ Caraga region are feeling the toll of the global energy transition, with nickel mining driving deforestat...
news.mongabay.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM