Lotte Leicht
@lotteleicht.bsky.social
Advocacy Director, Climate Rights International
http://cri.org
Jurist. Int'l Humanitarian, Human Rights & Criminal Law
Int'l Justice
Boards: ECCHR (Chair), Dignity,
http://cri.org
Jurist. Int'l Humanitarian, Human Rights & Criminal Law
Int'l Justice
Boards: ECCHR (Chair), Dignity,
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Lotte Leicht
@lotteleicht.bsky.social
· Aug 24
“The Era of Voluntary Emissions Targets Is Over” | Heinrich Böll Stiftung
Human rights expert Lotte Leicht explains how the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion reshapes the climate debate: states are legally bound to prevent climate harm. At COP30, states can ...
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#ICJ #ClimateChange opinion injects binding legal clarity into what has often been a murky arena of voluntary commitments and political compromise dictated by the biggest GHG polluters. The focus is now on what states are legally required to do.
I spoke with the HBS
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I spoke with the HBS
www.boell.de/en/2025/08/0...
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"I‘m sorry, but I tried"
"the hardest thing was living through a time where we could have turned this around, but most people carried on as if it didn't matter"
Benedict Cumberbatch reads #climate scientist, Stuart Capstick's, letter to his children
#ClimateCrisis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJvc...
"the hardest thing was living through a time where we could have turned this around, but most people carried on as if it didn't matter"
Benedict Cumberbatch reads #climate scientist, Stuart Capstick's, letter to his children
#ClimateCrisis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJvc...
Benedict Cumberbatch reads a letter of apology from a father to his children
YouTube video by Letters Live
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2024 at 5:39 PM
"I‘m sorry, but I tried"
"the hardest thing was living through a time where we could have turned this around, but most people carried on as if it didn't matter"
Benedict Cumberbatch reads #climate scientist, Stuart Capstick's, letter to his children
#ClimateCrisis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJvc...
"the hardest thing was living through a time where we could have turned this around, but most people carried on as if it didn't matter"
Benedict Cumberbatch reads #climate scientist, Stuart Capstick's, letter to his children
#ClimateCrisis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJvc...
#ClimateEmergency: Urgent #ClimateAction needed to protect &enhance our forests
Deforestation is "changing the global carbon balance. If Africa's forests turn into a lasting carbon source, global climate goals will become much harder to achieve."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Deforestation is "changing the global carbon balance. If Africa's forests turn into a lasting carbon source, global climate goals will become much harder to achieve."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Africa's forests have switched from absorbing to emitting carbon, new study finds
New research warns that Africa's forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source.
phys.org
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
#ClimateEmergency: Urgent #ClimateAction needed to protect &enhance our forests
Deforestation is "changing the global carbon balance. If Africa's forests turn into a lasting carbon source, global climate goals will become much harder to achieve."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Deforestation is "changing the global carbon balance. If Africa's forests turn into a lasting carbon source, global climate goals will become much harder to achieve."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#ClimateEmergency: Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#ClimateEmergency: Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
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
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)
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With #GivingTuesday around the corner we’re asking for your support to stand with environmental & climate defenders. Your support will help us continue our investigations & advocacy, allow us to stand with frontline defenders & press govts to fulfill their commitments to end deforestation. (2/3)
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
With #GivingTuesday around the corner we’re asking for your support to stand with environmental & climate defenders. Your support will help us continue our investigations & advocacy, allow us to stand with frontline defenders & press govts to fulfill their commitments to end deforestation. (2/3)
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To learn more about Santoyo’s work in Mexico: youtu.be/Sg5wk85FMvY
To donate: www.cri.org/donate (3/3)
#Mexico #avocado #deforestation #GivingTuesday #donate #deforestation #ClimateAction #ClimateDefenders
To donate: www.cri.org/donate (3/3)
#Mexico #avocado #deforestation #GivingTuesday #donate #deforestation #ClimateAction #ClimateDefenders
CRI: UNHOLY GUACAMOLE: Deforestation, Water Capture, and Violence Behind Mexico’s Avocado Exports
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
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November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
To learn more about Santoyo’s work in Mexico: youtu.be/Sg5wk85FMvY
To donate: www.cri.org/donate (3/3)
#Mexico #avocado #deforestation #GivingTuesday #donate #deforestation #ClimateAction #ClimateDefenders
To donate: www.cri.org/donate (3/3)
#Mexico #avocado #deforestation #GivingTuesday #donate #deforestation #ClimateAction #ClimateDefenders
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
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
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-...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
“We need to start, now, to reduce CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, by at least 5% per year. This must happen in order to have a chance to avoid unmanageable & extremely costly climate impacts affecting all people in the world.” PIKs J. Rockström @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30: Scientists warn countries must act decisively to protect people and life or risk ‘suffering for billions’ – as it happened
As president Lula tries to find common ground between negotiating countries, planetary scientists say emissions must be urgently cut
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“We need to start, now, to reduce CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, by at least 5% per year. This must happen in order to have a chance to avoid unmanageable & extremely costly climate impacts affecting all people in the world.” PIKs J. Rockström @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
📣 Read Climate Rights International's Oct-Nov reports on the #HumanRights violations, environmental and climate harms, and impunity linked to nickel mining in #Indonesia and the #Philippines here: 👇
cri.org/reports/does...
cri.org/reports/brok...
cri.org/reports/does...
cri.org/reports/brok...
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
📣 Read Climate Rights International's Oct-Nov reports on the #HumanRights violations, environmental and climate harms, and impunity linked to nickel mining in #Indonesia and the #Philippines here: 👇
cri.org/reports/does...
cri.org/reports/brok...
cri.org/reports/does...
cri.org/reports/brok...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
Forest and other biomass techniques might be the most cost-effective methods of CO₂ removal (CDR), but they're certainly not the most effective. But if you're only interested in greenwashing, why waste your money on real CDR?
www.statista.com/chart/35418/...
www.statista.com/chart/35418/...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Forest and other biomass techniques might be the most cost-effective methods of CO₂ removal (CDR), but they're certainly not the most effective. But if you're only interested in greenwashing, why waste your money on real CDR?
www.statista.com/chart/35418/...
www.statista.com/chart/35418/...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
The #ClimateCrisis kills‼️
📣 ‘Millions of avoidable deaths’: #ClimateChange health harms reach unprecedented levels
Global research finds awareness of the climate threats is growing, but govts & companies are reversing climate progress & failing to save lives
insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...
📣 ‘Millions of avoidable deaths’: #ClimateChange health harms reach unprecedented levels
Global research finds awareness of the climate threats is growing, but govts & companies are reversing climate progress & failing to save lives
insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...
‘Millions of Avoidable Deaths’: Climate Change Health Harms Reach Unprecedented Levels - Inside Climate News
Heat waves, extreme drought and deadly wildfire smoke are just some of the climate-related health hazards that have reached record levels of harm, according to the latest report from a global collabor...
insideclimatenews.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The #ClimateCrisis kills‼️
📣 ‘Millions of avoidable deaths’: #ClimateChange health harms reach unprecedented levels
Global research finds awareness of the climate threats is growing, but govts & companies are reversing climate progress & failing to save lives
insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...
📣 ‘Millions of avoidable deaths’: #ClimateChange health harms reach unprecedented levels
Global research finds awareness of the climate threats is growing, but govts & companies are reversing climate progress & failing to save lives
insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
Turbo-Charging US GHG Pollution and the #ClimateCrisis.
Burning the Planet and ‘Burning Money’: US Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
Burning the Planet and ‘Burning Money’: US Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
‘Burning Money’: Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants - Inside Climate News
The funding represents Trump’s latest attempt at coal revitalization, but updating the nation’s aging facilities would cost billions, experts say.
insideclimatenews.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Turbo-Charging US GHG Pollution and the #ClimateCrisis.
Burning the Planet and ‘Burning Money’: US Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
Burning the Planet and ‘Burning Money’: US Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
"As an Indigenous man, I know very well the pain of the forest, because its body is an extension of ours. When I speak of the body of the forest, it is neither this nor that; it is everything. It is the other humans who live within it ..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"As an Indigenous man, I know very well the pain of the forest, because its body is an extension of ours. When I speak of the body of the forest, it is neither this nor that; it is everything. It is the other humans who live within it ..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
"critical minerals that power the clean energy revolution are often found in countries that have long been exploited .. Communities mistreated. Rights trampled. Environments trashed .. & extractive models digging deeper holes of inequality and harm. This must end”
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?
Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"critical minerals that power the clean energy revolution are often found in countries that have long been exploited .. Communities mistreated. Rights trampled. Environments trashed .. & extractive models digging deeper holes of inequality and harm. This must end”
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
#ClimateCrisis: Int'l law & science are clear about the urgency of ending #FossilFuel extraction/use, & transition to renewable energy
But, the global energy transition must be just
Protecting the planet must go hand in hand w protecting rights, lives & livelihoods of present & future generations
But, the global energy transition must be just
Protecting the planet must go hand in hand w protecting rights, lives & livelihoods of present & future generations
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
#ClimateCrisis: Int'l law & science are clear about the urgency of ending #FossilFuel extraction/use, & transition to renewable energy
But, the global energy transition must be just
Protecting the planet must go hand in hand w protecting rights, lives & livelihoods of present & future generations
But, the global energy transition must be just
Protecting the planet must go hand in hand w protecting rights, lives & livelihoods of present & future generations
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
Read Climate Rights International's Oct and Nov reports on widespread #HumanRights violations, environmental and climate harms, and impunity linked to the nickel industry in #Indonesia and the #Philippines here: 👇
cri.org/reports/does...
cri.org/reports/brok...
cri.org/reports/does...
cri.org/reports/brok...
“Does Anyone Care?”: The Human, Environmental, and Climate Toll of Indonesia’s Nickel Industry
Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of nickel, a key raw material in the renewable energy transition used in batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and for energy storage. It is now a massive par...
cri.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Read Climate Rights International's Oct and Nov reports on widespread #HumanRights violations, environmental and climate harms, and impunity linked to the nickel industry in #Indonesia and the #Philippines here: 👇
cri.org/reports/does...
cri.org/reports/brok...
cri.org/reports/does...
cri.org/reports/brok...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
What Are the Rights of Nature?
Here’s what you need to know about one of the fastest-growing environmental and social movements worldwide — to secure legal rights for ecosystems and other parts of the natural world.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0204202...
Here’s what you need to know about one of the fastest-growing environmental and social movements worldwide — to secure legal rights for ecosystems and other parts of the natural world.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0204202...
What Are the Rights of Nature? - Inside Climate News
Here’s what you need to know about one of the fastest-growing environmental and social movements worldwide—to secure legal rights for ecosystems and other parts of the natural world.
insideclimatenews.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What Are the Rights of Nature?
Here’s what you need to know about one of the fastest-growing environmental and social movements worldwide — to secure legal rights for ecosystems and other parts of the natural world.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0204202...
Here’s what you need to know about one of the fastest-growing environmental and social movements worldwide — to secure legal rights for ecosystems and other parts of the natural world.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0204202...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
Following extreme events with severe impacts, public interest is generated in its causes.
One of the dominant questions is: “Was this event caused by #ClimateChange?”
This WWA guide is intended to help journalists navigate this question👇
www.worldweatherattribution.org/reporting-ex...
One of the dominant questions is: “Was this event caused by #ClimateChange?”
This WWA guide is intended to help journalists navigate this question👇
www.worldweatherattribution.org/reporting-ex...
September 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Following extreme events with severe impacts, public interest is generated in its causes.
One of the dominant questions is: “Was this event caused by #ClimateChange?”
This WWA guide is intended to help journalists navigate this question👇
www.worldweatherattribution.org/reporting-ex...
One of the dominant questions is: “Was this event caused by #ClimateChange?”
This WWA guide is intended to help journalists navigate this question👇
www.worldweatherattribution.org/reporting-ex...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
Money talks!
Bill Gates' essay; Three Tough Truths About Climate, denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 "mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook"
George Monbiot outlines some inconvenient tough truths that Gates studiously ignores
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bill Gates' essay; Three Tough Truths About Climate, denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 "mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook"
George Monbiot outlines some inconvenient tough truths that Gates studiously ignores
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Money talks!
Bill Gates' essay; Three Tough Truths About Climate, denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 "mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook"
George Monbiot outlines some inconvenient tough truths that Gates studiously ignores
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bill Gates' essay; Three Tough Truths About Climate, denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 "mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook"
George Monbiot outlines some inconvenient tough truths that Gates studiously ignores
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Lotte Leicht
“What we see w Hurricane Melissa & other recent monster storms is that they are becoming so intense that they'll soon push millions of people beyond limits of adaptation.Unless we stop burning coal,oil & gas, we'll see more & more countries reaching these limits”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Climate crisis means super-strength Hurricane Melissa is ‘dangerous new reality’
Winds of Melissa’s strength are now five times more frequent due to the climate crisis, research says
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“What we see w Hurricane Melissa & other recent monster storms is that they are becoming so intense that they'll soon push millions of people beyond limits of adaptation.Unless we stop burning coal,oil & gas, we'll see more & more countries reaching these limits”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
📣 Read Climate Rights International's Oct-Nov reports on the #HumanRights violations, environmental and climate harms, and impunity linked to nickel mining in #Indonesia and the #Philippines here: 👇
cri.org/reports/does...
cri.org/reports/brok...
cri.org/reports/does...
cri.org/reports/brok...
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
📣 Read Climate Rights International's Oct-Nov reports on the #HumanRights violations, environmental and climate harms, and impunity linked to nickel mining in #Indonesia and the #Philippines here: 👇
cri.org/reports/does...
cri.org/reports/brok...
cri.org/reports/does...
cri.org/reports/brok...
#ClimateCrisis: Int'l law & science are clear about the urgency of ending #FossilFuel extraction/use, & transition to renewable energy
But, the global energy transition must be just
Protecting the planet must go hand in hand w protecting rights, lives & livelihoods of present & future generations
But, the global energy transition must be just
Protecting the planet must go hand in hand w protecting rights, lives & livelihoods of present & future generations
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
#ClimateCrisis: Int'l law & science are clear about the urgency of ending #FossilFuel extraction/use, & transition to renewable energy
But, the global energy transition must be just
Protecting the planet must go hand in hand w protecting rights, lives & livelihoods of present & future generations
But, the global energy transition must be just
Protecting the planet must go hand in hand w protecting rights, lives & livelihoods of present & future generations
"critical minerals that power the clean energy revolution are often found in countries that have long been exploited .. Communities mistreated. Rights trampled. Environments trashed .. & extractive models digging deeper holes of inequality and harm. This must end”
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?
Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"critical minerals that power the clean energy revolution are often found in countries that have long been exploited .. Communities mistreated. Rights trampled. Environments trashed .. & extractive models digging deeper holes of inequality and harm. This must end”
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
"As an Indigenous man, I know very well the pain of the forest, because its body is an extension of ours. When I speak of the body of the forest, it is neither this nor that; it is everything. It is the other humans who live within it ..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"As an Indigenous man, I know very well the pain of the forest, because its body is an extension of ours. When I speak of the body of the forest, it is neither this nor that; it is everything. It is the other humans who live within it ..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Money talks!
Bill Gates' essay; Three Tough Truths About Climate, denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 "mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook"
George Monbiot outlines some inconvenient tough truths that Gates studiously ignores
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bill Gates' essay; Three Tough Truths About Climate, denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 "mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook"
George Monbiot outlines some inconvenient tough truths that Gates studiously ignores
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Money talks!
Bill Gates' essay; Three Tough Truths About Climate, denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 "mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook"
George Monbiot outlines some inconvenient tough truths that Gates studiously ignores
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bill Gates' essay; Three Tough Truths About Climate, denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 "mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook"
George Monbiot outlines some inconvenient tough truths that Gates studiously ignores
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...