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‼️ Event alert ‼️

Tomorrow, Nov 11, at 6:30pm [Belem 🇧🇷 time] - Room 6, do not miss this critical event to learn more about what impact the International Court of Justice climate ruling can (and must) have on the ongoing climate negotiations #COP30.

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
On day1️⃣ of #COP30, the Committee on the Rights of the Child sends a clear message to States in Belem: "The rights & dignity of present & future generations of children require urgent children's rights-based #ClimateAction. This is a matter of law & justice."
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November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Climate Conference #COP30 starts today in Belém 🇧🇷.

CIEL experts are joining the negotiations, monitoring the ambition gap between what States have promised & what is necessary to address the #ClimateEmergency.

READ: www.ciel.org/news/experts...

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November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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In the heart of the Amazon, for #COP30 🇧🇷🌎

The next two weeks, I’ll be in Belém advocating with @ciel.org and allies in the Human Rights & Climate Change Working Group for #HumanRights-based climate action, grounded in #law, #justice & #accountability.

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November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
👀 What are the impacts that the International Court of Justice’s historic Advisory Opinion on #ClimateChange can & should have on the climate negotiations #COP30?

Find out in this great piece by @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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🚨 HOME Allliance press conference on 10th Nov at #COP30 🚨

At #COP30, we’re seeing dangerous techno-fixes being positioned as “solutions” to climate & biodiversity crises. Carbon markets under Article 6 are opening doors to risky experiments to enter mainstream discourse.

@foeint.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
At #COP30, States must arrive ready to go beyond words & targets. They must commit to a clear, coordinated plan to #PhaseOutFossilFuels within the next 20 years, with measurable milestones & accountability.

Read the call by the Planetary Guardians 👇
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
The world must unite around a climate plan | The Observer
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November 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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🌍 There is no #climatejustice in a climate of fear.

✊Environmental defenders are risking their lives to protect our planet, while governments fuel the climate crisis.

#COP30 must deliver #justice: protect defenders & bring their realities into the decisions that will be made in Belém.

Read more👇
🛡️ #COP30 is a crucial opportunity to protect environmental defenders: bit.ly/47rtOyv

CIEL’s @camillapollera.bsky.social explains why protection is a legal duty and how Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP) and Gender Action Plan (GAP) decisions in Belém can make it real.
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Arrived in Belém for #COP30, the first one after the historic climate ruling by the International Court of Justice ⚖️ @ciel.org will be on the ground advocating for climate action based on legal obligations and calling for a deep reform of the UN climate regime to make it more effective & inclusive.
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🚨Breaking🚨

🕴️Just a few days ahead of #COP30, today, the #KickBigPollutersOut coalition uncovered that there are more than 5000 fossil fuel lobbyists attending the climate talks over the past four years.

It's high time to #KickBigPollutersOut: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
1️⃣

🚨NEW plastics lawsuit just landed, targeting INEOS’s Project One in Antwerp.

Why? This €4bn #Plastics project would cause 5x more emissions than INOES claimed — and drive serious health harms. This is #PlasticAccountability!

READ: www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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1/ At COP28 governments agreed to transition away from fossil fuels. Two years later, fossil fuel production is rising & energy transition finance is falling short. Leaders at @COP30 must now turn promises into action.

This is how: oilchange.org/wp-content/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
AI’s soaring power demand is being used to justify new gas/coal plants “cleaned” by CCS. Track record: 88% failures, big costs, bigger delays. With #COP30, close CCS/offset loopholes and align NDCs with 1.5°C. Read: bit.ly/4pgcG55

Let's not power tomorrow’s AI with yesterday’s fuels.
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The US announced it'll skip the climate talks #COP30 climate conference — they are using lobbying & economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.

"The US is ceding global leadership," @nikkireisch.bsky.social.

👉 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🇨🇭What to expect from Switzerland at #COP30?🫣

“Switzerland’s credibility as a climate leader hinges on aligning domestic action with its international commitments. Recent setbacks in sectoral climate policies undermine this leadership,” CIEL's @duycks.bsky.social.

www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-di...
What to expect from Switzerland’s climate diplomacy at COP30
Ahead of this year’s UN climate conference in Brazil, Switzerland is sending mixed signals about its engagement in climate diplomacy.
www.swissinfo.ch
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
📣 Ahead of #COP30, learn how the Advisory Opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights can help advance climate justice and #accountability 👉 bit.ly/3WF0SNt

📝 A new analysis by CIEL’s Upasana Khatri breaks down the Court's transformative conclusions.

🧵 Want to dive deeper? Keep reading! 👇
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Acting on the #ClimateCrisis isn’t optional—it’s a matter of law & justice. Yet the major polluters still have no plans & no clear timelines to do so.

#COP30 must be a moment for accountability, where States are held to their legal duties to #ActOnClimate.

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High stakes and hopes as world leaders gather ahead of COP30
Ahead of the UN climate conference in Brazil, international leaders including Germany's Merz and Brazil's Lula are meeting to discuss climate action. Experts say they should reaffirm their ambition to...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🛡️ #COP30 is a crucial opportunity to protect environmental defenders: bit.ly/47rtOyv

CIEL’s @camillapollera.bsky.social explains why protection is a legal duty and how Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP) and Gender Action Plan (GAP) decisions in Belém can make it real.
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"We know enough to categorize Stratospheric Aerosol Injections (SAI) as a dangerous distraction from our need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

Read more in @solargeoeng.bsky.social's latest blog to learn why SAI is not a solution to tackle the #ClimateCrisis👇
www.solargeoeng.org/we-know-enou...
We know enough to categorize Stratospheric Aerosol Injections (SAI) as a dangerous distraction from our need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement
On September 9th, 2025, we published the article Safeguarding the polar regions from dangerous geoengineering: a critical assessment of proposed concepts and future prospects in the scientific journal...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“We are not looking for charity. We demand justice.”

43 farmers from Pakistan’s Sindh region have taken a historic step: issuing legal notices to RWE & Heidelberg Materials over climate-linked flood damage.
➡️ 1,700+ lives lost
➡️ 1/3 of Pakistan submerged
➡️ $30B in damages
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨New analysis: States are flouting their legal duties re. #NDCs.

With only 64 NDCs (roughly ⅓ of countries) in at #COP30, few polluters on target, & many major emitters’ plans missing, the world is failing to prevent harm & keep warming below 1.5°C.

unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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It's time to end #BigPolluters' stranglehold over the UN climate talks. +225 organizations are drawing the line!

We demand:

✊ A polluter-free #COP30 and presidency
✊ Mechanisms to protect against #ConflictOfInterest
✊ Protection of the Amazon rainforest

🔗 kickbigpollutersout.org/Polluter-Fre...
NGOs urge Brazil to prevent fossil fuel capture of COP30 climate summit NGOs urge Brazil to keep fossil fuel firms out of COP30
Over 200 civil society groups are asking Brazil's COP30 team to commit to a "polluter-free" climate summit in Belém
www.climatechangenews.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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News that Israeli-US start up Stardust Solutions has now raised a hefty $75m, plans to start outdoor solar geoengineering experiments as soon as next spring and appears to be working towards potential deployment this decade is major cause for alarm www.ciel.org/news/us-isra...
US-Israeli start-up Stardust Solutions plans reckless outdoor experiments of highly controversial solar geoengineering from April 2026
US-Israeli start-up Stardust Solutions plans to begin outdoor experiments of highly controversial solar geoengineering. Its deployment is constrained by various norms and principles of international c...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
🌊 An ocean free of fossil fuels is key to halting climate change. Yet governments are coming to #COP30 without timelines and binding targets to phase out offshore oil and gas.

📣 To meet climate goals, we need a #FossilFreeOcean.

Read the analysis by @bruna-campos.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/4ok8tgi
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
What does the latest International Court of Justice's climate ruling mean for #LossAndDamage?

🆕 @lossanddamage.bsky.social's brief shows how the ICJ Advisory Opinion can inform the upcoming climate talks at #COP30 & beyond & help secure justice for those on the frontlines of the climate crisis👇
1/14. 📢NEW BRIEF: What does the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ⚖️historic Advisory Opinion (#ICJAO) on the obligations 🧑‍⚖️ of states in regard to #ClimateChange mean for #LossAndDamage 🔥🌊⛈️ under the #UNFCCC? 🤔

🔗Find out here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/th...

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November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM