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On the 1⃣ day of #COP30, the #LossAndDamageFund opened the call for proposals for its start-up phase.
#COP30 must give guidance to scale the Fund in line with needs & to center justice, rights, without this the Fund risks becoming a climate bank with neither money nor remedy.
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#COP30 must give guidance to scale the Fund in line with needs & to center justice, rights, without this the Fund risks becoming a climate bank with neither money nor remedy.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
On the 1⃣ day of #COP30, the #LossAndDamageFund opened the call for proposals for its start-up phase.
#COP30 must give guidance to scale the Fund in line with needs & to center justice, rights, without this the Fund risks becoming a climate bank with neither money nor remedy.
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#COP30 must give guidance to scale the Fund in line with needs & to center justice, rights, without this the Fund risks becoming a climate bank with neither money nor remedy.
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We also examined the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in contributing to the #ClimateCrisis: As companies rush to deploy it & the fossil fuel industry is exploiting the moment to try to justify its own expansion.
Find out more ⬇️
www.ciel.org/ai-ccs-green...
Find out more ⬇️
www.ciel.org/ai-ccs-green...
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We also examined the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in contributing to the #ClimateCrisis: As companies rush to deploy it & the fossil fuel industry is exploiting the moment to try to justify its own expansion.
Find out more ⬇️
www.ciel.org/ai-ccs-green...
Find out more ⬇️
www.ciel.org/ai-ccs-green...
✊There is no climate justice in a climate of fear✊
#COP30 decisions must recognize the efforts of those protecting the planet, in Brazil, the host country of the COP, and beyond, and ensure that they can do so safely, freely, and without fear.
Read more in our analysis: www.ciel.org/cop30-protec...
#COP30 decisions must recognize the efforts of those protecting the planet, in Brazil, the host country of the COP, and beyond, and ensure that they can do so safely, freely, and without fear.
Read more in our analysis: www.ciel.org/cop30-protec...
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
✊There is no climate justice in a climate of fear✊
#COP30 decisions must recognize the efforts of those protecting the planet, in Brazil, the host country of the COP, and beyond, and ensure that they can do so safely, freely, and without fear.
Read more in our analysis: www.ciel.org/cop30-protec...
#COP30 decisions must recognize the efforts of those protecting the planet, in Brazil, the host country of the COP, and beyond, and ensure that they can do so safely, freely, and without fear.
Read more in our analysis: www.ciel.org/cop30-protec...
To comply with the law, States at #COP30 must commit to #EndFossilFuels fast, fair & forever.
However, many governments are arriving at COP30 without clear timelines and binding targets to halt the expansion of offshore oil and gas.
Find out more:
www.ciel.org/a-fossil-fre...
However, many governments are arriving at COP30 without clear timelines and binding targets to halt the expansion of offshore oil and gas.
Find out more:
www.ciel.org/a-fossil-fre...
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
To comply with the law, States at #COP30 must commit to #EndFossilFuels fast, fair & forever.
However, many governments are arriving at COP30 without clear timelines and binding targets to halt the expansion of offshore oil and gas.
Find out more:
www.ciel.org/a-fossil-fre...
However, many governments are arriving at COP30 without clear timelines and binding targets to halt the expansion of offshore oil and gas.
Find out more:
www.ciel.org/a-fossil-fre...
⚖️ The climate talks have repeatedly failed to deliver climate ambition & justice. This year, however, two intl. courts have confirmed that climate action & accountability are legal obligations.
What's needed for #COP30 to succeed? Out with politics, in with the law!
👉 www.ciel.org/cop30-climat...
What's needed for #COP30 to succeed? Out with politics, in with the law!
👉 www.ciel.org/cop30-climat...
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
⚖️ The climate talks have repeatedly failed to deliver climate ambition & justice. This year, however, two intl. courts have confirmed that climate action & accountability are legal obligations.
What's needed for #COP30 to succeed? Out with politics, in with the law!
👉 www.ciel.org/cop30-climat...
What's needed for #COP30 to succeed? Out with politics, in with the law!
👉 www.ciel.org/cop30-climat...
Curious to learn more about what is at stake during the ongoing climate talks in Belem 🇧🇷?
READ our multi-part blog series unpacking the law, politics, and power shaping #COP30 — and what it will take to deliver #ClimateJustice: www.ciel.org/blog-2/
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READ our multi-part blog series unpacking the law, politics, and power shaping #COP30 — and what it will take to deliver #ClimateJustice: www.ciel.org/blog-2/
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November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Curious to learn more about what is at stake during the ongoing climate talks in Belem 🇧🇷?
READ our multi-part blog series unpacking the law, politics, and power shaping #COP30 — and what it will take to deliver #ClimateJustice: www.ciel.org/blog-2/
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READ our multi-part blog series unpacking the law, politics, and power shaping #COP30 — and what it will take to deliver #ClimateJustice: www.ciel.org/blog-2/
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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.
JOIN US!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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.
JOIN US!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
‼️ 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.
JOIN US!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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.
JOIN US!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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
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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Follow our staff in Belem for updates from the negotiations:
🐦 @lienvandamme.bsky.social
🐦 @nikkireisch.bsky.social
🐦 @erikalennon.bsky.social
🐦 @camillapollera.bsky.social
🐦 @lilifuhr.bsky.social.
READ: www.ciel.org/news/experts-available-to-comment-on-cop30-climate-talks-in-belem-brazil/
🐦 @lienvandamme.bsky.social
🐦 @nikkireisch.bsky.social
🐦 @erikalennon.bsky.social
🐦 @camillapollera.bsky.social
🐦 @lilifuhr.bsky.social.
READ: www.ciel.org/news/experts-available-to-comment-on-cop30-climate-talks-in-belem-brazil/
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Follow our staff in Belem for updates from the negotiations:
🐦 @lienvandamme.bsky.social
🐦 @nikkireisch.bsky.social
🐦 @erikalennon.bsky.social
🐦 @camillapollera.bsky.social
🐦 @lilifuhr.bsky.social.
READ: www.ciel.org/news/experts-available-to-comment-on-cop30-climate-talks-in-belem-brazil/
🐦 @lienvandamme.bsky.social
🐦 @nikkireisch.bsky.social
🐦 @erikalennon.bsky.social
🐦 @camillapollera.bsky.social
🐦 @lilifuhr.bsky.social.
READ: www.ciel.org/news/experts-available-to-comment-on-cop30-climate-talks-in-belem-brazil/
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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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
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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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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✊ We need to reform the climate negotiations process and make sure the voices of people on the frontlines, not the voices of polluters, are taking center stage. ✊
READ our call to #FixTheUNFCCC: www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...
#TheCOPWeNeed #KickBigPollutersOut
READ our call to #FixTheUNFCCC: www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...
#TheCOPWeNeed #KickBigPollutersOut
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
✊ We need to reform the climate negotiations process and make sure the voices of people on the frontlines, not the voices of polluters, are taking center stage. ✊
READ our call to #FixTheUNFCCC: www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...
#TheCOPWeNeed #KickBigPollutersOut
READ our call to #FixTheUNFCCC: www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...
#TheCOPWeNeed #KickBigPollutersOut
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A transatlantic movement is rising: the lawsuit comes just after community members from U.S. fracking hotspots and petrochemical hubs visited Antwerp — joining forces with locals to highlight the global costs of petrochemical expansion. 🌍✊
👉 toxictours.org/location/bel... 👈
A transatlantic movement is rising: the lawsuit comes just after community members from U.S. fracking hotspots and petrochemical hubs visited Antwerp — joining forces with locals to highlight the global costs of petrochemical expansion. 🌍✊
👉 toxictours.org/location/bel... 👈
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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A transatlantic movement is rising: the lawsuit comes just after community members from U.S. fracking hotspots and petrochemical hubs visited Antwerp — joining forces with locals to highlight the global costs of petrochemical expansion. 🌍✊
👉 toxictours.org/location/bel... 👈
A transatlantic movement is rising: the lawsuit comes just after community members from U.S. fracking hotspots and petrochemical hubs visited Antwerp — joining forces with locals to highlight the global costs of petrochemical expansion. 🌍✊
👉 toxictours.org/location/bel... 👈
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🗣️ Community members are speaking out 🗣️
The burden of INEOS’ Project One's is invisible in its environmental impact assessment.
But it cannot be invisible in court.
🗣️ Community members are speaking out 🗣️
The burden of INEOS’ Project One's is invisible in its environmental impact assessment.
But it cannot be invisible in court.
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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🗣️ Community members are speaking out 🗣️
The burden of INEOS’ Project One's is invisible in its environmental impact assessment.
But it cannot be invisible in court.
🗣️ Community members are speaking out 🗣️
The burden of INEOS’ Project One's is invisible in its environmental impact assessment.
But it cannot be invisible in court.
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🚨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...
🚨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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🚨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...
🚨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...
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.
Let's not power tomorrow’s AI with yesterday’s fuels.
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 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.
Let's not power tomorrow’s AI with yesterday’s fuels.
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...
"The US is ceding global leadership," @nikkireisch.bsky.social.
👉 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 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...
"The US is ceding global leadership," @nikkireisch.bsky.social.
👉 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
📣 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! 👇
📝 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
📣 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! 👇
📝 A new analysis by CIEL’s Upasana Khatri breaks down the Court's transformative conclusions.
🧵 Want to dive deeper? Keep reading! 👇
🛡️ #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.
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
🛡️ #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.
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.
We need a system that works and UNFCCC reform. #COP30 must take clear steps toward:
➡️ Moving beyond consensus where it enables obstruction
➡️ Enhancing compliance & accountability
➡️ Embedding human rights & equity in all climate governance
#ClimateJusticeNow!
➡️ Moving beyond consensus where it enables obstruction
➡️ Enhancing compliance & accountability
➡️ Embedding human rights & equity in all climate governance
#ClimateJusticeNow!
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We need a system that works and UNFCCC reform. #COP30 must take clear steps toward:
➡️ Moving beyond consensus where it enables obstruction
➡️ Enhancing compliance & accountability
➡️ Embedding human rights & equity in all climate governance
#ClimateJusticeNow!
➡️ Moving beyond consensus where it enables obstruction
➡️ Enhancing compliance & accountability
➡️ Embedding human rights & equity in all climate governance
#ClimateJusticeNow!
⚖️ This isn’t just a policy gap: it’s a breach of legal duty.
The #ICJ has ruled: NDCs are not wholly discretionary.
States must:
✅ Submit on time
✅ Raise ambition over time
✅ Align with the 1.5°C limit
✅ Deliver their highest possible ambition
The #ICJ has ruled: NDCs are not wholly discretionary.
States must:
✅ Submit on time
✅ Raise ambition over time
✅ Align with the 1.5°C limit
✅ Deliver their highest possible ambition
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
⚖️ This isn’t just a policy gap: it’s a breach of legal duty.
The #ICJ has ruled: NDCs are not wholly discretionary.
States must:
✅ Submit on time
✅ Raise ambition over time
✅ Align with the 1.5°C limit
✅ Deliver their highest possible ambition
The #ICJ has ruled: NDCs are not wholly discretionary.
States must:
✅ Submit on time
✅ Raise ambition over time
✅ Align with the 1.5°C limit
✅ Deliver their highest possible ambition
🌊 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
📣 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
🌊 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
📣 To meet climate goals, we need a #FossilFreeOcean.
Read the analysis by @bruna-campos.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/4ok8tgi
Just months after the #ICJ affirmed states’ legal duty to prevent climate harm, ASEAN must reflect that ruling in its next steps.
As ASEAN develops its Regional Plan of Action, we call for:
✅ Protection of environmental human rights defenders
✅ Recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and FPIC
As ASEAN develops its Regional Plan of Action, we call for:
✅ Protection of environmental human rights defenders
✅ Recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and FPIC
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Just months after the #ICJ affirmed states’ legal duty to prevent climate harm, ASEAN must reflect that ruling in its next steps.
As ASEAN develops its Regional Plan of Action, we call for:
✅ Protection of environmental human rights defenders
✅ Recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and FPIC
As ASEAN develops its Regional Plan of Action, we call for:
✅ Protection of environmental human rights defenders
✅ Recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and FPIC
At the upcoming climate talks #COP30, we desperately need climate ambition & to make #PollutersPay. The latest climate ruling by the International Court of Justice offers tools to achieve this.
States at #COP30 can (& must) comply with the law - read more in our guide: www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...
States at #COP30 can (& must) comply with the law - read more in our guide: www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...
November 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
At the upcoming climate talks #COP30, we desperately need climate ambition & to make #PollutersPay. The latest climate ruling by the International Court of Justice offers tools to achieve this.
States at #COP30 can (& must) comply with the law - read more in our guide: www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...
States at #COP30 can (& must) comply with the law - read more in our guide: www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...
Media Contacts in Belém and Geneva:
- Maria Frausto, CIEL Communications Director
- Niccolò Sarno, Media Relations Specialist
E-mail: [email protected]
- Maria Frausto, CIEL Communications Director
- Niccolò Sarno, Media Relations Specialist
E-mail: [email protected]
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Media Contacts in Belém and Geneva:
- Maria Frausto, CIEL Communications Director
- Niccolò Sarno, Media Relations Specialist
E-mail: [email protected]
- Maria Frausto, CIEL Communications Director
- Niccolò Sarno, Media Relations Specialist
E-mail: [email protected]
Need rights-based insight during #COP30?
CIEL experts will be available, on site in Belém or remotely, to comment on:
🌐 #ICJ, #IACtHR, & #ITLOS opinions
⚖️ #UNFCCC reform
🌍 Carbon markets & #geoengineering
🛡️ Environmental defenders
💬 #JustTransition & #LossAndDamage
CIEL experts will be available, on site in Belém or remotely, to comment on:
🌐 #ICJ, #IACtHR, & #ITLOS opinions
⚖️ #UNFCCC reform
🌍 Carbon markets & #geoengineering
🛡️ Environmental defenders
💬 #JustTransition & #LossAndDamage
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Need rights-based insight during #COP30?
CIEL experts will be available, on site in Belém or remotely, to comment on:
🌐 #ICJ, #IACtHR, & #ITLOS opinions
⚖️ #UNFCCC reform
🌍 Carbon markets & #geoengineering
🛡️ Environmental defenders
💬 #JustTransition & #LossAndDamage
CIEL experts will be available, on site in Belém or remotely, to comment on:
🌐 #ICJ, #IACtHR, & #ITLOS opinions
⚖️ #UNFCCC reform
🌍 Carbon markets & #geoengineering
🛡️ Environmental defenders
💬 #JustTransition & #LossAndDamage