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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 1d

The global petrochemical sector faces overcapacity—but in Europe, big players blame EU climate rules.

In reality:
💰 €1.5B+ profit
📊 76% financially sound
📈 Turnover near 2019 levels

The real issue? It emits 4x more CO₂ than other Flemish industries.

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 1d

New report by #FairFin exposes the hidden costs of Flanders’ #petrochemical sector.
In 2024, 29 Flemish petrochemical plants emitted as much CO₂ as over 500,000 Flemish citizens.
Yet they received EU carbon allowances, effectively getting paid to pollute.

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 2d

Grateful to our partners and frontline allies.
The fight continues—people and planet before profit.

💚 #HRC60 #HumanRights

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 2d

🤝 CIEL co-led pivotal side events:

🗓️ Sept 8: #FixISDS - bit.ly/3KFgbCY
🗓️ Sept 10: Regulating corporate abuse - bit.ly/47hieWw
🗓️ Sept 18: Just Transition & #COP30 - bit.ly/43cv5H4
🗓️ Oct 1: Implementing #ICJ climate opinions - bit.ly/3WheMoR

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 2d

📢 Corporate disinformation is a human rights threat. From greenwashing to SLAPPs, fossil fuel and plastic giants distort science and policy.

At #HRC60, we urged states to regulate this assault on truth—and ensure environmental policy is led by science, not spin.

#ClimateJustice

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 2d

🧂 Plastic pellets = toxic Trojan horses.

CIEL’s @andresdelcas.bsky.social revealed that 445,970 tonnes of nurdles spill yearly—yet they’re not classified as hazardous.

We demanded a #PlasticsTreaty rooted in #HumanRights: prevention, remedy, and #CorporateAccountability.

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 2d

🔥 #JustTransition must mean more than slogans. Without strong safeguards, it risks fueling land grabs, criminalization, and false solutions.

Through the session, CIEL called for:
✅ Equitable #FossilFuel phaseout
✅ Community-led, circular economies

No tech fixes. No delays. Just rights.

#COP30

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 2d

⚖️ CIEL highlighted Investor-State Dispute Settlement as a barrier to climate and human rights progress.

CIEL’s Francesca Mingrone exposed how #ISDS lets polluters sue governments for protecting people and planet—and called for a rights-based overhaul of global investment rules.

#FixISDS

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 2d

🌊 A landmark resolution on sea level rise was adopted. It
✅ Builds on the historic #ICJ Advisory Opinion
✅ Affirms that statehood endures despite rising seas
✅ Calls for a human rights–based approach to climate displacement

⚠️ Regrettably, it fails to name fossil fuels as the root cause

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 2d

🌍 CIEL was on the ground at #HRC60 because the #ClimateCrisis is a #HumanRights crisis.

From sea level rise to #ToxicPlastics, #FossilFuels to corporate impunity—we worked to center frontline voices and demand rights-based #ClimateAction.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 3d

We’re calling on states to:
⚠️ Recognize the right to a healthy environment
⚠️ Embed climate & environmental due diligence
⚠️ Guarantee remedy & protect defenders
⚠️ Strengthen legal liability
This isn’t optional—it’s legally grounded and morally urgent.

🔗 bit.ly/3J0pjRY

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 3d

Without strong environmental protections, the #LBI will fail the communities it’s meant to protect.

#ClimateJustice #PeopleOverProfit #CorporateAccountability

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 3d

The law is clear. The #ICJ, Inter-American Court, UNGA and HRC have confirmed that:
✅ States must regulate private actors to prevent climate harm
✅“Polluter pays” principle upheld
✅ The #RightToAHealthyEnvironment is universal

Yet the LBI draft sidelines this. Civil society demands urgent fixes.

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 3d

📄 New analysis from @fian-international.bsky.social, @fesonline.bsky.social, #ESCR-Net, @franciscansintl.bsky.social, @ishr.ch, and CIEL breaks it down:

🔗 bit.ly/3J0pjRY

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 3d

🚨 States are negotiating a UN Legally Binding Instrument (#LBI) to regulate transnational corporations (#TNCs) under #HumanRights law.
But the latest draft omits the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment—despite global legal recognition.

#R2HE

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 3d

The oil & gas industry is pushing #CCS because it locks in fossil fuels—and governments like the UK are footing the bill.
@influencemap.bsky.social reveals no CCS projects are operational in the UK, and even industry insiders doubt it works.
A win for polluters, a loss for people and planet.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 3d

🚨 New report from @influencemap.bsky.social reveals Oil & Gas giants are driving the push for costly Carbon Capture & Storage.
It’s not a climate solution—it’s a lifeline for fossil fuels. #CCS risks locking in emissions and delaying real action.

bit.ly/3IZXf1e

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 4d

CIEL & partners are watching closely and demanding:
1️⃣ A binding finance strategy rooted in responsibility
2️⃣ Community-led access from the start
3️⃣ Rights-based modalities

The world is watching. The Fund must not remain an empty shell.

#FillTheFund #PayUp #ClimateDebt #COP30

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 4d

⚖️ #LossAndDamage finance is a legal obligation—not charity.
🌱 #DirectAccess for communities.
🛡️ Human rights-based policies must guide the Fund’s operations.

The #ICJ ruling makes this clear. The Board must act accordingly.

#ICJAO #ClimateJustice

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 4d

📍Today in Manila, civil society organizations are rallying as the 7th Board Meeting of The Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage ( #FRLD ) opens.

Their message is clear: the Fund is on life support.
💰 Just $399.89M paid in—less than 0.1% of what’s needed.

It’s time to #FillTheFund now!

Photo credits: Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD)

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

Read more about the Manila meeting in @lossanddamage.bsky.social key messages and follow them and CIEL’s Senior Campaigner @lienvandamme.bsky.social for live updates.

🔗http://bit.ly/3KBJ7vF

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

CIEL & partners will be watching and demanding that the meeting delivers:
1️⃣ A binding and ambitious finance strategy rooted in obligations
2️⃣Direct access for communities from the start
3️⃣ Rights-based policies

The world is watching. The Fund can’t stay an empty shell.

#FillTheFund

The ICJ climate ruling has major implications for the loss and damage fund

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

At this Board meeting, members are expected to:
💰 Develop a plan to #FillTheFund
🟢 Kickstart the first phase of the Fund’s activities

In doing so – and in fleshing out the long term plans for the Fund – they must be guided by international law.

bit.ly/4nay8Hf

As the fund struggles with lack of money and bureaucratic barriers, its board must align its actions with the landmark court decision

Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

⚖️ The #ICJ Advisory Opinion is clear: states have legal duties to remedy climate harm.
Loss & damage finance is a matter of obligations, not charity.

It must be:
✅ Delivered at scale in grants
✅ Human rights-based
✅ Community-led

No more delays.

#ICJAO #ClimateJustice