DavZoul
@davzoul.bsky.social
Environmental lawyer and activist, father, capoeirista, reading and nature lover. Opinions and tweets are my own.#ToxicFreeFuture going to #PlasticsTreaty #INC5
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📢 The climate talks #COP30 in Belém conclude with a largely empty deal:
❌ No halt to deforestation,
❌ No fossil fuel phaseout, and
❌ No climate finance at the scale the crisis demands.
Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/cop30-f...
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❌ No halt to deforestation,
❌ No fossil fuel phaseout, and
❌ No climate finance at the scale the crisis demands.
Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/cop30-f...
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November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
📢 The climate talks #COP30 in Belém conclude with a largely empty deal:
❌ No halt to deforestation,
❌ No fossil fuel phaseout, and
❌ No climate finance at the scale the crisis demands.
Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/cop30-f...
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❌ No halt to deforestation,
❌ No fossil fuel phaseout, and
❌ No climate finance at the scale the crisis demands.
Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/cop30-f...
A 🧵👇
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Colombian minister Irene Vélez Torres explains her views on fossil fuels being excluded from the COP30 text.
"The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”.
She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
"The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”.
She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Colombian minister Irene Vélez Torres explains her views on fossil fuels being excluded from the COP30 text.
"The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”.
She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
"The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”.
She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
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That’s a wrap on Day 8 of #COP30 — And what a day! From seeing the 1st potential final political agreement on sticky issues from the climate talks to the revelation that hundreds of industrial agriculture lobbyists are attending the negotiations.
The day was packed 📦!
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The day was packed 📦!
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November 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
That’s a wrap on Day 8 of #COP30 — And what a day! From seeing the 1st potential final political agreement on sticky issues from the climate talks to the revelation that hundreds of industrial agriculture lobbyists are attending the negotiations.
The day was packed 📦!
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The day was packed 📦!
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Des centaines de militants ont bloqué l'usine normande du géant agrochimique BASF pour dénoncer la production d’un pesticide interdit en Europe et exporté vers le Sud global.
Ils dénoncent un « colonialisme chimique ».
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/XEi
Ils dénoncent un « colonialisme chimique ».
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/XEi
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Des centaines de militants ont bloqué l'usine normande du géant agrochimique BASF pour dénoncer la production d’un pesticide interdit en Europe et exporté vers le Sud global.
Ils dénoncent un « colonialisme chimique ».
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/XEi
Ils dénoncent un « colonialisme chimique ».
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/XEi
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‼️ NEW opinion piece by CIEL's Rebecca Brown and
@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
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@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
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November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
‼️ NEW opinion piece by CIEL's Rebecca Brown and
@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
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@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
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👀 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/...
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
👀 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/...
Find out in this great piece by @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bonjour Bluesky et happy Friday..
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Bonjour Bluesky et happy Friday..
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📣 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! 👇
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@scalzi.com you do not disappoint Sir.
« The shattering peace » is an absolute delight. Fun, witty, riveting, surprising and perfectly paced.
Another excellent Scalzi read.
Thank you
« The shattering peace » is an absolute delight. Fun, witty, riveting, surprising and perfectly paced.
Another excellent Scalzi read.
Thank you
September 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
@scalzi.com you do not disappoint Sir.
« The shattering peace » is an absolute delight. Fun, witty, riveting, surprising and perfectly paced.
Another excellent Scalzi read.
Thank you
« The shattering peace » is an absolute delight. Fun, witty, riveting, surprising and perfectly paced.
Another excellent Scalzi read.
Thank you
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Glad this finally comes to light! UNEP and its Exec Director Inger Anderson have played a questionable role throughout the INC process but even the prospect of them staging a coup against the Chair is deeply concerning. #plasticstreaty
https://medium.com/points-of-order/palace-intrigues-e158a369e296
https://medium.com/points-of-order/palace-intrigues-e158a369e296
Palace intrigues
The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…
medium.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Glad this finally comes to light! UNEP and its Exec Director Inger Anderson have played a questionable role throughout the INC process but even the prospect of them staging a coup against the Chair is deeply concerning. #plasticstreaty
https://medium.com/points-of-order/palace-intrigues-e158a369e296
https://medium.com/points-of-order/palace-intrigues-e158a369e296
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“Plastic pellets are a Trojan horse for toxic pollution,” warns CIEL’s @andresdelcas.bsky.social UN #HRC60.
Every year, ~445,970 tonnes - equal to 29 BILLION plastic bottles - spill into our environment. Yet they’re NOT classified as hazardous under maritime law.
#PlasticPollution
Every year, ~445,970 tonnes - equal to 29 BILLION plastic bottles - spill into our environment. Yet they’re NOT classified as hazardous under maritime law.
#PlasticPollution
September 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“Plastic pellets are a Trojan horse for toxic pollution,” warns CIEL’s @andresdelcas.bsky.social UN #HRC60.
Every year, ~445,970 tonnes - equal to 29 BILLION plastic bottles - spill into our environment. Yet they’re NOT classified as hazardous under maritime law.
#PlasticPollution
Every year, ~445,970 tonnes - equal to 29 BILLION plastic bottles - spill into our environment. Yet they’re NOT classified as hazardous under maritime law.
#PlasticPollution
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The #GENeva #ToxicFreeTalks returns in the margins of #HRC60 with a series of talks that reflect on toxic challenges & highlight the work of @srtoxics.bsky.social & organizations in the struggle for the right to be #ToxicFree.
📆 17 September, Palais des Nations
▶️ tiny.cc/GENToxicFree...
📆 17 September, Palais des Nations
▶️ tiny.cc/GENToxicFree...
September 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The #GENeva #ToxicFreeTalks returns in the margins of #HRC60 with a series of talks that reflect on toxic challenges & highlight the work of @srtoxics.bsky.social & organizations in the struggle for the right to be #ToxicFree.
📆 17 September, Palais des Nations
▶️ tiny.cc/GENToxicFree...
📆 17 September, Palais des Nations
▶️ tiny.cc/GENToxicFree...
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We’re hiring! 🌏 Join CIEL as our Director of Development to help advance climate justice and human rights worldwide.
👉 Apply: bit.ly/3IfR9tf
👉 Apply: bit.ly/3IfR9tf
September 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We’re hiring! 🌏 Join CIEL as our Director of Development to help advance climate justice and human rights worldwide.
👉 Apply: bit.ly/3IfR9tf
👉 Apply: bit.ly/3IfR9tf
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⚠️ More than half of all fertilizers are made from fossil fuels. 🛢️ The result? A system that harms our health, drives climate change, and threatens food security. 🍽️ It’s time to rethink what’s on our plates.
👇 Learn more about the frack-to-fork supply chain.
👇 Learn more about the frack-to-fork supply chain.
Frack to Fork: Fossil Fertilizers Harm Health, Climate, and Food Systems (Sept 2025) - Center for International Environmental Law
Fossil-fueled fertilizers drive climate change and threaten human health. Explore their hidden costs and learn proven solutions for resilient food systems.
www.ciel.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
⚠️ More than half of all fertilizers are made from fossil fuels. 🛢️ The result? A system that harms our health, drives climate change, and threatens food security. 🍽️ It’s time to rethink what’s on our plates.
👇 Learn more about the frack-to-fork supply chain.
👇 Learn more about the frack-to-fork supply chain.
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⚡ ⚖️ 🌐 happening now: #ClimateLitigation court hearing in Zug, Switzerland 🇨🇭, in 𝐴𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑣. 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑐𝑖𝑚.
This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms.
🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇
This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms.
🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇
September 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
⚡ ⚖️ 🌐 happening now: #ClimateLitigation court hearing in Zug, Switzerland 🇨🇭, in 𝐴𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑣. 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑐𝑖𝑚.
This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms.
🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇
This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms.
🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇
Dust has settled on #INC5.2 #PlasticsTreaty Geneva negotiations.
What happened and what now ? Here @ciel.org ´s final recap of those gruesome 10 days
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social
What happened and what now ? Here @ciel.org ´s final recap of those gruesome 10 days
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social
Plastics Treaty — What happened? What's next?
Negotiations collapsed in Geneva. Disappointing, yes. Defeat? Certainly not.
📽️ Watch: What happened, what's next — and why we still have hope! #PlasticsTreaty #INC52 youtu.be/-HgqLVANa78
Negotiations collapsed in Geneva. Disappointing, yes. Defeat? Certainly not.
📽️ Watch: What happened, what's next — and why we still have hope! #PlasticsTreaty #INC52 youtu.be/-HgqLVANa78
Plastics Treaty - What happened? What's next?
YouTube video by Center for International Environmental Law
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Dust has settled on #INC5.2 #PlasticsTreaty Geneva negotiations.
What happened and what now ? Here @ciel.org ´s final recap of those gruesome 10 days
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social
What happened and what now ? Here @ciel.org ´s final recap of those gruesome 10 days
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social
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To our colleagues, members, communities, allies, and member states...
Thank you for holding the line.
Thank you for standing strong.
Thank you for not letting a weak treaty pass.
We are not going back. We will not stop, until we win.
#CourageNotCompromise #PlasticsTreaty #INC5_2
Thank you for holding the line.
Thank you for standing strong.
Thank you for not letting a weak treaty pass.
We are not going back. We will not stop, until we win.
#CourageNotCompromise #PlasticsTreaty #INC5_2
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
To our colleagues, members, communities, allies, and member states...
Thank you for holding the line.
Thank you for standing strong.
Thank you for not letting a weak treaty pass.
We are not going back. We will not stop, until we win.
#CourageNotCompromise #PlasticsTreaty #INC5_2
Thank you for holding the line.
Thank you for standing strong.
Thank you for not letting a weak treaty pass.
We are not going back. We will not stop, until we win.
#CourageNotCompromise #PlasticsTreaty #INC5_2
#PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2 wrap up. You read it elsewhere by now, we don’t have a treaty (no real surprises here). But what else can we retain from those exhausting 11 days ?…
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social
Plastics Treaty talks are over. After 11 grueling days of delays, distractions, and gaslighting, we are leaving Geneva without a treaty. But countries stood firm against fossil-fueled interests — hope for an ambitious #PlasticsTreaty lives on.
🎥 @dlevialvares.bsky.social + @davzoul.bsky.social
🎥 @dlevialvares.bsky.social + @davzoul.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2 wrap up. You read it elsewhere by now, we don’t have a treaty (no real surprises here). But what else can we retain from those exhausting 11 days ?…
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social
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I need to properly sort my thoughts out as it’s been a long two weeks, but I think framing these talks as a failure overlooks the fact that high ambition states refused to accept a waste management treaty
where we go from here is unclear, but I think there remains grounds for optimism
where we go from here is unclear, but I think there remains grounds for optimism
Plastic pollution treaty stalled as Geneva talks end without deal
Diplomats voiced disappointment and even rage that the 10-day talks produced no deal.
www.reuters.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I need to properly sort my thoughts out as it’s been a long two weeks, but I think framing these talks as a failure overlooks the fact that high ambition states refused to accept a waste management treaty
where we go from here is unclear, but I think there remains grounds for optimism
where we go from here is unclear, but I think there remains grounds for optimism
We are entering the final stretch. An insult of a text was mostly rejected by countries yesterday (except by petro states and the chemical industry, which tells you all you need to know about it). Let’s see if we can unlock this today … stay tuned
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @duycks.bsky.social
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @duycks.bsky.social
In the final hours of #PlasticsTreaty talks, the Chair has dropped a text. "This isn’t a treaty to end plastic pollution — it’s a gift to polluters." It's completely unacceptable. So, what’s next? @melissabluesky.bsky.social explains.
August 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
We are entering the final stretch. An insult of a text was mostly rejected by countries yesterday (except by petro states and the chemical industry, which tells you all you need to know about it). Let’s see if we can unlock this today … stay tuned
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @duycks.bsky.social
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @duycks.bsky.social
Plenary of #INC5.2 #PlasticsTreaty still ongoing in Geneva.. The chair put forward a proposed text that is clearly unacceptable, as being expressed by many countries from all regions right now.
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @breakfreefromplastic.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @breakfreefromplastic.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social
🚨 This text gives in to petrostates and industry demands — Member States must reject it.
The chair's draft text has just dropped at #PlasticsTreaty talks. CIEL's @Davzoul responds.
The chair's draft text has just dropped at #PlasticsTreaty talks. CIEL's @Davzoul responds.
August 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Plenary of #INC5.2 #PlasticsTreaty still ongoing in Geneva.. The chair put forward a proposed text that is clearly unacceptable, as being expressed by many countries from all regions right now.
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @breakfreefromplastic.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @breakfreefromplastic.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social
Two more days and the heat is on in Gva #INC5.2 #PlasticsTreaty negotiations.. Ministers have arrived, rumors abound, and we are looking for the narrow path to success
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @breakfreefromplastic.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @breakfreefromplastic.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social
🔥 Only a few days left in #PlasticsTreaty talks — and the heat is on. The science is clear. The path is narrow. The moment is now. Hear what’s happening on the ground from @davzoul.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Two more days and the heat is on in Gva #INC5.2 #PlasticsTreaty negotiations.. Ministers have arrived, rumors abound, and we are looking for the narrow path to success
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @breakfreefromplastic.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @breakfreefromplastic.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social
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🔥 Only a few days left in #PlasticsTreaty talks — and the heat is on. The science is clear. The path is narrow. The moment is now. Hear what’s happening on the ground from @davzoul.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
🔥 Only a few days left in #PlasticsTreaty talks — and the heat is on. The science is clear. The path is narrow. The moment is now. Hear what’s happening on the ground from @davzoul.bsky.social