Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment
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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment
@srenvironment.bsky.social
UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy & sustainable environment / Relatora Especial 🇺🇳 del DH al ambiente limpio, sano y sostenible
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📢 Call for Inputs | Clean Air 🌳
ALL INVITED to send your inputs for my 4° report!

With the objective of creating a further understanding of useful tools to include health impacts in environmental air pollution governance.

🗓Deadline: Oct 16th
🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
#COP30 finished yesterday in Belém, after immense preparations & admirable efforts from the Brazilian Presidency, and many others involved. This was the COP of truth and the peoples’ COP. With many challenges and important advances.
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
#COP30 is entering the last few hours, a new draft was shared 16 hours ago, and parties are still negotiating.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/21/c...
With COP30 talks in "crisis", countries are urged to unite
A group of 29 countries - mainly from Europe, Latin America and small islands - reject the main text, saying it is "weak" for omitting their demand for a fossil fuel transition roadmap
www.climatechangenews.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A un día de la finalización de la #COP30, de acuerdo con agenda y después del desafortunado incendio 🔥 que obligó a evacuar el área, tres reflexiones antes de terminar el día:
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Querida gente,

Estamos participando en la #COP30 y hoy desafortunadamente hubo un incendio en uno de los pabellones. Se contuvo rápidamente y todas las personas fuimos evacuadas muy pronto.

Esperamos que la situación pueda arreglarse y se reanude la conferencia, para terminar mañana.
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#COP30 | Join us today for this wonderful event!
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
El primer día, llegando a #Belém el domingo, para participar en la #COP30 la segunda semana.
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
¡Muchísimas gracias a @efeverde.com por el espacio para publicar este artículo!
"Para que la #COP30 sea la COP de las personas, es esencial que los derechos humanos estén en el centro de las negociaciones y acuerdos."
efeverde.com/cdoverde-cop...
Derechos humanos y ambiente sano, elementos esenciales en COP30. Por Astrid Puentes Riaño (Universidad Iberoamericana) - EFEverde
Astrid Puentes, relatora de la ONU, subraya que COP30 solo será efectiva si respeta los derechos humanos y el ambiente sano.
efeverde.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
(ES BELOW)
🌿 Next week, I will be visiting the Brazilian Amazon to take part in COP30. I will participate in several side events and meetings to emphasize the importance of the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
🌳 I am pleased to share the executive summary of my latest report, “Framework for Environmental, Social and Human Rights Impact Assessments.”, focused on promoting a comprehensive approach to environmental impact assessments to prevent and mitigate harm.
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🌳 Me complace compartirles el resumen ejecutivo de mi más reciente informe, “Marco para las Evaluaciones de Impacto Ambiental, Social y de Derechos Humanos”, enfocado en promover una visión integral de las evaluaciones de impacto ambiental para prevenir y mitigar los daños.
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
📣 En relación con los #derechoshumanos y la #COP30 incluyendo cómo la OC de la CIJ puede fortalecer procesos y, sobre todo, resultados de la COP. Aquí compartimos nuestra declaración de Procedimientos Especiales: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Me daría mucho gusto vernos la próxima semana en la COP
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Otima noticia de Brasil 🇧🇷 dias antes da hashtag#COP30
Ontem, a Câmara dos Deputados aprovou a ratificação do #AcordodeEscazú
www.camara.leg.br/noticias/121...
Câmara aprova adesão do Brasil a acordo sobre justiça ambiental - Notícias
Projeto confirma a participação do país no Acordo de Escazú; texto segue para análise do Senado
www.camara.leg.br
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🔔Call for inputs: I will visit Ireland from February 9th to the 20th, 2026.
October 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
📣 As UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, along with colleagues from other five mandates we welcome landmark ASEAN Declaration on right to safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
#ASEAN #healthyenvironment
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
⚖️ 🌿 Preventing environment harms is fundamental to fulfill the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
That’s why, for my third report, I developed a framework for Environmental, Social, and Human Rights Impact Assessments.
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
⚖️ 🌿 Prevenir el daño al ambiente es fundamental para garantizar el derecho humano a un ambiente limpio, sano y sostenible.
Por eso, para mi tercer reporte realicé un marco para las Evaluaciones de Impacto Ambiental, Social y de Derechos Humanos.
October 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
#OEIGWG11
STATEMENT:
As UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, along with SR on climate change and human rights Elisa Morgera (...)
October 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
🌿 Last Friday, I had the honor of presenting my latest report on Environmental, Social, and Human Rights Impact Assessments before the United Nations General Assembly at its 80th Session.
🔗 You can read the full report and its annexes here: docs.un.org/en/A/80/187
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hoy tuve el honor de presentar en la 80ª sesión de la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas en Nueva York mi último reporte sobre un Marco para los Estudios de Impacto Ambiental.
¡Gracias a quienes nos acompañaron en persona y a través de la transmisión en vivo!
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
📣 ¡Estamos en vivo! Estás justo a tiempo de unirte a la transmisión en vivo de la presentación de mi último reporte ante la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas.
Aquí el link de la transmisión, a partir de las 3 PM (EST)/ 1 PM (CST):

🔗 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1p...
Third Committee, 19th plenary meeting - General Assembly, 80th session
Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee.
webtv.un.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment
UN expert @srenvironment.bsky.social says strengthening impact assessments essential to facing planetary crises and protecting human rights, urges States to assess all potentially harmful activities early and before projects begin. #UNGA

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🌾 Today at 3:00 PM (EST) I will be presenting my report Framework for Environmental, Social and Human Rights Impact Assessments to the UN General Assembly in New York.
October 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Tomorrow I am honored to present at the 80th UN General Assembly in New York my Report on a Framework for EIAs. You can watch LIVE the session at:
🔗 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1p...
Third Committee, 19th plenary meeting - General Assembly, 80th session
Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee.
webtv.un.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
🌿 Join us, in person or online, along with my colleagues Special Rapporteurs Elisa Morgera and Pedro Arrojo
October 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM

Ecuador 🇪🇨 | Comparto la carta enviada junto con otros 7 mandatos de procedimientos especiales de la ONU al Estado ecuatoriano expresando nuestra preocupación por la promulgación de:
October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM