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

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.

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

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

#ClimateJustice #PeopleOverProfit #CorporateAccountability

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

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.

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

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

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

🚨 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 · 8h

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 · 8h

🚨 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.

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

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

⚖️ #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

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

📍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 · 2d

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

⚖️ 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

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

💸 Rich countries can pay. They just choose not to.

Fair shares:
🇺🇸 US: $155.5B/yr
🇩🇪 Germany: $34B/yr
🇬🇧 UK: $28.7B/yr

G7 spent $1.2T on militaries last year - gave just $348M to the Fund.
We know their priorities. Time to shift them.

#PayUp #ClimateDebt

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

🚨 The 7th Board meeting of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage starts tomorrow in Manila.

But the Fund is on life support: $399M paid in - less than 0.1% of the hundreds of billions needed.

And key promises on access for communities and all climate-vulnerable countries not being met.

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

#CCS projects fail often — technically and economically.
@climateanalytics.org finds that using CCS in power generation could make electricity twice as expensive as renewables with storage.
It’s a costly distraction from real climate solutions — and a financial risk for countries betting big.

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

New analysis from @climateanalytics.org reveals: Carbon Capture & Storage - #CCS - is a high-risk gamble for Asia.
Japan, Korea & Australia are pouring subsidies into CCS to prolong fossil fuel use — potentially locking in 25 billion tonnes of emissions by 2050.

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The global climate risks of Asia’s expansive carbon capture and…

This report looks at the climate and economic implications of Asia’s promotion of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to reduce fossil fuel emissions.

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

#ClimateArena is where cross-border investigations are born. Past editions sparked dozens of collaborations between journalists and scientists—and this year promises even more.

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#ClimateJustice #InvestigativeJournalism

Climate Arena 2025 Budapest programme

The Climate Arena Conference unites journalists, scientists, and researchers, with the shared goal of improving climate reporting in Europe. It is a working conference intended to plant the seeds of…

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

They’ll take part in two critical workshops:
🔹 “Investigating false solutions: geoengineering and desalination plants”
🔹 “Climate litigation in the age of misinformation”

They aim to equip journalists with tools to expose greenwashing, track false climate fixes, and navigate legal battles.

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

Next Friday in Budapest, CIEL’s @duycks.bsky.social and @barnabypace.bsky.social join journalists and scientists at #ClimateArena2025 - an inspiring working conference by @journalismarena.eu to strengthen climate reporting across Europe.

📍 Corvinus University, Budapest
🗓️ October 10

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

🚜 More than half of today’s fertilizers are made from fossil fuels — with consequences we can’t ignore:
⚕️ Health harms
🌪️ Climate chaos
📈 Rising costs

🛢️ It's time to get fossil fuels off our plates 🍽️
👇 Our new blog breaks it down www.ciel.org/from-frack-t...

From Frack to Fork: How Fossil Fuels Poison our Food Systems - Center for International Environmental Law

Half of today’s fertilizers are made from fossil fuels — driving climate chaos and health harms. Learn how we can break free and build just food systems.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 6d

This award celebrates a movement rooted in Pacific resilience, intergenerational justice, and unwavering courage.
CIEL is proud to stand with them as we turn this landmark Advisory Opinion into real-world accountability.
The fight continues. #ClimateJusticeNow

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2025 Right Livelihood Laureates Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and Julian Aguon

YouTube video by Right Livelihood

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 6d

From a classroom in #Vanuatu to the halls of the ICJ, they transformed lived reality into historic legal precedent.
In July 2025, the ICJ affirmed: states have binding obligations to prevent climate harm & protect human rights, and not doing so has legal consequences.

ICJ AO: bit.ly/471IVhT

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 6d

Huge congratulations to #PISFCC and Julian Aguon, 2025 @rightlivelihood.org Laureates!
Their visionary leadership brought the climate crisis to the world’s highest court #ICJ, turning frontline survival into a matter of legal rights.

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#ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ

Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and Chamorro Human Rights lawyer Julian Aguon receive Right Livelihood Award for historic campaign redefining international climate law - Right Livelih...

Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) and Julian Aguon are receiving the 2025 Right Livelihood Award for bringing frontline Pacific climate struggles before the International Court...

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