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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 8d

"Climate & environmental policies must not create new harms for vulnerable communities or be weaponized in the shift to a fossil-free world."

@duycks.bsky.social of @ciel.org stresses the need to advance a #JustTransition while remaining anchored in #HumanRights obligations.

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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 · 16d

🌐 With #UNGA underway, States must uphold the international rule of law to prevent the continuation of genocide in Gaza.

There can be no environmental justice while the universal nature of human rights faces such grave and flagrant violations.

🔗 Read our statement: bit.ly/3Iy1Bwi

UN General Assembly Opens with Ever Greater Urgency to Uphold the International Rule of Law - Center for International Environmental Law

At the 80th United Nations General Assembly, States must uphold the international rule of law and protect human rights.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 20d

Since the 2024 judgment, the Council of Europe has been overseeing Switzerland’s climate action.
Today’s decision points to ongoing gaps and calls on Swiss authorities to report back on further progress in 2026.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 20d

⚖️ #ClimateLitigation update: Switzerland’s implementation of its legal obligations under the European Court of Human Rights @echr.coe.int ruling remains insufficient, confirms @coe.int Council of Ministers in its latest decision.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 28d

📢 Join us TODAY at #HRC60 for the side event:
“States’ Duty to Regulate Corporations in the Face of the Triple Planetary Crisis”

⏰ 11:00–12:00 CEST
📍 Room VIII, Palais des Nations

Or watch LIVE: bit.ly/46vL0Co

With @ishr.ch, #FES, @fian-international.bsky.social, and #FranciscansInternational

States’ duty to regulate corporations in the face of triple planetary crisis | HRC60 Side Event

This side event to the 60th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC60), organized by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), FIAN Int...

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 29d

The call comes from within – again!

Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍

pace.coe.int/en/news/9992...

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Commitee calls on the Council of Europe to assume its role in addressing climate change and its impact on our fundamental rights

The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development notes with grave concern that Europe has entered an era in which climate-related disasters are becoming structural: persistent droug...

https://pace.coe.int/en/news/9992/commitee-calls-on-the-council-of-europe-to-assume[%E2%80%A6]essing-climate-change-and-its-impact-on-our-fundamental-rights

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · Sep 8

⚠️ 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.

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

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · Sep 5

🌍 In the age of misinformation, what climate science 'counts'?

📆 The very first #ClimateArena 2025 session will see attorney @duycks.bsky.social and documentarist Mette Reitzel address (mis)use of climate science in litigation.

📅 Prog: climatearena2025.sched.com
🎟️ Tix: climatearena.eu/register/

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Alexandra Endres @alexandraendres.bsky.social · Sep 3

Kann Holcim in der Schweiz wegen Klimaschäden aufgrund der Emissionen aus der Zementproduktion verklagt werden? Heute war Gerichtsverhandlung, eine Entscheidung ist noch nicht gefallen. Ein Thread des @ciel.org mit Hintergründen. #climatejustice #klimaklagen

🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

35/ In conclusion, the presiding judge concludes this main hearing, indicating that the Court will communicate the timing of its decision on the case's admissibility through a public notice in the coming weeks.

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luigijorio.bsky.social @luigijorio.bsky.social · Sep 2

Residents of Pulau Pari, a small island in Indonesia, accuse Swiss cement giant Holcim of contributing to the climate crisis that threatens their existence. ‪@ecchr.bsky.social‬ @sabincenter.bsky.social‬

Climate crisis: Indonesian islanders sue Swiss company Holcim

Inhabitants of Indonesia's Pulau Pari island accuse Swiss cement giant Holcim of contributing to the climate crisis that threatens their existence.

www.swissinfo.ch

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

🌍📢 Join us LIVE today at 15:00 CEST for the 2025 #GenevaDialogues on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange.

This year’s edition explores how Geneva-based institutions can build on historic climate advisory opinions from #ICJ, #ITLOS & #IACtHR.

#ClimateJustice

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

hey Lisbeth, thanks for the interest in this important case.
There won't be any developments later today. The tribunal is going to communicate via a notice on its webpage in the coming days/weeks to indicate when it will deliver its decision on the admissibility of the case.

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

40/ And it's a wrap.
The plaintiffs are now exiting the courthouse. Stay tuned for additional information on the case and the decision of the judges in this #ClimateLitigation case.
🌅Let the era of impunity come to an end and rule of law be upheld.

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

39/ This hearing made one thing clear: major polluters can only continue their reckless operations by seeking a licence to operate outside of the law - demanding to be dispensed from norms that apply to every other person.
#MakePollutersPay #LossAndDamage #CallForClimateJustice

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

38/ 🙉 🙈 on the other side, the lawyers supporting Holcim combined traditional legal arguments historically used by polluters and already repeatedly dismissed by other courts with direct attacks against NGOs supporting the case.

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

37/ ⚖️ today, the lawyers supporting the four plaintiffs who traveled from Indonesia to demand justice made a powerful case to the Swiss judges urging them to apply the law as it currently stands and to refuse to grant impunity to climate polluters...

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

36/ we have just vacated the room to let the three judges begin their deliberations... let me summarize below some of what we have learned today in this Cantonal Parliament of Zug in this historic hearing in #ClimateLitigation 𝐴𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑣. 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑐𝑖𝑚...

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

35/ In conclusion, the presiding judge concludes this main hearing, indicating that the Court will communicate the timing of its decision on the case's admissibility through a public notice in the coming weeks.

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

34/ and back... Holcim's legal team wrapped up its argument after having made one last time the tired argument that if Holcim's was to act benevolently and to slash its emissions, other polluters would just replace it (the "I am a better evil" argument)...

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

33/ 🐾 Alpine Groundhogs are true hibernators, sleeping deeply for approximately 200 days each year.
🐾 They use loud, shrill whistles to alert their colony to the presence of predators.
🐾 Their large incisors grow continuously, allowing them to process their diet.
📸 Photo credit: Estebandh

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

32/ Rather than to summarise the ongoing litany of appalling arguments and to preserve your (and my) sanity, let us turn our attention to fascinating facts concerning Alpine Groundhogs, one of the national symbols of Switzerland...
📸 Photo credit: Niklas Jeromin

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

31/ When you know the commitment of both authorities to the rule of law and the importance of judicial remedies, one can only hope that the judges will see through the bad faith of these tactics.

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

30/ 🤬 Holcim's legal representative now relies on truncated quotes from the European Court of Human Rights & USA Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg to support its argument that inadequate governmental action shields polluters from accountability in the context of climate change.

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Sep 3

29/ 🗣️ personal note: I have sat in courthouses in several countries but have never experienced such utter disdain for a victim.

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