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US & Qatar effectively admit their liquified natural gas supply chains harm human rights and the climate & environment
The prospective EU law on supply chain audits is up for debate this week
This kind of vigorous lobbying against the law suggests something to hide
www.ft.com/content/05ec...
The prospective EU law on supply chain audits is up for debate this week
This kind of vigorous lobbying against the law suggests something to hide
www.ft.com/content/05ec...
US and Qatar issue energy and trade threats to EU over climate rules
Fossil fuel exporters claim investment and security of supply will be imperilled
www.ft.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
US & Qatar effectively admit their liquified natural gas supply chains harm human rights and the climate & environment
The prospective EU law on supply chain audits is up for debate this week
This kind of vigorous lobbying against the law suggests something to hide
www.ft.com/content/05ec...
The prospective EU law on supply chain audits is up for debate this week
This kind of vigorous lobbying against the law suggests something to hide
www.ft.com/content/05ec...
A golden oldie - the drug dealers defence
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)...
September 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A golden oldie - the drug dealers defence
This is unbelievably crass. If this reflects Holcim's ethics, they need to lose.
28/ ⚠️ ...you can't make this up: directly facing two plaintiffs who had described the existential threat faced by their families, the Holcim's legal representative offered them 4 francs, as if to demonstrate that the limited financial claims underpinning the case are irrelevant.
September 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is unbelievably crass. If this reflects Holcim's ethics, they need to lose.
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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👇
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10. People who have to seek safety in another country due to climate change cannot be returned where there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk of irreparable harm to the right to life (the principle of non-refoulement).
July 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
10. People who have to seek safety in another country due to climate change cannot be returned where there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk of irreparable harm to the right to life (the principle of non-refoulement).
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🌍 BREAKING: Climate impunity ends today - by order of the world’s highest court.
The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable
This is a legal revolution for our planet.
The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable
This is a legal revolution for our planet.
July 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🌍 BREAKING: Climate impunity ends today - by order of the world’s highest court.
The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable
This is a legal revolution for our planet.
The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable
This is a legal revolution for our planet.
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🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
July 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
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Viele Medien in D berichten, dass die Klage Lliuya v RWE gescheitert ist & bringen RWE's falsche Aussagen zu dem Verfahren ohne zu erwähnen, dass das Gericht diese explizit als Falschaussagen hervorhebt! Dies ist kein Erfolg für RWE sondern für Klimagerechtigkeit! www.olg-hamm.nrw.de/behoerde/pre...
Oberlandesgericht Hamm:
Zurückweisung der Berufung in dem Verfahren des peruanischen Bergführers Lliuya gegen RWE
www.olg-hamm.nrw.de
May 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Viele Medien in D berichten, dass die Klage Lliuya v RWE gescheitert ist & bringen RWE's falsche Aussagen zu dem Verfahren ohne zu erwähnen, dass das Gericht diese explizit als Falschaussagen hervorhebt! Dies ist kein Erfolg für RWE sondern für Klimagerechtigkeit! www.olg-hamm.nrw.de/behoerde/pre...
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🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE.
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
May 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE.
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇