The EU’s #IndustrialAcceleratorAct risks undermining the climate goals it claims to advance.
By promoting "acceleration areas" and failed tech like Carbon Capture & Storage, the EU is prioritizing industry interests over environmental safety.
Read our full reaction: bit.ly/4udkF6c
📣 We’re #Hiring a Chief Program Officer at CIEL 🌍
A strategic, globally minded leader who can turn vision into action and values into practice — advancing human rights & environmental justice through the power of law.
Learn more & apply: cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/124?...
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1/9. 🚨 #ICJAO UPDATE🚨: Six months ago the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ⚖️ delivered its landmark advisory opinion (AO) 📜 on the obligation of States in regards to #ClimateChange🔥. 👏Now Vanuatu 🇻🇺 has introduced a draft UN resolution to turn words into action!
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CIEL condemns the unlawful US & Israel military strikes on Iran. We express solidarity for all affected across the region.
These attacks violate international law, endanger civilians, & erode global security. The international community must reject the normalization of force: bit.ly/4seBEDg
📢 Event alert: Do you want to learn more about how to translate the groundbreaking climate ruling into #ClimateAction and the forthcoming UNGA Resolution?
Hear from expert speakers during the two webinars [more info & QR code to register in the visuals below].
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Standing with Indigenous communities defending their sovereign rights is not a crime.
✊ We stand with @greenpeace.org and allies who refuse to be silenced or intimidated ✊
READ more in our statement: www.ciel.org/news/345-mil...
👨⚖️ This case and other abusive suits by the #FossilFuel industry underscore the need for strong anti- #SLAPP protections to prevent the misuse of courts against climate defenders and to safeguard democratic engagement.
⚖️ At a time when environmental protections are being dismantled and climate harms are escalating, weaponizing the courts to suppress dissent strikes at the heart of democracy.
❗ Care for our planet is not extremism or defamation— it is a civic duty ❗
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A North Dakota judge ordered @greenpeace.org to pay $345 million in damages to the pipeline company Energy Transfer caused by protest actions in 2016/17.
This is a textbook #SLAPP – a strategic lawsuit against public participation, designed to silence dissent through crushing legal costs.
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📣 The world's highest court has spoken: States have binding legal duties regarding the climate crisis.
It's time to turn that clarity into #ClimateAction.
🤓 READ our NEW practitioner-led compendium to turn the ICJ's words into practical tools: www.ciel.org/reports/icj-litigation-notes-digest
📣 1st Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels coming this April
It marks a shift from commitments to action!
We applaud hosts Colombia and the Netherlands, and the Pacific Island nations strengthening international cooperation for a fossil fuel phaseout.
👇 transitionawayconference.com
The path forward requires vision, not just "cutting red tape."
We need a transition that centers human and social rights, stands up to extreme corporate influence, and works for everyone — not just the powerful few. [5/5]
Read the full analysis: bit.ly/4aC3MKA
The European Commission’s own language has shifted from “simplification” to outright deregulation.
By relaxing these rules, the European Commission is removing laws that ensure corporate transparency and public participation — prioritizing ease of business over the rights of people. ⬇️[4/5]
This isn't just theory, it’s happening through "fast-track" laws.
By bundling dozens of changes into massive legislative packages, the European Commission is bypassing the deep scrutiny these rules deserve. It’s a quiet rollback of protections we fought decades to win. ⬇️[3/5]
We tracked the shift over the last two years.
Industry demands for “competitiveness” are being copy-pasted into high-level strategy.
The result? A political reality where economic growth is being used as an excuse to gamble with our health and the environment. ⬇️[2/5]
Is the @ec.europa.eu in a toxic relationship with big polluters?
Our latest analysis by @silviap.bsky.social reveals a striking pattern: the petrochemical industry’s private "wishlist" is becoming Europe's political reality. Progress is moving in reverse ⬇️[1/5]
The latest round of #PlasticsTreaty negotiations concluded with a new Chair.
Our new brief examines where the treaty text stands and whether the oft-cited “start-and-strengthen” approach, where a treaty is strengthened over time, can work.
Read the analysis ↓
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine proves that environmental protection is inseparable from peace.
Fossil fuel revenues must not continue to finance this war. We need loophole-free sanctions and a rapid, equitable transition toward a fossil-free future that safeguards human rights. bit.ly/3OJudoZ
😱 Europeans remain insufficiently protected from harmful chemicals 😱
CIEL & 40 NGOs are calling on European Union leaders to ensure a high level of protection for human health & the environment - by strengthening implementation, enforcement & modernization of the 🇪🇺 chemicals legislation.
READ 👇
What does the UN Resolution on the @CIJ_ICJ Climate Opinion mean for the 🌎? It
1⃣Welcomes the Court’s advisory opinion & calls on States to comply fully with it
2⃣Calls for strengthened climate action
3⃣It advances the operationalisation of the opinion.
READ👇
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⚡⚖️ Continuation (and end) of historic #climatelitigation hearing at Paris Judicial Court this afternoon in historic case against TotalEnergies.
👀 🧵 Follow in thread below for blow-by-blow reporting in English.
🧵 🇫🇷 See also here in French via @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social: bsky.app/profile/notr...
👏 BIG congratulations to the legal team representing @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social, Sherpa, France Nature Environnement, Les Eco Maires, and a coalition of cities for their incredible work ahead and during the hearings.
⁉️ Today, judges will continue to confront a defining question of our time: Can #FossilFuel expansion survive the rule of law in a climate crisis?
🦜 The hearings continue today. Follow CIEL's @duycks.bsky.social for live updates from the court.
🔍 Yesterday, the court examined whether examine whether TotalEnergies — the second-largest oil and gas producer in the world — meets its legal duty to identify and prevent climate harms.
😱 What emerged is a troubling pattern of retreat rather than progress.
Day two of the climate hearings against TotalEnergies
👀 The ongoing hearing before the Paris Judicial Court provides a defining test of corporate climate responsibility under legal standards regarding companies' duty of vigilance.
Read what happened yesterday in the 🧵 below 👇
⚖️ 🌐 🛢️ #ClimateLitigation update: court hearings continue at Paris Judicial Court in landmark case against TotalEnergies.
The hearing continues, with focus on the review of Total's vigilance plan & of injunctions sought by NGOs & municipalities.
🧵 Live coverage in thread 👇
Japan's plan to export carbon and dump it abroad means it "gets to keep polluting and driving climate change, while claiming to ‘clean up’ its emissions by shipping the carbon to Malaysia," says CIEL's @rjkennerley.bsky.social.
Read the full article: bit.ly/4kHBX6N
'FIGHTING NOT DROWNING' Documentary is now streaming! 📽️
Follow an Indigenous-led team of young lawyers from the Pacific as they make history during the first-ever climate hearings at the world's highest court, opening the way for more ambitious climate action.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVG2...
If the Court affirms binding obligations for a major emitter, it could mark a turning point for climate accountability worldwide.
👇 Do you want to learn more? FOLLOW CIEL's @duycks.bsky.social & @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social reporting live from the court👇
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‼️ This case is bigger than one company ‼️
It sits at the intersection of:
🔸Climate science
🔸Corporate power
🔸The future of binding climate regulation.
At a time when some policymakers are pushing to weaken climate rules, this hearing asks whether the law will stand with science — & with people.
