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NEW: Vanuatu has introduced a draft UN 🇺🇳 General Assembly resolution that builds on the International Court of Justice’s landmark ruling on States' legal duties in the context of climate change.

The resolution aims at turning legal clarity into collective #ClimateAction.

As Money Goes out for Climate-Related Loss and Damage, Displaced Communities Stand to Benefit With the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage scheduled to make its first distribution in 2026, countries and members of the fund’s board have an opportunity to prioritize human mobility.

@iom.int & Ruta del Clima created the first-ever costing tool to quantify #LnD for #plannedrelocation & disaster #displacement. Results in #CostaRica & #Chile calculated that governments would need to invest around $65,384 per household to address LnD.

carnegieendowment.org/posts/2026/0...

After Day 1 of INQUIMUS, what are my take-aways? So far, mainly that there are a tremendous amount of people who really want to see a just world where everyone has a chance at a decent life.

Local journalists! If you are looking for ways to localize the climate story for your region and audience, check out #LocallySourced, CCNow's bimonthly newsletter with story ideas, resources, advice from experts, and example stories we like. Find out more here: coveringclimatenow.org/from-us/loca...

Update from first responders: no casualties, no people with burnes, just a few first responders needing oxygen because there were no masks in the beginning. (From What's App and Signal group participants in Belém)

NEW: The Trump admin is planning to release a reckless offshore drilling plan that would open vast new areas of U.S. waters to oil and gas development. This would include auctioning off public waters in California, the Gulf of Mexico, and virtually every offshore area in Alaska.​

🌎We’re Hiring! The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is seeking a Climate Justice Fellow to contribute to work on issues related to climate justice and equity

✅Requirements: J.D. or LLM & interest in climate justice/environmental law
📅Deadline: 1/16/2026
🔗More Details: buff.ly/R2zU9i8

People In Poverty Have The Most At Stake Amid World Climate Talks Data shows that even in developed nations relatively sheltered from climate change, over 80% of poor people are exposed to at least one climate hazard, like drought, air pollution or extreme heat.

“I heard there were a lot of negotiators who have been complaining of being put on a bunk bed, or in terms of sharing a room, but this is the reality of most people around the world.”

Hosting COP in Belém will hopefully do a lot to draw attention to this issue www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/peop...

As #COP30 kicks off today in Brazil, what are our key messages on human mobility?

The Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility, @lossanddamage.bsky.social, @cmdplatform.bsky.social, Pacific Migration Partners & many other brilliant folks have these asks: tinyurl.com/COP30mobilitymessages

We have an amazing lineup of guests scheduled for the next 2 weeks, including @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @rodschoonover.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social

1/14. 📢NEW BRIEF: What does the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ⚖️historic Advisory Opinion (#ICJAO) on the obligations 🧑‍⚖️ of states in regard to #ClimateChange mean for #LossAndDamage 🔥🌊⛈️ under the #UNFCCC? 🤔

🔗Find out here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/th...

@ciel.org

1/11 📢NEW PAPER: “A Five Year Vision for #LossAndDamage: Summary for Policy Makers”.

🔗Read it here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/a-...

@canclimateaction.bsky.social @ciel.org @gcdcj.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @fillthefund.bsky.social @adellethomas.bsky.social

Hurricane Melissa: Here’s how to help the Caribbean South Florida organizations are gathering clothing, food and money to assist people affected by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean.

A slow-moving disaster is unfolding nearby. Here's how we can all help as Hurricane Melissa slams the Caribbean www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/27/h...

The Verdict Is In: To Comply with the Law, COP30 Must Deliver - Center for International Environmental Law Landmark court rulings make clear: climate action is a legal duty, not a choice. At COP30, countries must act in line with the law.

🌎 Ahead of #COP30, we need less politics & more law.

🗣️ CIEL's @erikalennon.bsky.social, says this year the world must break the political gridlock that has defined climate negotiations. Countries must take ambitious climate action or risk violating their obligations under int'l law.👇
bit.ly/4ovq70n

⚖️ The Inter-American Court of Human Rights made history with its Advisory Opinion on climate. How do we use it? 👉 bit.ly/AOzoom

📅 Join us 10/29 @ 9 AM Mexico City / 10 AM Bogotá / 11 AM ET / 12 PM Santiago.

🗣️ More than a webinar. Come workshop with us!

💬 Spanish/English interpretation.

1/3.⏳In 8️⃣ DAYS, the Scottish Governement 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 — the world’s first mover on #LossAndDamage finance — will share what it learned at the launch🚀of a new report🔬 “Lessons From the Frontlines: Learning From Scotland’s Leadership on Loss and Damage Finance”. 🧐 Open to all. 2 sessions. Register ⬇️

UN experts urge binding accountability for agribusiness to safeguard peasants’ rights and global food security GENEVA — A handful of powerful corporations now control vast portions of global agricultural production, input markets and food supply chains, a concentration of power that undermines the autonomy of ...

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

RISING UP TOGETHER | IPES-Food webinar YouTube video by IPES-Food

🎥 Rising Up Together – the webinar is now available to watch!

Movement leaders from across the globe came together to reflect on the outcomes of Nyéléni 2025 and build collective strategies towards #COP30.

🌱 #ClimateJustice meets food sovereignty!
📺 Watch here www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOvf...

The “Mundane Violence” of International Water Conflicts - Association for Asian Studies Statistics about water resources abound. Some, like the combined length of rivers in the United States (3.5 million miles), make for interesting but forgettable trivia. Others, like the number of…

In the Fall 2017 issue of EAA, @kimanh.bsky.social published "The 'Mundane Violence' of International Water Conflicts," introducing readers to environmental and social issues that have only grown more acute in the years since this article first appeared.

Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary.

This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...

Scientists Must Join Forces to Solve Forecasting’s Predictability Desert - Eos To strengthen societal resilience to worsening natural hazards, siloed Earth system science communities must collaborate to understand conditions that favor skillful subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasts.

Tackling challenges of subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting—which could transform our ability to anticipate heatwaves, flooding, wildfires, and more—requires siloed scientific communities to work together, write Jadigwa Richter and Everette Joseph of @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. eos.org/opinions/sci...

"While [US] East Coast homeowners recovering from a nor’easter that flooded parts of [several] states the same weekend can run to Home Depot for supplies or drive to a hotel if their home floods, none of that exists in remote [Alaska] Native villages." Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social 👇

I strongly urge you to read this interview with @alaskawx.bsky.social who has unique insight and perspective on the catastrophic surge event in western Alaska I wrote about with his help.

theconversation.com/typhoon-leav...

What Happened to The Migrants The U.S. Dumped In Panama? Nearly 300 people were sent to a country they’d never lived in. The journey didn’t end there.

his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for
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Waiting until disaster strikes hurting aid as early action ‘5 times more effective’ Under the current system, governments and donors respond after disasters occur, through humanitarian relief or emergency social protection payments. But researchers say these measures are inefficient ...

Investing in resilience and anticipatory support before climate shocks hit can be up to five times more cost-effective than traditional post-disaster aid - new @iied.bsky.social report

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Climate resilience through social protection: the economic case for early action Climate change is no longer a distant risk but a systemic development crisis. The impacts are particularly devastating for the least developed countries and Small Island Developing States, where repea...

Important new report from @iied.bsky.social on "Climate resilience through social protection: the economic case for early action" launched today 👇
www.iied.org/22668iied

'Many of our representatives are facing significant challenges in securing accommodation for COP30'

Chief envoy of the 48 'Least Developed Countries' @UNFCCC offers his take on #COP30 goals + preparation... @LDCChairUNFCCC

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Statement to the #LossAndDamage Fund to clarify relevance of the #ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion on #HumanRights, #Climate #Nature nexus #TransformativeChange

www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

@ipbes.net @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @ungeneva.bsky.social @srenvironment.bsky.social

Mwanahamisi Singano at the Board Meeting for the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage During a dialogue between the Board and civil society organizations, Mwanahamisi outlined 3 implications of the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

"The Fund should recognize that #LossesAndDamages are human rights violations ... [and] must urgently develop policies to do no harm and ensure inclusive, participatory & accountable operations that protect ecosystems, #HumanRights & include Indigenous People."

https://bit.ly/3VWSpVy

Existential Politics A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation

Today is the day!!! Existential Politics is out in the world!

Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.