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History is repeating itself as the #COP29 Presidency 🇦🇿reaffirms its commitment to support the interests of #FossilFuels companies.
Yet another #ClimateConference in the hands of a petrostate is a glaring reminder of the conflicts of interest that undermine intl climate policy 👇
The 1⃣ #LossAndDamageFund (LDF) Board meeting starts tomorrow, with unacceptable restrictions on civil society participation.
Frontline communities' involvement in the LDF is essential not only for its effectiveness but also for its legitimacy & justice.
climatechangenews.com/2024/04/26/lim…
#Tomorrow 📣Don't miss this fascinating conversation about the Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos ’s expected role in addressing #climateemergency and rights of #environmental defenders with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Fundeps Argentina, UNECEAarhus,Center for International Environmental Law and Vecinas Unidas x la Defensa del Ambiente Sano 🔗Register👇🏽
📣 Happy to share our 🆕brief, ahead of the first #LossAndDamage Fund (LDF) Board meeting, outlining a blueprint for meaningful #InclusiveParticipation ! Co-written with Liane Schalatek Lien Vandamme Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) ACEObservatory Center for International Environmental Law
🔗Read 👇: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/publication/lo…
🖊️Together with La Ruta del Clima, AIDA 🌎, & ESCR-Net / Red-DESC, we submitted a brief to Inter-American Court of Human Rights emphasizing the urgent need for #Reparations for communities affected by the #ClimateEmergency , in line with States' #HumanRights obligations.
Read the brief ⤵️
bit.ly/49BDJAm
⚖️ It's the final day of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights hearings for the #AdvisoryOpinion on the #ClimateEmergency & #HumanRights !
Today, Center for International Environmental Law & partners will be calling on the Court to clarify States’ duty to uphold the #RightToRemedy for #ClimateHarm .
💻Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=PtEfbu…
In his last report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, SREnvironment David Boyd called for a rethink of business and economic models based on exploiting people and nature that have pushed humanity to the brink of disaster.
#HRC55 story by United NationsHumanRights⤵️
ohchr.org/en/stories/202…
Intensive Israeli strikes in Gaza are ‘beyond warfare’ says Volker Türk, UN human rights chief
news.un.org/en/story/2024/…
Plastic pollution is fueling the #TriplePlanetaryCrisis , harming every ecosystem on earth; yet annual production is projected to quadruple by 2050.
We need a #PlasticsTreaty that:
-caps production volumes
-eliminates toxic plastics; and
-protects human rights
#EarthDay #INC4
#LaCorteInforma | Corte reconoce la existencia del desplazamiento forzado interno por factores ambientales, incluidos hechos asociados al cambio climático. 🧵(1/2)
Sentencia T-123 de 2024
M. P. Natalia Ángel Cabo
▶️ Boletín: lc.cx/MPwyz0
🌎This week in #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean , CIEL will be following three key #HumanRights & #Environment events:
🇨🇱 #COP3Escazu in Santiago
🇧🇧Inter-American Court of Human Rights Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos's #Climate #AdvisoryOpinion hearings in Bridgetown
🇨🇴Constitutional Court Colombia's hearings on the #EscazuAgreement in Bogotá
A 🧵
#ITLOSCase31 The Tribunal will deliver its advisory opinion on the Request submitted to the Tribunal by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law at a public sitting on 21 May 2024 at noon. itlos.org/fileadmin/itlo…
The Plastics Crisis is poisoning our lives
Cursing our children’s health & future
But
Plastic/Chemical Industries don’t care
they want
you to recycle toxic chemicals
+blame you for their plastic mess
IPEN is fighting for your health in a #PlasticsTreaty
stoppoisonplastic.org/plastics-treat…
The Arctic is a Source & Sink of the
Toxic #FossilFuel & Plastics Economy
Watch & Hear from some of the
Indigenous leaders featured in the
New Report on
“The Arctic’s Plastic Crisis”
#PlasticsTreaty
stoppoisonplastic.org/plastics-treat… ACAT Marcos A Orellana
The #PlasticsTreaty
Must mature at #INC4
in Ottawa next week
The
🔺Treaty Process
🔺Status
🔺Pathway Ahead
➕insights from the Plastics Treaty INC Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso covered by C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)
cen.acs.org/articles/102/i…