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⚖️ We use the power of the law to protect people and the planet.

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Does this sit right with you?

It seems too sad to be true, but the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth. 🌳🦔🌊🦊

Wanting to protect nature is not controversial. It’s common sense.

👉Donate today to #HelpHabitatsHeal: donate.clientearth.org/page/113697/...
🌿80% of people in the UK are worried about nature protection. Are you?

If so, you can help us make a difference.

💸For a limited time, your gift will be matched, meaning it has twice the impact for nature protection.

Donate 👉 donate.clientearth.org/page/113697/...

#HelpHabitatsHeal
January 2, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Which countries lead on nature restoration in Europe? 👀

With the Nature Restoration Law implementation underway, we analysed EU countries' restoration plans 🌱

Several frontrunners pave the way, but the progress is uneven & too slow.

More: www.restorenature.eu/en/our-work-...

#RestoreNature
December 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
As 2025 draws to a close, we are dwelling on the positive progress that's been made worldwide this year, for our planet and all who call it home. 🌎

More here: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025
Here are the year's breakthroughs for the climate and nature you might have missed.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🐋We stepped in this year when US bank JP Morgan Chase announced plans to support a new fossil fuel project that would threaten species including blue whales and porpoises.

Together we can #HelpHabitatsHeal.

Donate today 👉 donate.clientearth.org/page/113697/...
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
10 years on from the Paris Agreement, this is where we stand 👇
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
⏩It's been 2 years since we called out #greenwashing recycling claims made by Danone, Coca-Cola & Nestlé.

Despite some progress, misleading claims like 'made of 100% recycled plastic' & '100% recyclable' persist on many plastic products🧵

www.beuc.eu/news/recycli...
Recycling claims still a reality on plastic bottles – time for action
Two years after BEUC denounced greenwashing on plastic bottles, the issue is still present on labels. It's time for the EU to speed up its investigation.
www.beuc.eu
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
💸The latest report from @shareaction.bsky.social finds banks are lagging on their climate commitments.

Read the analysis⬇️
shareaction.org/reports/in-d...
In Debt to the Planet 2025
ShareAction's latest assessment of environmental and social strategies in the European banking sector
shareaction.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Does this sit right with you?

It seems too sad to be true, but the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth. 🌳🦔🌊🦊

Wanting to protect nature is not controversial. It’s common sense.

👉Donate today to #HelpHabitatsHeal: donate.clientearth.org/page/113697/...
December 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🛥️This year, we’ve been fighting destructive bottom-trawling in Marine Protected Areas.

We've launched & continued bottom-trawling legal actions across Europe, holding authorities to account.

But we need your help to do more #HelpHabitatsHeal.

Donate today: donate.clientearth.org/page/113697/...
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
👉It’s been a month since the UK government published its climate plan, which was the result of two successful court cases we took against former governments.

Our lawyers have now had time to dive deeper and assess it in detail, and this is what we think: www.clientearth.org/latest/news/...
Our two wins against previous UK governments have produced a new climate plan for the country
The new plan was published in October 2025, but does it deliver?
www.clientearth.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📢Nike adverts have been banned for greenwashing📢

❗A ruling from the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) agreed with complaints against sportswear giant Nike, saying its claim of using 'sustainable materials' in plastic polyester tennis garments was misleading. 🧵

www.cityam.com/nike-and-sup...
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🧪Toxic PFAS chemicals were under the microscope on BBC's Panorama.

The half hour documentary shone a light on how these 'forever chemicals' truly are everywhere, including expert interviews with academics and scientists. 🧵

Full ep here: brnw.ch/21wY2eE
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Experts have said deforestation and environmental degradation contributed to the floods and landslides, which have killed over 600 people in the country.

#Indonesia #floods
Did deforestation worsen Sumatra disaster? Indonesia to trace timber, summon companies to explain
Images of logs swept out into flood-hit areas have circulated online, and experts have said deforestation and environmental degradation contributed to the floods and landslides, which have killed over...
www.channelnewsasia.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The new report from Climate Litigation Network charts the impact of a decade of climate cases.

Read it here 👉 climatelitigationnetwork.org/TenYearsClim...
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🌳This #GivingTuesday, your gift will have twice the impact for nature.

Together we can #HelpHabitatsHeal.

Donate here: donate.clientearth.org/page/113697/... 💚
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
❗ The world’s largest chemicals group, BASF is set to phase out PFAS by 2028 ❗

More here: chemsec.org/worlds-bigge...
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🦾 🌍 Legal academics believe that the recent greenwashing Court win against TotalEnergies we supported could pave the way for the public in Africa to hold corporations accountable.

More here: theconversation.com/totalenergie...
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🐝 At the start of the year, the UK gov agreed not to reauthorise the use of a bee-threatening pesticide for 2025.

This followed a complaint we sent the OEP in 2023.

Together we can #HelpHabitatsHeal.

Donate for your gift to be MATCHED 👉 donate.clientearth.org/page/113697/...
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🌺The #COP30 final outcome – the Mutirão decision – was finalised over the weekend. It is a disappointing end to this year’s COP in #Belém, Brazil.

But there are still reasons to feel hopeful. 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
💪🌳It’s been a big year in the fight to protect nature, and you've been with us all the way. 💚 👇

Donate to #HelpHabitatsHeal: donate.clientearth.org/page/113697/...
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Coca-Cola has increased its use of virgin plastic by 10% (despite having promised to reduce it by 20% 🤫)

Coca-Cola is failing miserably when it comes to plastic reduction, new numbers from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation show. #greenwashing

content.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/m/21c4a4ffd7...
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Spain’s marine protected areas (MPAs) are still being decimated by bottom trawling.

We took legal action last year but Spain has issued more fishing licenses for bottom trawling inside these MPAs since then.

So we’re going back to court with @oceanaeurope.bsky.social to protect these zones.
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
👏Win for human rights👏

An Italian Court last week awarded compensation for damage caused by air pollution - the first time this has happened in the EU outside of France.

More here: en.ilsole24ore.com/art/roma-cap...
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
💪Mining company BHP has been found liable by the UK's High Court for the 2015 #MarianaDam collapse in Brazil, which killed 19 people & caused the country’s worst environmental disaster.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK court finds mining firm liable for Brazil's worst environmental disaster
The 2015 dam collapse killed 19 people, polluted a river and destroyed hundreds of homes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
📢As the Aarhus Convention MOP kicks off next week, we're supporting this joint letter from 40+ NGOs to the UK PM, urging him to uphold the Convention for the good of environmental justice. 🧵
📢 40+ NGOs have written to the PM urging him to uphold the Aarhus Convention – the cornerstone of environmental justice

The Convention protects your right to:
✅ Access environmental information
✅ Have a say in decisions that affect nature
✅ Seek environmental justice affordably
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM