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#COP30 begins - and we’re on the ground to demand real action:
- Tackle climate disinformation & protect information integrity
- Hold companies accountable across their supply chainss
- Turn climate pledges into law
No more delay. Justice must take root. 🌱
Follow this thread.
- Tackle climate disinformation & protect information integrity
- Hold companies accountable across their supply chainss
- Turn climate pledges into law
No more delay. Justice must take root. 🌱
Follow this thread.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#COP30 begins - and we’re on the ground to demand real action:
- Tackle climate disinformation & protect information integrity
- Hold companies accountable across their supply chainss
- Turn climate pledges into law
No more delay. Justice must take root. 🌱
Follow this thread.
- Tackle climate disinformation & protect information integrity
- Hold companies accountable across their supply chainss
- Turn climate pledges into law
No more delay. Justice must take root. 🌱
Follow this thread.
This year’s #COP30 is historic - the first since the ICJ confirmed that governments and corps have legal duties to protect people & planet from climate harm.
Yet, some leaders are backtracking on the same laws that could take us forward.
We're going to Belém to make sure #JusticeTakesRoot.
⬇️
Yet, some leaders are backtracking on the same laws that could take us forward.
We're going to Belém to make sure #JusticeTakesRoot.
⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This year’s #COP30 is historic - the first since the ICJ confirmed that governments and corps have legal duties to protect people & planet from climate harm.
Yet, some leaders are backtracking on the same laws that could take us forward.
We're going to Belém to make sure #JusticeTakesRoot.
⬇️
Yet, some leaders are backtracking on the same laws that could take us forward.
We're going to Belém to make sure #JusticeTakesRoot.
⬇️
📢Days before #COP30, EU environment ministers have decided to weaken the EU Climate Law📢
Offsets have been added to the law, going against what the @esabcc.bsky.social advises & undermining the bloc's legal duty to deliver science-based emissions cuts.🧵
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
Offsets have been added to the law, going against what the @esabcc.bsky.social advises & undermining the bloc's legal duty to deliver science-based emissions cuts.🧵
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
EU ministers deal weakens EU climate ambition ahead of COP, risking breach of international law | ClientEarth
View the press release
www.clientearth.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
📢Days before #COP30, EU environment ministers have decided to weaken the EU Climate Law📢
Offsets have been added to the law, going against what the @esabcc.bsky.social advises & undermining the bloc's legal duty to deliver science-based emissions cuts.🧵
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
Offsets have been added to the law, going against what the @esabcc.bsky.social advises & undermining the bloc's legal duty to deliver science-based emissions cuts.🧵
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
👉The pesticide-related safeguards that we currently have are not just to be followed if people feel like it.
They're constitutional obligations, which require a high level of environmental & health protection. 🧵
They're constitutional obligations, which require a high level of environmental & health protection. 🧵
The @ec.europa.eu's “simplification omnibus” review is a test: will it defend citizens’ health and Europe’s ecosystems, or yield to agrobusiness pressure and roll back #pesticide protections under the disguise of ‘simplification’?
Read our op-ed here: euobserver.com/eu-political...
Read our op-ed here: euobserver.com/eu-political...
Will pesticides be let off hook by EU 'omnibus' deregulation?
Better enforcement of EU pesticide use is not bureaucracy. It is what keeps Europe’s food, water, and people safe. More than 120 NGOs are urging the EU Commission to strengthen implementation of the b...
euobserver.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
👉The pesticide-related safeguards that we currently have are not just to be followed if people feel like it.
They're constitutional obligations, which require a high level of environmental & health protection. 🧵
They're constitutional obligations, which require a high level of environmental & health protection. 🧵
#EUOceanWeek is underway🐠
UNOC, Attenborough's 'Ocean', the High Seas Treaty and a wave of legal actions against destructive fishing in MPAs - they're some examples of why 2025 is the "Year of the Ocean".
We still have time to protect it.
Let's remind EU leaders that it's on them to make it happen
UNOC, Attenborough's 'Ocean', the High Seas Treaty and a wave of legal actions against destructive fishing in MPAs - they're some examples of why 2025 is the "Year of the Ocean".
We still have time to protect it.
Let's remind EU leaders that it's on them to make it happen
October 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#EUOceanWeek is underway🐠
UNOC, Attenborough's 'Ocean', the High Seas Treaty and a wave of legal actions against destructive fishing in MPAs - they're some examples of why 2025 is the "Year of the Ocean".
We still have time to protect it.
Let's remind EU leaders that it's on them to make it happen
UNOC, Attenborough's 'Ocean', the High Seas Treaty and a wave of legal actions against destructive fishing in MPAs - they're some examples of why 2025 is the "Year of the Ocean".
We still have time to protect it.
Let's remind EU leaders that it's on them to make it happen
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October 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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🚌 Ready to roll!
Our own OmniBus is hitting the streets today
Citizens are speaking up against the deregulation of environmental laws, and we’re bringing their message
@ec.europa.eu: don’t throw nature under the bus!
#HandsOffNature
Our own OmniBus is hitting the streets today
Citizens are speaking up against the deregulation of environmental laws, and we’re bringing their message
@ec.europa.eu: don’t throw nature under the bus!
#HandsOffNature
October 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🚌 Ready to roll!
Our own OmniBus is hitting the streets today
Citizens are speaking up against the deregulation of environmental laws, and we’re bringing their message
@ec.europa.eu: don’t throw nature under the bus!
#HandsOffNature
Our own OmniBus is hitting the streets today
Citizens are speaking up against the deregulation of environmental laws, and we’re bringing their message
@ec.europa.eu: don’t throw nature under the bus!
#HandsOffNature
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💥Our message is loud, clear, and rolling: STOP THE OMNIBUS.
🚍 We are making our tour around the EU institutions to make sure lawmakers can’t look away.
We want clean air, safe water, and a future for all.
Follow us 👉 handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/
#HandsOffNature
🚍 We are making our tour around the EU institutions to make sure lawmakers can’t look away.
We want clean air, safe water, and a future for all.
Follow us 👉 handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/
#HandsOffNature
October 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
💥Our message is loud, clear, and rolling: STOP THE OMNIBUS.
🚍 We are making our tour around the EU institutions to make sure lawmakers can’t look away.
We want clean air, safe water, and a future for all.
Follow us 👉 handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/
#HandsOffNature
🚍 We are making our tour around the EU institutions to make sure lawmakers can’t look away.
We want clean air, safe water, and a future for all.
Follow us 👉 handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/
#HandsOffNature
The fight for nature just hit the streets.
Our message is loud abd clear: STOP THE OMNIBUS. 🚌🌿
We made our tour around the EU institutions to make sure decision-makers can’t look away.
No backroom deals. No rollbacks.
Just clean air, safe water & a future for people and nature.
#HandsOffNature
Our message is loud abd clear: STOP THE OMNIBUS. 🚌🌿
We made our tour around the EU institutions to make sure decision-makers can’t look away.
No backroom deals. No rollbacks.
Just clean air, safe water & a future for people and nature.
#HandsOffNature
October 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The fight for nature just hit the streets.
Our message is loud abd clear: STOP THE OMNIBUS. 🚌🌿
We made our tour around the EU institutions to make sure decision-makers can’t look away.
No backroom deals. No rollbacks.
Just clean air, safe water & a future for people and nature.
#HandsOffNature
Our message is loud abd clear: STOP THE OMNIBUS. 🚌🌿
We made our tour around the EU institutions to make sure decision-makers can’t look away.
No backroom deals. No rollbacks.
Just clean air, safe water & a future for people and nature.
#HandsOffNature
Erin’s legal victory over a utility co. in California that was poisoning local water with extremely toxic chemical chromium-6, led to a $333m settlement for affected communities & spotlit industrial chemical poisoning.
☠️ But the EU's proposed new ‘restriction’ on chromium-6 would undermine it all🧵
☠️ But the EU's proposed new ‘restriction’ on chromium-6 would undermine it all🧵
October 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Erin’s legal victory over a utility co. in California that was poisoning local water with extremely toxic chemical chromium-6, led to a $333m settlement for affected communities & spotlit industrial chemical poisoning.
☠️ But the EU's proposed new ‘restriction’ on chromium-6 would undermine it all🧵
☠️ But the EU's proposed new ‘restriction’ on chromium-6 would undermine it all🧵
☠️ As we await the European Commission’s proposals for the Environmental Omnibus & Circular Economy Act, we’re sending letters along with 40 other concerned organisations, urging EU leaders to uphold their commitment to transparency & traceability around chemicals.
ecostandard.org/publications...
ecostandard.org/publications...
September 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
☠️ As we await the European Commission’s proposals for the Environmental Omnibus & Circular Economy Act, we’re sending letters along with 40 other concerned organisations, urging EU leaders to uphold their commitment to transparency & traceability around chemicals.
ecostandard.org/publications...
ecostandard.org/publications...
After 5 years since the last assessment on the state of nature, it's clear that biodiversity loss & environmental damage are accelerating. Yet, the Commission thinks it's a good idea to roll back the very laws that protect our rivers, our forests, and our health.
We say: #HandsOffNature.
We say: #HandsOffNature.
September 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
After 5 years since the last assessment on the state of nature, it's clear that biodiversity loss & environmental damage are accelerating. Yet, the Commission thinks it's a good idea to roll back the very laws that protect our rivers, our forests, and our health.
We say: #HandsOffNature.
We say: #HandsOffNature.
BREAKING This would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic.
The Commission is using its own inadequate IT system as an excuse to delay the world’s most important forest law for a second time in 12 months.
But we can't hit pause on the climate crisis while they upgrade to a bigger CPU.
The Commission is using its own inadequate IT system as an excuse to delay the world’s most important forest law for a second time in 12 months.
But we can't hit pause on the climate crisis while they upgrade to a bigger CPU.
September 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
BREAKING This would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic.
The Commission is using its own inadequate IT system as an excuse to delay the world’s most important forest law for a second time in 12 months.
But we can't hit pause on the climate crisis while they upgrade to a bigger CPU.
The Commission is using its own inadequate IT system as an excuse to delay the world’s most important forest law for a second time in 12 months.
But we can't hit pause on the climate crisis while they upgrade to a bigger CPU.
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🌊🐟Great news for the ocean and all of us who depend on it🐟🌊
The High Seas Treaty (#BBNJ Agreement) to protect vulnerable ocean habitats can finally kick in!
This is another powerful tool we can use to make sure we #TurnTheTide on ocean protection for people and nature. 🧵
The High Seas Treaty (#BBNJ Agreement) to protect vulnerable ocean habitats can finally kick in!
This is another powerful tool we can use to make sure we #TurnTheTide on ocean protection for people and nature. 🧵
September 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🌊🐟Great news for the ocean and all of us who depend on it🐟🌊
The High Seas Treaty (#BBNJ Agreement) to protect vulnerable ocean habitats can finally kick in!
This is another powerful tool we can use to make sure we #TurnTheTide on ocean protection for people and nature. 🧵
The High Seas Treaty (#BBNJ Agreement) to protect vulnerable ocean habitats can finally kick in!
This is another powerful tool we can use to make sure we #TurnTheTide on ocean protection for people and nature. 🧵
⚠️We’re taking the EU Commission to EU's highest court - because their work should have no secrets.
The Commission tweaked the definition of “documents” - excluding draft impact reports, SMS, and other key records.
This goes against the right to access to documents, and breaches EU law.
The Commission tweaked the definition of “documents” - excluding draft impact reports, SMS, and other key records.
This goes against the right to access to documents, and breaches EU law.
September 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
⚠️We’re taking the EU Commission to EU's highest court - because their work should have no secrets.
The Commission tweaked the definition of “documents” - excluding draft impact reports, SMS, and other key records.
This goes against the right to access to documents, and breaches EU law.
The Commission tweaked the definition of “documents” - excluding draft impact reports, SMS, and other key records.
This goes against the right to access to documents, and breaches EU law.
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🚨 Court action🚨
We’ve filed a case against Nestlé Poland for misleading recycling claims on plastic water bottles.
Claims on bottles from one of its water brands including ‘I am recyclable’ and 'I am made from another bottle’ falsely portray plastic as circular & fully recyclable ⬇️
We’ve filed a case against Nestlé Poland for misleading recycling claims on plastic water bottles.
Claims on bottles from one of its water brands including ‘I am recyclable’ and 'I am made from another bottle’ falsely portray plastic as circular & fully recyclable ⬇️
September 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🚨 Court action🚨
We’ve filed a case against Nestlé Poland for misleading recycling claims on plastic water bottles.
Claims on bottles from one of its water brands including ‘I am recyclable’ and 'I am made from another bottle’ falsely portray plastic as circular & fully recyclable ⬇️
We’ve filed a case against Nestlé Poland for misleading recycling claims on plastic water bottles.
Claims on bottles from one of its water brands including ‘I am recyclable’ and 'I am made from another bottle’ falsely portray plastic as circular & fully recyclable ⬇️
📢We’re suing the French government for inaction on the Dieselgate scandal📢
10 years after the Dieselgate scandal broke, the French govt has failed to hold carmakers accountable. Evidence shows millions of vehicles likely have emissions-cheating devices: www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
10 years after the Dieselgate scandal broke, the French govt has failed to hold carmakers accountable. Evidence shows millions of vehicles likely have emissions-cheating devices: www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
September 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📢We’re suing the French government for inaction on the Dieselgate scandal📢
10 years after the Dieselgate scandal broke, the French govt has failed to hold carmakers accountable. Evidence shows millions of vehicles likely have emissions-cheating devices: www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
10 years after the Dieselgate scandal broke, the French govt has failed to hold carmakers accountable. Evidence shows millions of vehicles likely have emissions-cheating devices: www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
If you live in BXL, you know the struggle: the never-ending traffic jams at rush hour, the badly-insulated flats, and your weather app's air quality index always looming on "Moderate".
This win means that the long-overdue clean-up of Brussels’ air can continue, protecting the health of everyone.
This win means that the long-overdue clean-up of Brussels’ air can continue, protecting the health of everyone.
September 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you live in BXL, you know the struggle: the never-ending traffic jams at rush hour, the badly-insulated flats, and your weather app's air quality index always looming on "Moderate".
This win means that the long-overdue clean-up of Brussels’ air can continue, protecting the health of everyone.
This win means that the long-overdue clean-up of Brussels’ air can continue, protecting the health of everyone.
Our landmark case on livestock megapollution in Spain made history: it showed this isn't just a problem for the environment. It affects people's health and life - and authorities must act to protect them.
This blueprint case tells communities around the world: you have the right to be protected.
This blueprint case tells communities around the world: you have the right to be protected.
Spanish legal case leads fight against livestock pollution – DW – 09/11/2025
A Spanish court ruling on pollution from industrial pig farming could have far-reaching implications for how animals are kept across Europe.
www.dw.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Our landmark case on livestock megapollution in Spain made history: it showed this isn't just a problem for the environment. It affects people's health and life - and authorities must act to protect them.
This blueprint case tells communities around the world: you have the right to be protected.
This blueprint case tells communities around the world: you have the right to be protected.
🌍✍️ Nearly 200,000 messages sent to the EU in just 10 days: hands off our environmental laws. Citizens won’t let profit come before people + planet.
#HandsOffNature
See what we are fighting for: handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/
#HandsOffNature
See what we are fighting for: handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/
September 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🌍✍️ Nearly 200,000 messages sent to the EU in just 10 days: hands off our environmental laws. Citizens won’t let profit come before people + planet.
#HandsOffNature
See what we are fighting for: handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/
#HandsOffNature
See what we are fighting for: handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/
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🔥This summer has seen Greece sweltering in 43 °C temperatures and wildfires... and yet the Greek govt continues to offer fossil fuel companies access to its seabed to drill for oil and gas.
We're calling on the EU Commission to finally do something about it. 🧵
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
We're calling on the EU Commission to finally do something about it. 🧵
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
September 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🔥This summer has seen Greece sweltering in 43 °C temperatures and wildfires... and yet the Greek govt continues to offer fossil fuel companies access to its seabed to drill for oil and gas.
We're calling on the EU Commission to finally do something about it. 🧵
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
We're calling on the EU Commission to finally do something about it. 🧵
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
Portugal broke international law in the licensing process of Europe’s largest lithium mine without transparency. Now a UN ruling confirms what the locals said all along.
The Barroso mine still threatens water, biodiversity, and heritage. This fight isn’t just about lithium - it’s about democracy.
The Barroso mine still threatens water, biodiversity, and heritage. This fight isn’t just about lithium - it’s about democracy.
September 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Portugal broke international law in the licensing process of Europe’s largest lithium mine without transparency. Now a UN ruling confirms what the locals said all along.
The Barroso mine still threatens water, biodiversity, and heritage. This fight isn’t just about lithium - it’s about democracy.
The Barroso mine still threatens water, biodiversity, and heritage. This fight isn’t just about lithium - it’s about democracy.
Just 6 days left to speak up for nature!
The European Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections – and they’re asking for your opinion.
Tell them loud and clear to keep their #HandsOffNature 🙅
Send your message here:
The European Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections – and they’re asking for your opinion.
Tell them loud and clear to keep their #HandsOffNature 🙅
Send your message here:
Take Action - Hands Off Nature
The Europe an Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections – and they’re asking for your opinion. We have 10 days to speak up before it’s too late.
handsoffnature.eu
September 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Just 6 days left to speak up for nature!
The European Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections – and they’re asking for your opinion.
Tell them loud and clear to keep their #HandsOffNature 🙅
Send your message here:
The European Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections – and they’re asking for your opinion.
Tell them loud and clear to keep their #HandsOffNature 🙅
Send your message here:
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Thank you Commissioner Kadis for meeting with us to discuss the next steps following the release of the Ocean Pact.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Thank you Commissioner Kadis for meeting with us to discuss the next steps following the release of the Ocean Pact.
Photo credits: @ec.europa.eu
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Civil society is the backbone of Europe’s democracy - driving participation, protecting rights, and pushing for climate and social justice.
The EU Civil Society Strategy is a unique chance to strengthen CSOs and democracy.
The D4T Coalition’s position paper shows how 👉 eeb.org/wp-content/u...
The EU Civil Society Strategy is a unique chance to strengthen CSOs and democracy.
The D4T Coalition’s position paper shows how 👉 eeb.org/wp-content/u...
September 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Civil society is the backbone of Europe’s democracy - driving participation, protecting rights, and pushing for climate and social justice.
The EU Civil Society Strategy is a unique chance to strengthen CSOs and democracy.
The D4T Coalition’s position paper shows how 👉 eeb.org/wp-content/u...
The EU Civil Society Strategy is a unique chance to strengthen CSOs and democracy.
The D4T Coalition’s position paper shows how 👉 eeb.org/wp-content/u...