DavZoul
@davzoul.bsky.social
Environmental lawyer and activist, father, capoeirista, reading and nature lover. Opinions and tweets are my own.#ToxicFreeFuture going to #PlasticsTreaty #INC5
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January 1, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Climate, pollution, biodiversity
apocalypse or climate related natural disasters do not even make the list.
On a pas le cul sorti des ronces !!
apocalypse or climate related natural disasters do not even make the list.
On a pas le cul sorti des ronces !!
A lovely way to visualize the news cycle of the year gone by from @axios. Topics (important or unimportant, over and ongoing) enter and leave the news cycle. Source: buff.ly/TcPMSjH
December 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Climate, pollution, biodiversity
apocalypse or climate related natural disasters do not even make the list.
On a pas le cul sorti des ronces !!
apocalypse or climate related natural disasters do not even make the list.
On a pas le cul sorti des ronces !!
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The fertilizer industry doesn’t want you to know ammonia is fueling the next petrochemical boom. CIEL uncovered how ammonia production drives environmental racism, agriculture, and the climate crisis. Communities are fighting back.
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/CIEL2025ImpactReport
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/CIEL2025ImpactReport
December 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The fertilizer industry doesn’t want you to know ammonia is fueling the next petrochemical boom. CIEL uncovered how ammonia production drives environmental racism, agriculture, and the climate crisis. Communities are fighting back.
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/CIEL2025ImpactReport
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/CIEL2025ImpactReport
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Alerte sur la présence de nanoparticules de dioxyde de titane dans les cosmétiques pailletés
Alerte sur la présence de nanoparticules de dioxyde de titane dans les cosmétiques pailletés
Des tests pratiqués par l’association de veille sur les nanotechnologies révèlent la présence de cette substance chimique potentiellement dangereuse dans des produits de beauté en vogue. Le ministère de la santé annonce qu’il va saisir « très prochainement » l’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire.
www.lemonde.fr
December 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Alerte sur la présence de nanoparticules de dioxyde de titane dans les cosmétiques pailletés
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Plastic pollution starts long before it hits our oceans. It starts at production — and it’s poisoning people and the planet. 🧵👇
That’s why CIEL is fighting for a strong, legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production, protects communities, and holds polluters accountable.
That’s why CIEL is fighting for a strong, legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production, protects communities, and holds polluters accountable.
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Plastic pollution starts long before it hits our oceans. It starts at production — and it’s poisoning people and the planet. 🧵👇
That’s why CIEL is fighting for a strong, legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production, protects communities, and holds polluters accountable.
That’s why CIEL is fighting for a strong, legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production, protects communities, and holds polluters accountable.
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The Seventh United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-7) takes place next week.
IPEN has published our briefing for UNEA-7, clarifying the relationship between UNEA and the Plastics Treaty INC.: ipen.org/documents/un...
It is available in English, español, русский, français, and العربية.
IPEN has published our briefing for UNEA-7, clarifying the relationship between UNEA and the Plastics Treaty INC.: ipen.org/documents/un...
It is available in English, español, русский, français, and العربية.
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Seventh United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-7) takes place next week.
IPEN has published our briefing for UNEA-7, clarifying the relationship between UNEA and the Plastics Treaty INC.: ipen.org/documents/un...
It is available in English, español, русский, français, and العربية.
IPEN has published our briefing for UNEA-7, clarifying the relationship between UNEA and the Plastics Treaty INC.: ipen.org/documents/un...
It is available in English, español, русский, français, and العربية.
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📢 The climate talks #COP30 in Belém conclude with a largely empty deal:
❌ No halt to deforestation,
❌ No fossil fuel phaseout, and
❌ No climate finance at the scale the crisis demands.
Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/cop30-f...
A 🧵👇
❌ No halt to deforestation,
❌ No fossil fuel phaseout, and
❌ No climate finance at the scale the crisis demands.
Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/cop30-f...
A 🧵👇
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
📢 The climate talks #COP30 in Belém conclude with a largely empty deal:
❌ No halt to deforestation,
❌ No fossil fuel phaseout, and
❌ No climate finance at the scale the crisis demands.
Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/cop30-f...
A 🧵👇
❌ No halt to deforestation,
❌ No fossil fuel phaseout, and
❌ No climate finance at the scale the crisis demands.
Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/cop30-f...
A 🧵👇
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Colombian minister Irene Vélez Torres explains her views on fossil fuels being excluded from the COP30 text.
"The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”.
She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
"The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”.
She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Colombian minister Irene Vélez Torres explains her views on fossil fuels being excluded from the COP30 text.
"The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”.
She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
"The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”.
She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."
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That’s a wrap on Day 8 of #COP30 — And what a day! From seeing the 1st potential final political agreement on sticky issues from the climate talks to the revelation that hundreds of industrial agriculture lobbyists are attending the negotiations.
The day was packed 📦!
A 🧵
The day was packed 📦!
A 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
That’s a wrap on Day 8 of #COP30 — And what a day! From seeing the 1st potential final political agreement on sticky issues from the climate talks to the revelation that hundreds of industrial agriculture lobbyists are attending the negotiations.
The day was packed 📦!
A 🧵
The day was packed 📦!
A 🧵
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Des centaines de militants ont bloqué l'usine normande du géant agrochimique BASF pour dénoncer la production d’un pesticide interdit en Europe et exporté vers le Sud global.
Ils dénoncent un « colonialisme chimique ».
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/XEi
Ils dénoncent un « colonialisme chimique ».
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/XEi
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Des centaines de militants ont bloqué l'usine normande du géant agrochimique BASF pour dénoncer la production d’un pesticide interdit en Europe et exporté vers le Sud global.
Ils dénoncent un « colonialisme chimique ».
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/XEi
Ils dénoncent un « colonialisme chimique ».
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/XEi
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‼️ NEW opinion piece by CIEL's Rebecca Brown and
@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
A 🧵
@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
A 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
‼️ NEW opinion piece by CIEL's Rebecca Brown and
@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
A 🧵
@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
A 🧵
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👀 What are the impacts that the International Court of Justice’s historic Advisory Opinion on #ClimateChange can & should have on the climate negotiations #COP30?
Find out in this great piece by @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Find out in this great piece by @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
👀 What are the impacts that the International Court of Justice’s historic Advisory Opinion on #ClimateChange can & should have on the climate negotiations #COP30?
Find out in this great piece by @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Find out in this great piece by @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bonjour Bluesky et happy Friday..
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Bonjour Bluesky et happy Friday..
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📣 Ahead of #COP30, learn how the Advisory Opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights can help advance climate justice and #accountability 👉 bit.ly/3WF0SNt
📝 A new analysis by CIEL’s Upasana Khatri breaks down the Court's transformative conclusions.
🧵 Want to dive deeper? Keep reading! 👇
📝 A new analysis by CIEL’s Upasana Khatri breaks down the Court's transformative conclusions.
🧵 Want to dive deeper? Keep reading! 👇
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
📣 Ahead of #COP30, learn how the Advisory Opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights can help advance climate justice and #accountability 👉 bit.ly/3WF0SNt
📝 A new analysis by CIEL’s Upasana Khatri breaks down the Court's transformative conclusions.
🧵 Want to dive deeper? Keep reading! 👇
📝 A new analysis by CIEL’s Upasana Khatri breaks down the Court's transformative conclusions.
🧵 Want to dive deeper? Keep reading! 👇
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@scalzi.com you do not disappoint Sir.
« The shattering peace » is an absolute delight. Fun, witty, riveting, surprising and perfectly paced.
Another excellent Scalzi read.
Thank you
« The shattering peace » is an absolute delight. Fun, witty, riveting, surprising and perfectly paced.
Another excellent Scalzi read.
Thank you
September 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
@scalzi.com you do not disappoint Sir.
« The shattering peace » is an absolute delight. Fun, witty, riveting, surprising and perfectly paced.
Another excellent Scalzi read.
Thank you
« The shattering peace » is an absolute delight. Fun, witty, riveting, surprising and perfectly paced.
Another excellent Scalzi read.
Thank you
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Glad this finally comes to light! UNEP and its Exec Director Inger Anderson have played a questionable role throughout the INC process but even the prospect of them staging a coup against the Chair is deeply concerning. #plasticstreaty
https://medium.com/points-of-order/palace-intrigues-e158a369e296
https://medium.com/points-of-order/palace-intrigues-e158a369e296
Palace intrigues
The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…
medium.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Glad this finally comes to light! UNEP and its Exec Director Inger Anderson have played a questionable role throughout the INC process but even the prospect of them staging a coup against the Chair is deeply concerning. #plasticstreaty
https://medium.com/points-of-order/palace-intrigues-e158a369e296
https://medium.com/points-of-order/palace-intrigues-e158a369e296
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“Plastic pellets are a Trojan horse for toxic pollution,” warns CIEL’s @andresdelcas.bsky.social UN #HRC60.
Every year, ~445,970 tonnes - equal to 29 BILLION plastic bottles - spill into our environment. Yet they’re NOT classified as hazardous under maritime law.
#PlasticPollution
Every year, ~445,970 tonnes - equal to 29 BILLION plastic bottles - spill into our environment. Yet they’re NOT classified as hazardous under maritime law.
#PlasticPollution
September 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“Plastic pellets are a Trojan horse for toxic pollution,” warns CIEL’s @andresdelcas.bsky.social UN #HRC60.
Every year, ~445,970 tonnes - equal to 29 BILLION plastic bottles - spill into our environment. Yet they’re NOT classified as hazardous under maritime law.
#PlasticPollution
Every year, ~445,970 tonnes - equal to 29 BILLION plastic bottles - spill into our environment. Yet they’re NOT classified as hazardous under maritime law.
#PlasticPollution
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The #GENeva #ToxicFreeTalks returns in the margins of #HRC60 with a series of talks that reflect on toxic challenges & highlight the work of @srtoxics.bsky.social & organizations in the struggle for the right to be #ToxicFree.
📆 17 September, Palais des Nations
▶️ tiny.cc/GENToxicFree...
📆 17 September, Palais des Nations
▶️ tiny.cc/GENToxicFree...
September 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The #GENeva #ToxicFreeTalks returns in the margins of #HRC60 with a series of talks that reflect on toxic challenges & highlight the work of @srtoxics.bsky.social & organizations in the struggle for the right to be #ToxicFree.
📆 17 September, Palais des Nations
▶️ tiny.cc/GENToxicFree...
📆 17 September, Palais des Nations
▶️ tiny.cc/GENToxicFree...
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We’re hiring! 🌏 Join CIEL as our Director of Development to help advance climate justice and human rights worldwide.
👉 Apply: bit.ly/3IfR9tf
👉 Apply: bit.ly/3IfR9tf
September 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We’re hiring! 🌏 Join CIEL as our Director of Development to help advance climate justice and human rights worldwide.
👉 Apply: bit.ly/3IfR9tf
👉 Apply: bit.ly/3IfR9tf
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⚠️ More than half of all fertilizers are made from fossil fuels. 🛢️ The result? A system that harms our health, drives climate change, and threatens food security. 🍽️ It’s time to rethink what’s on our plates.
👇 Learn more about the frack-to-fork supply chain.
👇 Learn more about the frack-to-fork supply chain.
Frack to Fork: Fossil Fertilizers Harm Health, Climate, and Food Systems (Sept 2025) - Center for International Environmental Law
Fossil-fueled fertilizers drive climate change and threaten human health. Explore their hidden costs and learn proven solutions for resilient food systems.
www.ciel.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
⚠️ More than half of all fertilizers are made from fossil fuels. 🛢️ The result? A system that harms our health, drives climate change, and threatens food security. 🍽️ It’s time to rethink what’s on our plates.
👇 Learn more about the frack-to-fork supply chain.
👇 Learn more about the frack-to-fork supply chain.
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⚡ ⚖️ 🌐 happening now: #ClimateLitigation court hearing in Zug, Switzerland 🇨🇭, in 𝐴𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑣. 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑐𝑖𝑚.
This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms.
🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇
This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms.
🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇
September 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
⚡ ⚖️ 🌐 happening now: #ClimateLitigation court hearing in Zug, Switzerland 🇨🇭, in 𝐴𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑣. 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑐𝑖𝑚.
This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms.
🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇
This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms.
🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇
Dust has settled on #INC5.2 #PlasticsTreaty Geneva negotiations.
What happened and what now ? Here @ciel.org ´s final recap of those gruesome 10 days
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social
What happened and what now ? Here @ciel.org ´s final recap of those gruesome 10 days
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social
Plastics Treaty — What happened? What's next?
Negotiations collapsed in Geneva. Disappointing, yes. Defeat? Certainly not.
📽️ Watch: What happened, what's next — and why we still have hope! #PlasticsTreaty #INC52 youtu.be/-HgqLVANa78
Negotiations collapsed in Geneva. Disappointing, yes. Defeat? Certainly not.
📽️ Watch: What happened, what's next — and why we still have hope! #PlasticsTreaty #INC52 youtu.be/-HgqLVANa78
Plastics Treaty - What happened? What's next?
YouTube video by Center for International Environmental Law
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Dust has settled on #INC5.2 #PlasticsTreaty Geneva negotiations.
What happened and what now ? Here @ciel.org ´s final recap of those gruesome 10 days
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social
What happened and what now ? Here @ciel.org ´s final recap of those gruesome 10 days
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social
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To our colleagues, members, communities, allies, and member states...
Thank you for holding the line.
Thank you for standing strong.
Thank you for not letting a weak treaty pass.
We are not going back. We will not stop, until we win.
#CourageNotCompromise #PlasticsTreaty #INC5_2
Thank you for holding the line.
Thank you for standing strong.
Thank you for not letting a weak treaty pass.
We are not going back. We will not stop, until we win.
#CourageNotCompromise #PlasticsTreaty #INC5_2
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
To our colleagues, members, communities, allies, and member states...
Thank you for holding the line.
Thank you for standing strong.
Thank you for not letting a weak treaty pass.
We are not going back. We will not stop, until we win.
#CourageNotCompromise #PlasticsTreaty #INC5_2
Thank you for holding the line.
Thank you for standing strong.
Thank you for not letting a weak treaty pass.
We are not going back. We will not stop, until we win.
#CourageNotCompromise #PlasticsTreaty #INC5_2