Climate Rights International
@climaterights.bsky.social
Protecting the Rights of People and Communities in the Era of Climate Change
Learn more about our work at https://cri.org/.
Learn more about our work at https://cri.org/.
Env defender, Julio Santoyo in Michoacán, like many others in his community, is at the frontlines of combatting illegal #deforestation despite threats to their lives. Our work in tackling avocado-driven deforestation in Mexico could not take place without the work of defenders such as Santoyo. (1/3)
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Env defender, Julio Santoyo in Michoacán, like many others in his community, is at the frontlines of combatting illegal #deforestation despite threats to their lives. Our work in tackling avocado-driven deforestation in Mexico could not take place without the work of defenders such as Santoyo. (1/3)
As we close out on #COP30 this week, @danielwilkinson.bsky.social's recent op-ed on Carta Capital discussing climate threats in host country #Brazil is a must read!
Portuguese: lnkd.in/d4GchG5H
English translation: cri.org/oped-illegal...
Portuguese: lnkd.in/d4GchG5H
English translation: cri.org/oped-illegal...
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As we close out on #COP30 this week, @danielwilkinson.bsky.social's recent op-ed on Carta Capital discussing climate threats in host country #Brazil is a must read!
Portuguese: lnkd.in/d4GchG5H
English translation: cri.org/oped-illegal...
Portuguese: lnkd.in/d4GchG5H
English translation: cri.org/oped-illegal...
What does the historic #ICJ advisory opinion mean for #EACOP — the longest heated oil pipeline in the world? CRI's @lotteleicht.bsky.social and @felixhorne.bsky.social write about the controversial pipeline stretching across #Uganda and #Tanzania ⤵️ substack.com/home/post/p-...
EACOP and East Africa’s Fossil Fuel Future on Trial
By Felix Horne and Lotte Leicht
substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
What does the historic #ICJ advisory opinion mean for #EACOP — the longest heated oil pipeline in the world? CRI's @lotteleicht.bsky.social and @felixhorne.bsky.social write about the controversial pipeline stretching across #Uganda and #Tanzania ⤵️ substack.com/home/post/p-...
Excited to have Yahoo! Japan feature Legal Director @llakhdhir.bsky.social 's powerful reflections, as published on our Substack here: climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/the-law-is...
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「気候危機は人権危機」との認識が当たり前に: 米専門家（オルタナ） - Yahoo!ニュース
気候変動と人権が、相互に関わり合っていることへの認識は、2025年7月に国際司法裁判所が勧告的意見を出したことでさらに高まった。この勧告的意見は、気候変動が人権問題であるということを明確にしただけで
news.yahoo.co.jp
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Excited to have Yahoo! Japan feature Legal Director @llakhdhir.bsky.social 's powerful reflections, as published on our Substack here: climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/the-law-is...
To subscribe for free: climaterightsinternational.substack.com
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#Brazil's community conservation areas were built on a simple but revolutionary idea: protect the forest by protecting the people whose livelihoods and identities depend on it.
These areas link collective land rights, sustainable livelihoods, and environmental protection (1/2)
These areas link collective land rights, sustainable livelihoods, and environmental protection (1/2)
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#Brazil's community conservation areas were built on a simple but revolutionary idea: protect the forest by protecting the people whose livelihoods and identities depend on it.
These areas link collective land rights, sustainable livelihoods, and environmental protection (1/2)
These areas link collective land rights, sustainable livelihoods, and environmental protection (1/2)
"The journey upriver was also a journey into #Brazil’s climate paradox". Researcher @sarahlsax.bsky.social writes for CRI's Substack on her field research in Pará and findings of deforestation, violence & more in community conservation areas: climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/brazils-cl...
Brazil’s Climate Test — Protecting the Forest Protectors at COP30
By Sarah Sax
climaterightsinternational.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
"The journey upriver was also a journey into #Brazil’s climate paradox". Researcher @sarahlsax.bsky.social writes for CRI's Substack on her field research in Pará and findings of deforestation, violence & more in community conservation areas: climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/brazils-cl...
The Indigenous-led protests at #COP30 highlight the urgent need for forest protection and human rights. Hear from the voices of #Brazil’s community conservation areas.
🎥 youtu.be/K_5DX1Xmdcc?...
📖 lnkd.in/ggKwgETB
#HumanRights #ClimateJustice #Amazon #SocioBioeconomy
🎥 youtu.be/K_5DX1Xmdcc?...
📖 lnkd.in/ggKwgETB
#HumanRights #ClimateJustice #Amazon #SocioBioeconomy
The Forest Keeper's
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Indigenous-led protests at #COP30 highlight the urgent need for forest protection and human rights. Hear from the voices of #Brazil’s community conservation areas.
🎥 youtu.be/K_5DX1Xmdcc?...
📖 lnkd.in/ggKwgETB
#HumanRights #ClimateJustice #Amazon #SocioBioeconomy
🎥 youtu.be/K_5DX1Xmdcc?...
📖 lnkd.in/ggKwgETB
#HumanRights #ClimateJustice #Amazon #SocioBioeconomy
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Read the full report at --> cri.org/reports/brok... 5/5
“Broken Promises”
Philippines Nickel Mining Causes Rights Abuses and Increases Climate Vulnerability
cri.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Read the full report at --> cri.org/reports/brok... 5/5
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⛏️ Nickel ore exported to China was processed into nickel sulfate, a high-quality nickel often used in EV batteries, and ferronickel, used in the production of stainless steel, then re-exported to third countries, including Brazil and India 4/5
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
⛏️ Nickel ore exported to China was processed into nickel sulfate, a high-quality nickel often used in EV batteries, and ferronickel, used in the production of stainless steel, then re-exported to third countries, including Brazil and India 4/5
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🚙 Chinese companies that sourced nickel from MMDC have been documented in electric vehicle supply chains, including JSW MG Motor India Private’s supply chain for its Windsor EV and Comet EV models 3/5
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🚙 Chinese companies that sourced nickel from MMDC have been documented in electric vehicle supply chains, including JSW MG Motor India Private’s supply chain for its Windsor EV and Comet EV models 3/5
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The auto industry is implicated in this damaging nickel supply chain. According to the report:
🔋 One mining operation studied reportedly supplies battery grade minerals to Panasonic, a major battery manufacturer that produces batteries for Tesla and Toyota 2/5
🔋 One mining operation studied reportedly supplies battery grade minerals to Panasonic, a major battery manufacturer that produces batteries for Tesla and Toyota 2/5
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The auto industry is implicated in this damaging nickel supply chain. According to the report:
🔋 One mining operation studied reportedly supplies battery grade minerals to Panasonic, a major battery manufacturer that produces batteries for Tesla and Toyota 2/5
🔋 One mining operation studied reportedly supplies battery grade minerals to Panasonic, a major battery manufacturer that produces batteries for Tesla and Toyota 2/5
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A new report from @climaterights.bsky.social documents the human rights, environmental, and climate impacts of nickel mining in the Caraga Region, home to more mines than any other part of the Philippines. 1/5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf6H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf6H...
“Broken Promises:” Philippines Nickel Mining Causes Rights Abuses & Increases Climate Vulnerability
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A new report from @climaterights.bsky.social documents the human rights, environmental, and climate impacts of nickel mining in the Caraga Region, home to more mines than any other part of the Philippines. 1/5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf6H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf6H...
If you missed this last week, check out Researcher @sarahlsax.bsky.social's op-ed on the recent Bill Gates memo. Sax writes in @theatlantic.com on what the memo ignores as well as the uncomfortable truths we must accept www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Many critics of Bill Gates’s latest climate-change essay are accusing him of defeatism, Sarah Sax writes—but they’re downplaying a different kind of truth:
Bill Gates Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
The world’s strategy for addressing climate change is not serving those most vulnerable to it.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
If you missed this last week, check out Researcher @sarahlsax.bsky.social's op-ed on the recent Bill Gates memo. Sax writes in @theatlantic.com on what the memo ignores as well as the uncomfortable truths we must accept www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
During the final week of #COP30 a mini 🧵 about land and forest rights ⤵️
Earlier this month, the COP30 Forest and Land Tenure Pledge secured US $1.8 billion to strengthen the land and forest rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant peoples. (1/3)
Earlier this month, the COP30 Forest and Land Tenure Pledge secured US $1.8 billion to strengthen the land and forest rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant peoples. (1/3)
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
During the final week of #COP30 a mini 🧵 about land and forest rights ⤵️
Earlier this month, the COP30 Forest and Land Tenure Pledge secured US $1.8 billion to strengthen the land and forest rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant peoples. (1/3)
Earlier this month, the COP30 Forest and Land Tenure Pledge secured US $1.8 billion to strengthen the land and forest rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant peoples. (1/3)
We joined @ciel.org and 170+ orgs calling on the #UNFCCC to defend #IndigenousPeoples rights and the rights to protest at #COP30. Read 🧵 below ⤵️ climaterights.org/wp-content/u...
#IndigenousPeoples came to #COP30 to defend their land, future & our planet. They were met with lines of security forces.
This is the result of a UNFCCC letter.
We joined 170+ orgs in calling on the UNFCCC to de-escalate, listen & protect the right to peaceful protest.
A mini 🧵
This is the result of a UNFCCC letter.
We joined 170+ orgs in calling on the UNFCCC to de-escalate, listen & protect the right to peaceful protest.
A mini 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We joined @ciel.org and 170+ orgs calling on the #UNFCCC to defend #IndigenousPeoples rights and the rights to protest at #COP30. Read 🧵 below ⤵️ climaterights.org/wp-content/u...
Tune in tomorrow at #COP30 as CRI's @kristashennum.bsky.social joins experts from #Indonesia's Supreme Court, Ministry for Env, the #UNFCCC & ICEL to unpack challenges, best practices, & the future of climate-responsive enforcement in Indonesia.
📅 15 Nov
🕑 14:45 GMT-3
Livestream: bit.ly/4oGkLzN
📅 15 Nov
🕑 14:45 GMT-3
Livestream: bit.ly/4oGkLzN
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Tune in tomorrow at #COP30 as CRI's @kristashennum.bsky.social joins experts from #Indonesia's Supreme Court, Ministry for Env, the #UNFCCC & ICEL to unpack challenges, best practices, & the future of climate-responsive enforcement in Indonesia.
📅 15 Nov
🕑 14:45 GMT-3
Livestream: bit.ly/4oGkLzN
📅 15 Nov
🕑 14:45 GMT-3
Livestream: bit.ly/4oGkLzN
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« The inequities baked into global finance, agribusiness expansion, and fossil-fuel dependence are not peripheral to the climate crisis; they define it. Without confronting those asymmetries, even human welfare risks becoming another hollow metric. »
By ignoring massive corruption by the fossil fuel industry, and massive wrongful subsidy of fossil fuel by allowing “pollute-for-free” business model, Gates gave aid and comfort to the deniers: “Bill Gates says innovation is going to solve this,” I often heard.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Bill Gates Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
The world’s strategy for addressing climate change is not serving those most vulnerable to it.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
« The inequities baked into global finance, agribusiness expansion, and fossil-fuel dependence are not peripheral to the climate crisis; they define it. Without confronting those asymmetries, even human welfare risks becoming another hollow metric. »
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Communities living near mining operations in the southern Philippines’ Caraga region are feeling the toll of the global energy transition, with nickel mining driving deforestation and pollution. @mongabay.com on @climaterights.bsky.social 's new report 👇
‘Green’ energy transition leaves a dirty trail in the Philippines’ nickel belt
MINDANAO, Philippines — Communities living near mining operations in the southern Philippines’ Caraga region are feeling the toll of the global energy transition, with nickel mining driving deforestat...
news.mongabay.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Communities living near mining operations in the southern Philippines’ Caraga region are feeling the toll of the global energy transition, with nickel mining driving deforestation and pollution. @mongabay.com on @climaterights.bsky.social 's new report 👇
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Wading into this belatedly but look: there was a whole LOT Gates got wrong and many reasons to question his motives. But there were some uncomfortable truths I think a lot of people glossed over
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Bill Gates Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
The world’s strategy for addressing climate change is not serving those most vulnerable to it.
www.theatlantic.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Wading into this belatedly but look: there was a whole LOT Gates got wrong and many reasons to question his motives. But there were some uncomfortable truths I think a lot of people glossed over
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
🚨 We joined 1,000+ orgs from over 100 countries asking #COP30 govts to stop treating #ClimateAction like a numbers game and make a #JustTransition happen. Put people before profit. Read the open letter here ⤵️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#JustTransitionRising #BAM @canclimateaction.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#JustTransitionRising #BAM @canclimateaction.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
🚨 We joined 1,000+ orgs from over 100 countries asking #COP30 govts to stop treating #ClimateAction like a numbers game and make a #JustTransition happen. Put people before profit. Read the open letter here ⤵️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#JustTransitionRising #BAM @canclimateaction.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#JustTransitionRising #BAM @canclimateaction.bsky.social
CRI Researcher @kristashennum.bsky.social spoke to @saskiakonniger.bsky.social and @nrc.nl about our latest research on the impacts of nickel mining in #Indonesia ⤵️
#COP30 #Mensenrechten #NickelMining
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
#COP30 #Mensenrechten #NickelMining
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
‘Door nikkelwinning voltrekt zich een ramp in Indonesië. Dat kan anders’
Krista Shennum | Milieuonderzoeker: Indonesië ontgint op grote schaal nikkel voor de productie van elektrische auto’s. De gevolgen ter plekke zijn desastreus.
www.nrc.nl
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
CRI Researcher @kristashennum.bsky.social spoke to @saskiakonniger.bsky.social and @nrc.nl about our latest research on the impacts of nickel mining in #Indonesia ⤵️
#COP30 #Mensenrechten #NickelMining
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
#COP30 #Mensenrechten #NickelMining
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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📢🌏Indonesië ontgint op grote schaal nikkel voor de productie van elektrische auto’s.
De gevolgen ter plekke zijn desastreus.
Meer weten? @nrc.nl sprak @kristashennum.bsky.social, onderzoeker van @climaterights.bsky.social, over nieuw baanbrekend rapport. Een must-read!
#COP30 #Mensenrechten
De gevolgen ter plekke zijn desastreus.
Meer weten? @nrc.nl sprak @kristashennum.bsky.social, onderzoeker van @climaterights.bsky.social, over nieuw baanbrekend rapport. Een must-read!
#COP30 #Mensenrechten
‘Door nikkelwinning voltrekt zich een ramp in Indonesië. Dat kan anders’
Krista Shennum | Milieuonderzoeker: Indonesië ontgint op grote schaal nikkel voor de productie van elektrische auto’s. De gevolgen ter plekke zijn desastreus.
www.nrc.nl
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
📢🌏Indonesië ontgint op grote schaal nikkel voor de productie van elektrische auto’s.
De gevolgen ter plekke zijn desastreus.
Meer weten? @nrc.nl sprak @kristashennum.bsky.social, onderzoeker van @climaterights.bsky.social, over nieuw baanbrekend rapport. Een must-read!
#COP30 #Mensenrechten
De gevolgen ter plekke zijn desastreus.
Meer weten? @nrc.nl sprak @kristashennum.bsky.social, onderzoeker van @climaterights.bsky.social, over nieuw baanbrekend rapport. Een must-read!
#COP30 #Mensenrechten
CRI Legal Director @llakhdhir.bsky.social reflects on our work at the intersection of #ClimateChange and #HumanRights, and how the world is increasingly recognizing that the climate crisis is a human rights crisis. Read on CRI's Substack! ⤵️
climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/the-law-is...
climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/the-law-is...
The Law is Catching Up: The Climate Crisis is Also a Human Rights Crisis
By Linda Lakhdhir
climaterightsinternational.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
CRI Legal Director @llakhdhir.bsky.social reflects on our work at the intersection of #ClimateChange and #HumanRights, and how the world is increasingly recognizing that the climate crisis is a human rights crisis. Read on CRI's Substack! ⤵️
climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/the-law-is...
climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/the-law-is...
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Deforestation isn’t just a climate issue—it’s a human rights one. Illegal clearing in the Amazon often uses forced labor and invades Indigenous land -- check out our latest video --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueBO...
Before It’s Too Late: Curbing Cattle-Driven Deforestation and Rights Abuses in Brazil
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Deforestation isn’t just a climate issue—it’s a human rights one. Illegal clearing in the Amazon often uses forced labor and invades Indigenous land -- check out our latest video --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueBO...
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Great video by @climaterights.bsky.social about the massive, highly negative human rights and environmental impacts of nickel mining in the #Philippines, which contributes little in climate change pollution but whose people bear the brunt of rapacious nickel mining. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf6H...
“Broken Promises:” Philippines Nickel Mining Causes Rights Abuses & Increases Climate Vulnerability
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Great video by @climaterights.bsky.social about the massive, highly negative human rights and environmental impacts of nickel mining in the #Philippines, which contributes little in climate change pollution but whose people bear the brunt of rapacious nickel mining. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf6H...