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#COP30: FIDH welcomes a hard-fought win with the Just Transition text and new action mechanism - the strongest human rights language ever at COP.
But other texts failed to confront fossil fuels. This must be urgently rectified to avert a full breakdown.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
But other texts failed to confront fossil fuels. This must be urgently rectified to avert a full breakdown.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
COP30 delivers a crucial step forward on human rights and just transition – but a heads-on roadmap for a fossil fuel phaseout remains a mirage
FIDH welcomes a key text and new action mechanism in the COP’s Just Transition Work Programme – a founding step to ensure the ecological (…)
www.fidh.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#COP30: FIDH welcomes a hard-fought win with the Just Transition text and new action mechanism - the strongest human rights language ever at COP.
But other texts failed to confront fossil fuels. This must be urgently rectified to avert a full breakdown.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
But other texts failed to confront fossil fuels. This must be urgently rectified to avert a full breakdown.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
#TheFarmerCase: hearings continue this Wednesday in a legal action in our #SeeYouInCourt project!
The solution to the climate crisis requires multinational companies to immediately stop new GHG emissions.
We hope the court will establish this responsibility.
www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...
The solution to the climate crisis requires multinational companies to immediately stop new GHG emissions.
We hope the court will establish this responsibility.
www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...
In 2016, a freak storm wiped out the entire strawberry crop on Hugues Falys’ farm in Hainaut province, western Belgium.
Falys now wants those responsible for the climate crisis to pay for the damage — and he’s chosen as his target one of the world’s biggest oil companies: TotalEnergies.
Falys now wants those responsible for the climate crisis to pay for the damage — and he’s chosen as his target one of the world’s biggest oil companies: TotalEnergies.
The Belgian farmer suing TotalEnergies over damage caused by climate change
The French oil major denies it is liable for the climate impacts that Hugues Falys has suffered.
www.politico.eu
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#TheFarmerCase: hearings continue this Wednesday in a legal action in our #SeeYouInCourt project!
The solution to the climate crisis requires multinational companies to immediately stop new GHG emissions.
We hope the court will establish this responsibility.
www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...
The solution to the climate crisis requires multinational companies to immediately stop new GHG emissions.
We hope the court will establish this responsibility.
www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Hugues Falys, paysan belge, mène contre TotalEnergies un procès historique, au nom des champs noyés, des récoltes perdues et des bêtes assoiffées.
La justice belge devra trancher sur la responsabilité climatique du géant fossile.
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/hWW
La justice belge devra trancher sur la responsabilité climatique du géant fossile.
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/hWW
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hugues Falys, paysan belge, mène contre TotalEnergies un procès historique, au nom des champs noyés, des récoltes perdues et des bêtes assoiffées.
La justice belge devra trancher sur la responsabilité climatique du géant fossile.
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/hWW
La justice belge devra trancher sur la responsabilité climatique du géant fossile.
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/hWW
"A Belgian farmer is facing off against oil giant TotalEnergies in court [...], arguing the French company should pay for damage caused by climate change, in the latest lawsuit by environmental activists against big energy companies."
The #FarmerCase in @apnews.com:
apnews.com/article/belg...
The #FarmerCase in @apnews.com:
apnews.com/article/belg...
Belgian farmer sues French energy giant for damage caused by climate change
A Belgian farmer is taking TotalEnergies to court, arguing the company should pay for climate change damage.
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"A Belgian farmer is facing off against oil giant TotalEnergies in court [...], arguing the French company should pay for damage caused by climate change, in the latest lawsuit by environmental activists against big energy companies."
The #FarmerCase in @apnews.com:
apnews.com/article/belg...
The #FarmerCase in @apnews.com:
apnews.com/article/belg...
"Backed by FIAN, Greenpeace and the League of Human Rights - and supported by FIDH as part of its ‘See You In Court’ project - the David-vs-Goliath case is the first climate action targeting a multinational company in Belgium."
#TheFarmerCase in @euronews.com: www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
#TheFarmerCase in @euronews.com: www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
EU farmer takes oil giant TotalEnergies to court over climate damages
The climate change-related lawsuit begins its hearings, just days after TotalEnergies announced its climate investment at COP30.
www.euronews.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Backed by FIAN, Greenpeace and the League of Human Rights - and supported by FIDH as part of its ‘See You In Court’ project - the David-vs-Goliath case is the first climate action targeting a multinational company in Belgium."
#TheFarmerCase in @euronews.com: www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
#TheFarmerCase in @euronews.com: www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
An unprecedented climate case, supported by FIDH, opens today in Belgium!
Farmer Hugues Falys & three NGOs - FIDH member @liguedroitshumains.bsky.social, @fianbelgium.bsky.social & @greenpeace.be - take TotalEnergies to court for its role in climate change.
👉 www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...
Farmer Hugues Falys & three NGOs - FIDH member @liguedroitshumains.bsky.social, @fianbelgium.bsky.social & @greenpeace.be - take TotalEnergies to court for its role in climate change.
👉 www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
An unprecedented climate case, supported by FIDH, opens today in Belgium!
Farmer Hugues Falys & three NGOs - FIDH member @liguedroitshumains.bsky.social, @fianbelgium.bsky.social & @greenpeace.be - take TotalEnergies to court for its role in climate change.
👉 www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...
Farmer Hugues Falys & three NGOs - FIDH member @liguedroitshumains.bsky.social, @fianbelgium.bsky.social & @greenpeace.be - take TotalEnergies to court for its role in climate change.
👉 www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...
200+ human rights and environmental groups, including @fidh-official.bsky.social under its Observatory on HRD, warned that a letter by the UN climate chief risks encouraging a crackdown on Indigenous Peoples at the climate talks.
More in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30: UN accused of crackdown on Indigenous people – as it happened
As the summit entered its second week, complex issues remain with anxiety growing over conference outcomes
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
200+ human rights and environmental groups, including @fidh-official.bsky.social under its Observatory on HRD, warned that a letter by the UN climate chief risks encouraging a crackdown on Indigenous Peoples at the climate talks.
More in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A UNFCCC letter triggered a security escalation at #COP30, intimidating Indigenous Peoples & silencing the right to peaceful protest.
These defenders are protecting the planet & climate. They must never be sidelined, FIDH & its partners urge Simon Stiell.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...
These defenders are protecting the planet & climate. They must never be sidelined, FIDH & its partners urge Simon Stiell.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...
Defend Indigenous Peoples & Protest Rights at COP30
Following the UNFCCC Secretariat’s outrageous letter urging Brazil to escalate security forces after the Indigenous Peoples’ protest, 175 (…)
www.fidh.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A UNFCCC letter triggered a security escalation at #COP30, intimidating Indigenous Peoples & silencing the right to peaceful protest.
These defenders are protecting the planet & climate. They must never be sidelined, FIDH & its partners urge Simon Stiell.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...
These defenders are protecting the planet & climate. They must never be sidelined, FIDH & its partners urge Simon Stiell.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...
There’s no climate justice without human rights.
No climate ambition, equity or transformation without an open civic space.
And no COP of truth if we forget those absent due to repression.
At #COP30, we stood up for arbitrarily detained human rights defenders.
Free them all!
No climate ambition, equity or transformation without an open civic space.
And no COP of truth if we forget those absent due to repression.
At #COP30, we stood up for arbitrarily detained human rights defenders.
Free them all!
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
There’s no climate justice without human rights.
No climate ambition, equity or transformation without an open civic space.
And no COP of truth if we forget those absent due to repression.
At #COP30, we stood up for arbitrarily detained human rights defenders.
Free them all!
No climate ambition, equity or transformation without an open civic space.
And no COP of truth if we forget those absent due to repression.
At #COP30, we stood up for arbitrarily detained human rights defenders.
Free them all!
#Omnibus: By undermining key corporate accountability measures, today's vote in the European Parliament delivers a blow to the EU’s credibility and ambition as a global leader on human rights and sustainability.
FIDH's reaction: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
FIDH's reaction: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
European Parliament slams sustainability laws
Today, the European Parliament, backed by a right-wing majority led by the European People’s Party (EPP), made a regrettable decision under the (…)
www.fidh.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
#Omnibus: By undermining key corporate accountability measures, today's vote in the European Parliament delivers a blow to the EU’s credibility and ambition as a global leader on human rights and sustainability.
FIDH's reaction: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
FIDH's reaction: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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🚨For the first time, @europarl.europa.eu has adopted a legislative mandate thanks to an alliance between conservatives & the far right
This vote marks a dangerous turning point for EU democracy. When anti-EU forces & lobbies write the rules, accountability dies
corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
This vote marks a dangerous turning point for EU democracy. When anti-EU forces & lobbies write the rules, accountability dies
corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
PRESS RELEASE European Parliament’s far-right alliance adopts position on Omnibus I: Corporate capture on full display, written for the few not for people or planet - ECCJ
corporatejustice.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🚨For the first time, @europarl.europa.eu has adopted a legislative mandate thanks to an alliance between conservatives & the far right
This vote marks a dangerous turning point for EU democracy. When anti-EU forces & lobbies write the rules, accountability dies
corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
This vote marks a dangerous turning point for EU democracy. When anti-EU forces & lobbies write the rules, accountability dies
corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
It's Human Rights Day at #COP30 & just transition negotiations continue.
For @fidh-official.bsky.social, the creation of a Just Transition Mechanism must be a priority, ensuring human rights protection & real participation of defenders & communities.
Our comment: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
For @fidh-official.bsky.social, the creation of a Just Transition Mechanism must be a priority, ensuring human rights protection & real participation of defenders & communities.
Our comment: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore
Former US vice-president also critical of Donald Trump and Bill Gates as negotiations begin in earnest
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It's Human Rights Day at #COP30 & just transition negotiations continue.
For @fidh-official.bsky.social, the creation of a Just Transition Mechanism must be a priority, ensuring human rights protection & real participation of defenders & communities.
Our comment: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
For @fidh-official.bsky.social, the creation of a Just Transition Mechanism must be a priority, ensuring human rights protection & real participation of defenders & communities.
Our comment: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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📄 A full advocacy brief, supported by @afd-france.bsky.social and @ec.europa.eu, available at FIDH.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
📄 A full advocacy brief, supported by @afd-france.bsky.social and @ec.europa.eu, available at FIDH.org
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Meanwhile, hard-won human rights protections in draft climate decisions are under threat.
COP30 must prove climate ambition and justice go hand in hand – breaking old patterns, dismantling inequalities, centring those most affected.
COP30 must prove climate ambition and justice go hand in hand – breaking old patterns, dismantling inequalities, centring those most affected.
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Meanwhile, hard-won human rights protections in draft climate decisions are under threat.
COP30 must prove climate ambition and justice go hand in hand – breaking old patterns, dismantling inequalities, centring those most affected.
COP30 must prove climate ambition and justice go hand in hand – breaking old patterns, dismantling inequalities, centring those most affected.
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🌍🌎🌏 here – and it's an unprecedented human rights crisis. Communities and defenders proposing climate solutions face harassment, criminalisation, and threats.
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🌍🌎🌏 here – and it's an unprecedented human rights crisis. Communities and defenders proposing climate solutions face harassment, criminalisation, and threats.
#COP30 will deal with critical decisions on how to transition beyond a fossil fuel society without replicating mistakes of the past.
Transition pathways must genuinely protect human rights, communities & defenders!
Our 🆕 advocacy brief makes the case through evidence:
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
Transition pathways must genuinely protect human rights, communities & defenders!
Our 🆕 advocacy brief makes the case through evidence:
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#COP30 will deal with critical decisions on how to transition beyond a fossil fuel society without replicating mistakes of the past.
Transition pathways must genuinely protect human rights, communities & defenders!
Our 🆕 advocacy brief makes the case through evidence:
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
Transition pathways must genuinely protect human rights, communities & defenders!
Our 🆕 advocacy brief makes the case through evidence:
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
What would it take to build economic
systems organised around care, equity & ecological interdependence?
Day 2 of #FIDHCongress saw civil society, public development banks & academics discuss new models that prioritise rights, dignity & reciprocity with the natural world!
systems organised around care, equity & ecological interdependence?
Day 2 of #FIDHCongress saw civil society, public development banks & academics discuss new models that prioritise rights, dignity & reciprocity with the natural world!
October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What would it take to build economic
systems organised around care, equity & ecological interdependence?
Day 2 of #FIDHCongress saw civil society, public development banks & academics discuss new models that prioritise rights, dignity & reciprocity with the natural world!
systems organised around care, equity & ecological interdependence?
Day 2 of #FIDHCongress saw civil society, public development banks & academics discuss new models that prioritise rights, dignity & reciprocity with the natural world!
On Day 1 of #FIDHCongress in Bogotá, just transition was high on the agenda - right ahead of #COP30!
Our plenary session dived into how we can develop pathways for systemic change in the face of environmental crisis.
No transition without human rights and justice!
Our plenary session dived into how we can develop pathways for systemic change in the face of environmental crisis.
No transition without human rights and justice!
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
On Day 1 of #FIDHCongress in Bogotá, just transition was high on the agenda - right ahead of #COP30!
Our plenary session dived into how we can develop pathways for systemic change in the face of environmental crisis.
No transition without human rights and justice!
Our plenary session dived into how we can develop pathways for systemic change in the face of environmental crisis.
No transition without human rights and justice!
The Paris Judicial Court condemned TotalEnergies for greenwashing due to its deceptive claims on its “ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050” & “be a major player in the energy transition.”
A historic ruling in the case by @amisdelaterre.org @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social @greenpeace.fr!
A historic ruling in the case by @amisdelaterre.org @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social @greenpeace.fr!
✊ Victoire pour le climat : Total vient d'être condamnée pour greenwashing !
A la veille de la COP30, cette décision crée un précédent juridique majeur contre la désinformation climatique des majors pétrolières.
Notre communiqué 👇 www.amisdelaterre.org/communique-p...
A la veille de la COP30, cette décision crée un précédent juridique majeur contre la désinformation climatique des majors pétrolières.
Notre communiqué 👇 www.amisdelaterre.org/communique-p...
Total condamnée pour greenwashing : un précédent juridique majeur contre la désinformation climatique des majors pétrolières
Le tribunal judiciaire de Paris a rendu aujourd’hui une décision historique, première mondiale : il condamne TotalEnergies pour pratiques commerciales trompeuses en raison de ses allégations mensongèr...
www.amisdelaterre.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The Paris Judicial Court condemned TotalEnergies for greenwashing due to its deceptive claims on its “ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050” & “be a major player in the energy transition.”
A historic ruling in the case by @amisdelaterre.org @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social @greenpeace.fr!
A historic ruling in the case by @amisdelaterre.org @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social @greenpeace.fr!
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#OEIGWG11
STATEMENT:
As UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, along with SR on climate change and human rights Elisa Morgera (...)
STATEMENT:
As UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, along with SR on climate change and human rights Elisa Morgera (...)
October 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
#OEIGWG11
STATEMENT:
As UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, along with SR on climate change and human rights Elisa Morgera (...)
STATEMENT:
As UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, along with SR on climate change and human rights Elisa Morgera (...)
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Joint statement with UN Special Rapporteurs @astridpuentes.bsky.social & Surya Deva on need to integrate #HumanRight to #HealthyEnvironment and provisions on #CorporateCapture in treaty on #Business & #HumanRights: tinyurl.com/yc74ajbd
Linked to my report on #Defossilization: tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3
Linked to my report on #Defossilization: tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3
October 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Joint statement with UN Special Rapporteurs @astridpuentes.bsky.social & Surya Deva on need to integrate #HumanRight to #HealthyEnvironment and provisions on #CorporateCapture in treaty on #Business & #HumanRights: tinyurl.com/yc74ajbd
Linked to my report on #Defossilization: tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3
Linked to my report on #Defossilization: tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3
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🌍 Proud moment for LHR! 🌍
Our colleague Jessica Lawrence is in Geneva for the 11th UN #BindingTreaty negotiations, alongside @calsza.bsky.social, AIDC, @fidh-bhr.bsky.social , with support from Fastenaktion.
Follow us for daily updates & highlights:
🔗 lnkd.in/eW2_Assp
Our colleague Jessica Lawrence is in Geneva for the 11th UN #BindingTreaty negotiations, alongside @calsza.bsky.social, AIDC, @fidh-bhr.bsky.social , with support from Fastenaktion.
Follow us for daily updates & highlights:
🔗 lnkd.in/eW2_Assp
October 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🌍 Proud moment for LHR! 🌍
Our colleague Jessica Lawrence is in Geneva for the 11th UN #BindingTreaty negotiations, alongside @calsza.bsky.social, AIDC, @fidh-bhr.bsky.social , with support from Fastenaktion.
Follow us for daily updates & highlights:
🔗 lnkd.in/eW2_Assp
Our colleague Jessica Lawrence is in Geneva for the 11th UN #BindingTreaty negotiations, alongside @calsza.bsky.social, AIDC, @fidh-bhr.bsky.social , with support from Fastenaktion.
Follow us for daily updates & highlights:
🔗 lnkd.in/eW2_Assp
FIDH experts will be at #COP30 and available for comment on the link between human rights & climate justice!
We are there to call for:
🟢 A full, just, time‑bound fossil fuel phaseout
🟢 Human‑rights‑led transition policies
🟢 Protection of environmental defenders
More information: t.co/rZicT0lpJe
We are there to call for:
🟢 A full, just, time‑bound fossil fuel phaseout
🟢 Human‑rights‑led transition policies
🟢 Protection of environmental defenders
More information: t.co/rZicT0lpJe
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
FIDH experts will be at #COP30 and available for comment on the link between human rights & climate justice!
We are there to call for:
🟢 A full, just, time‑bound fossil fuel phaseout
🟢 Human‑rights‑led transition policies
🟢 Protection of environmental defenders
More information: t.co/rZicT0lpJe
We are there to call for:
🟢 A full, just, time‑bound fossil fuel phaseout
🟢 Human‑rights‑led transition policies
🟢 Protection of environmental defenders
More information: t.co/rZicT0lpJe
FIDH & its members are at the 11th negotiation session of the UN #BindingTreaty on Business & Human Rights – with one message:
📢 We don't need deregulation, but strong rules to protect human rights & the environment from corporate harms!
Our joint statement: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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📢 We don't need deregulation, but strong rules to protect human rights & the environment from corporate harms!
Our joint statement: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
FIDH & its members are at the 11th negotiation session of the UN #BindingTreaty on Business & Human Rights – with one message:
📢 We don't need deregulation, but strong rules to protect human rights & the environment from corporate harms!
Our joint statement: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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📢 We don't need deregulation, but strong rules to protect human rights & the environment from corporate harms!
Our joint statement: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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