Isabella Kaminski
@isabellakaminski.bsky.social
Freelance journalist: climate litigation, climate justice, environmental law, biodiversity, Wombles
Contact: isabellakamfreelance@gmail(dot)com
Climate litigation newsletter: http://www.the-wave.net
Contact: isabellakamfreelance@gmail(dot)com
Climate litigation newsletter: http://www.the-wave.net
"The law commands it," António Guterres tells the UN General Assembly, urging states to submit more ambitious climate plans. The language and urgency of the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion is starting to bleed into diplomatic discourse:
www.independent.co.uk/news/earth-a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/earth-a...
Hot talk: As deadline and higher temperatures loom, stronger warming-fighting plans urged at UN
More than 100 world leaders have gathered to discuss urgent climate action as Earth continues to heat up
www.independent.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"The law commands it," António Guterres tells the UN General Assembly, urging states to submit more ambitious climate plans. The language and urgency of the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion is starting to bleed into diplomatic discourse:
www.independent.co.uk/news/earth-a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/earth-a...
Reposted by Isabella Kaminski
Expectations outside the court are high. Cynthia Houniuhi, president of Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change, told me it was "nerve-wracking" waiting for the advisory opinion she and others first dreamed of six years ago. #ICJAO #climatejustice
July 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Expectations outside the court are high. Cynthia Houniuhi, president of Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change, told me it was "nerve-wracking" waiting for the advisory opinion she and others first dreamed of six years ago. #ICJAO #climatejustice
Later today, the International Court of Justice will hand down its much-anticipated advisory opinion on climate change which will shape climate politics & law for years to come. Find out more about this historic moment, and the young people who sparked the whole thing 👇 #climatejustice #ICJAO
'Whether you win or lose, some fights are worth fighting': How a bold student plan swept to UN world court
The world's largest ever climate legal case comes to a conclusion today. It sprang from unlikely origins in a student project, but quickly became a massive global operation.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Later today, the International Court of Justice will hand down its much-anticipated advisory opinion on climate change which will shape climate politics & law for years to come. Find out more about this historic moment, and the young people who sparked the whole thing 👇 #climatejustice #ICJAO
Reposted by Isabella Kaminski
Most avocados sold in the U.S. come from Mexico, where farming methods have serious environmental and human-rights impacts. Yet importers continue to market the fruit as sustainably grown.
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US Importers Sued for ‘Greenwashing’ Mexican Avocados
Most avocados sold in the U.S. are imports from Mexico, where farming has environmental and human-rights impacts little known to consumers.
buff.ly
July 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Most avocados sold in the U.S. come from Mexico, where farming methods have serious environmental and human-rights impacts. Yet importers continue to market the fruit as sustainably grown.
Read more from @isabellakaminski.bsky.social ⬇️
Read more from @isabellakaminski.bsky.social ⬇️
Most avocados sold in the US come from Mexico, where farming methods have big environmental & human rights impacts. Yet importers continue to market the fruit as sustainably grown, so they're being sued for 'greenwashing' their products. By me for @civileats.com #greenwashing #climatelitigation
US Importers Sued for ‘Greenwashing’ Mexican Avocados
Most avocados sold in the U.S. are imports from Mexico, where farming has environmental and human-rights impacts little known to consumers.
civileats.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Most avocados sold in the US come from Mexico, where farming methods have big environmental & human rights impacts. Yet importers continue to market the fruit as sustainably grown, so they're being sued for 'greenwashing' their products. By me for @civileats.com #greenwashing #climatelitigation
There is a human right to a stable climate and states have a duty to protect it.
That's one of the key findings of a new advisory opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which was requested by Chile and Colombia two years ago.
That's one of the key findings of a new advisory opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which was requested by Chile and Colombia two years ago.
Countries must protect human right to a stable climate, court rules
Costa Rica-based inter-American court of human rights says states have obligation to respond to climate change
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:29 AM
There is a human right to a stable climate and states have a duty to protect it.
That's one of the key findings of a new advisory opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which was requested by Chile and Colombia two years ago.
That's one of the key findings of a new advisory opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which was requested by Chile and Colombia two years ago.
Reposted by Isabella Kaminski
Greenwashing lawsuits - Judges across the world are proving sceptical of companies’ attempts to offset their greenhouse gas emissions by buying carbon credits - report
Story by @isabellakaminski.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Story by @isabellakaminski.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rise in legal challenges over carbon credit schemes
Scrutiny of how companies plan to meet climate commitments is growing, with many successful legal challenges
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Greenwashing lawsuits - Judges across the world are proving sceptical of companies’ attempts to offset their greenhouse gas emissions by buying carbon credits - report
Story by @isabellakaminski.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Story by @isabellakaminski.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fascinating look at the ruling earlier this month from Hungary's Constitutional Court ordering the government to improve its climate law, from @isabellakaminski.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/Hungari...
Court Orders Hungarian Government to Toughen Climate Plans
Hungary’s Constitutional Court has demanded its government write a real climate law, but it remains to be seen which government will win power in the next election and whether it will take this ruling...
drilled.media
June 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Fascinating look at the ruling earlier this month from Hungary's Constitutional Court ordering the government to improve its climate law, from @isabellakaminski.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/Hungari...
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My new investigation for @unearthednews.bsky.social — we found truly shocking scenes of UK labels washed ashore, and vast illegal fast fashion dumps mushrooming in a beautiful conservation area in Ghana 👇
NEW: Fashion waste is overwhelming Ghana — and now it’s spilling into Accra’s protected wetlands.
With @greenpeaceafrica.org, we found UK brands and huge new dump sites in a conservation area home to endangered turtles.
👉 unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/18/u...
With @greenpeaceafrica.org, we found UK brands and huge new dump sites in a conservation area home to endangered turtles.
👉 unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/18/u...
UK brands found in ‘fast fashion graveyard’ in African conservation area
Clothes discarded by UK consumers and shipped to Ghana have been found in a huge textile dumpsite in a protected African conservation area.
unearthed.greenpeace.org
June 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
My new investigation for @unearthednews.bsky.social — we found truly shocking scenes of UK labels washed ashore, and vast illegal fast fashion dumps mushrooming in a beautiful conservation area in Ghana 👇
Reposted by Isabella Kaminski
“By injecting a staggering $869bn into fossil fuel financing in 2024 alone, the world’s largest banks fund the climate chaos... Governments must step in & take urgent action to hold financial institutions accountable for their role in the #climatecrisis” - @davidxvx.bsky.social
World’s largest banks pledged $869bn to fossil fuel firms in 2024, new report finds
Two-thirds of the biggest 65 banks increased financing by $162bn from 2023 to 2024, walking back climate promises
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
“By injecting a staggering $869bn into fossil fuel financing in 2024 alone, the world’s largest banks fund the climate chaos... Governments must step in & take urgent action to hold financial institutions accountable for their role in the #climatecrisis” - @davidxvx.bsky.social
Put on your blue face mask and your asthma inhaler
The NAACP intends to sue Musk over the pollution caused by his xAI turbines in South Memphis.
NAACP launches lawsuit over pollution from Musk’s xAI
Memphis is already ranked as an asthma capital of the nation.
www.politico.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Put on your blue face mask and your asthma inhaler
If you think you're having a bad day, I just joined a webinar where hardcorn porn started playing over a jaunty tune and the host couldn't stop it
June 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If you think you're having a bad day, I just joined a webinar where hardcorn porn started playing over a jaunty tune and the host couldn't stop it
Beware the middle-aged female journalist for she is invisible and will hear the incautious or idiotic things you think you're saying in private.
It's a cursed superpower.
It's a cursed superpower.
June 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Beware the middle-aged female journalist for she is invisible and will hear the incautious or idiotic things you think you're saying in private.
It's a cursed superpower.
It's a cursed superpower.
It's worth noting that several European courts have dismissed the argument that a state or corporation's contribution to global emissions is too small to matter - including recently in Germany www.france24.com/en/live-news...
June 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's worth noting that several European courts have dismissed the argument that a state or corporation's contribution to global emissions is too small to matter - including recently in Germany www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Reposted by Isabella Kaminski
The EPA's reasoning to justify repealing greenhouse gas regulations for power plants is so tortured, I feel like my brain has been waterboarded after reading it 🤯
The justification goes like this...🧵(1/8)
The justification goes like this...🧵(1/8)
www.epa.gov
June 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The EPA's reasoning to justify repealing greenhouse gas regulations for power plants is so tortured, I feel like my brain has been waterboarded after reading it 🤯
The justification goes like this...🧵(1/8)
The justification goes like this...🧵(1/8)
Reposted by Isabella Kaminski
Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.
This is the context I need
"When you think about it, all matter in the universe will ultimately evaporate in a few quadrillion years, so they're not really 'forever' chemicals..."
Scientists warn against attempts to change definition of ‘forever chemicals’
June 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This is the context I need
With #UNOC3 just around the corner, it's good to reflect on what courts and the law can - and can't - do to promote climate action and protect the oceans. This was a really interesting article to write for @dialogueearth.bsky.social 👇 #climatelitigation #climatejustice #oceanjustice
It was a landmark legal opinion, experts said. So, one year on, what impact is the Itlos opinion having on the ocean and climate change?
Very pleased that @isabellakaminski.bsky.social has written this important piece for @dialogueearth.bsky.social
dialogue.earth/en/climate/o...
Very pleased that @isabellakaminski.bsky.social has written this important piece for @dialogueearth.bsky.social
dialogue.earth/en/climate/o...
One year on: Impacts of a landmark legal opinion on climate change
An international court’s opinion that greenhouses gases are an ocean pollutant is already being used in the fight against climate change
dialogue.earth
June 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
With #UNOC3 just around the corner, it's good to reflect on what courts and the law can - and can't - do to promote climate action and protect the oceans. This was a really interesting article to write for @dialogueearth.bsky.social 👇 #climatelitigation #climatejustice #oceanjustice
In 2018, 25 young people with the support of NGO Dejusticia took the Colombian government to court arguing that their right to a healthy environment was under threat from deforestation. They won, in an judgment that went further than they could have hoped. But did the court ruling change anything?
'The kids that demanded accountability': Colombian future generations lawsuit seven years on
The end of 2016 was a big moment in Colombian history. A landmark peace deal between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) had finally been signed, ending South America’s lo...
www.the-wave.net
June 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In 2018, 25 young people with the support of NGO Dejusticia took the Colombian government to court arguing that their right to a healthy environment was under threat from deforestation. They won, in an judgment that went further than they could have hoped. But did the court ruling change anything?
BREAKING: Saul Luciano Lliuya has LOST his claim for climate compensation from RWE. But the court ruled that the principle that major emitters can be sued for climate damages is sound, if someone can make a stronger claim
🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE.
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
May 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
BREAKING: Saul Luciano Lliuya has LOST his claim for climate compensation from RWE. But the court ruled that the principle that major emitters can be sued for climate damages is sound, if someone can make a stronger claim
It's a very big day in #climatelitigation today. I'm on holiday but follow @duycks.bsky.social for updates!
🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE.
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
May 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
It's a very big day in #climatelitigation today. I'm on holiday but follow @duycks.bsky.social for updates!
Well this is a far more eloquent and concise explanation of the answer I give when people ask 'Am I optimistic about the future'. I guess I'm off to read Gramsci?
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will” is my favourite…
May 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Well this is a far more eloquent and concise explanation of the answer I give when people ask 'Am I optimistic about the future'. I guess I'm off to read Gramsci?
Reposted by Isabella Kaminski
After disasters, AmeriCorps was everywhere. What happens when it’s gone?
Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#Musk #DOGE #Weather #Disaster #Climate #AmeriCorps
Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#Musk #DOGE #Weather #Disaster #Climate #AmeriCorps
After disasters, AmeriCorps was everywhere. What happens when it's gone?
We'll find out when the next disaster hits.
grist.org
May 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
After disasters, AmeriCorps was everywhere. What happens when it’s gone?
Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#Musk #DOGE #Weather #Disaster #Climate #AmeriCorps
Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#Musk #DOGE #Weather #Disaster #Climate #AmeriCorps
Reposted by Isabella Kaminski
"Do look up: how science and international cooperation closed the ozone hole" | Really important editorial in @nature.com (w/ a nod to @ghostpanther.bsky.social): www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Do look up: how science and international cooperation closed the ozone hole
Forty years ago this month, scientists reported that human activities had punctured Earth’s protective ozone layer. What happened next offers a masterclass in international science-diplomacy.
www.nature.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Do look up: how science and international cooperation closed the ozone hole" | Really important editorial in @nature.com (w/ a nod to @ghostpanther.bsky.social): www.nature.com/articles/d41...