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Lien Vandamme at #COP30
@lienvandamme.bsky.social
🌍 Climate justice & human rights @ciel.org
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🇺🇳 #COP30
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧 🚨 175+ orgs urgently call on Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, to immediately reverse the harmful directive sent to Brazil that has massively intensified the presence of security forces at #COP30 and in the streets of Belém.

🔗 climaterights.org/wp-content/u...
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today in @canclimateaction.bsky.social's #COP30 #ECO newsletter: why the International Court of Justice climate ruling matters, incl. for #LossAndDamage

👏 to the many countries ready to secure decisions that uphold the law
❌ pushback should be isolated
🗣️ those remaining silent must speak up
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Side note: it is great to see the #COP30 Presidency recognizing the massive #corporatecapture of the UNFCCC by addressing the fossil fuel executives immediately when arriving in the airport 🫠.

Now let's kick them out? And force them to stop polluting the air we breathe.
#KickBigPollutersOut
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The backdrop of the Belém summit is bleak, with an accelerating climate crisis and a lack of new & ambitious climate plans #NDCs.

#COP30 must course correct by
👉 closing the massive ambition & accountability gap
👉 making a plan for a deep reform of the UNFCCC

🔗 www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
When talking about legal obligations, we can't ignore the genocide against Palestinians and the lack of accountability for these horrific crimes undermining the rule of law.

At COP30 and beyond, CIEL stands in solidarity with Palestine & demands to hold Israel and all complicit States to account.
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🌎⚖️ As Parties head to #COP30, the ICJ climate advisory opinion provides a powerful legal compass: outcomes in Belém must align with the ICJ’s findings and international law.

📖 Find out more in our pocket guide for negotiators & allies: www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Arrived in Belém for #COP30, the first one after the historic climate ruling by the International Court of Justice ⚖️ @ciel.org will be on the ground advocating for climate action based on legal obligations and calling for a deep reform of the UN climate regime to make it more effective & inclusive.
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Happening NOW in the Philippines 🔥

💰 Governments spend $1.2tn for military budget while leaving crumbs for #LossAndDamage. This is unacceptable!

Philippine & international civil society stand in solidarity with Palestine & climate-frontline communities, calling to #EndTheGenocide & #FillTheFund!
October 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Next week 👉 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆 & 𝒅𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒆: 𝒀𝑼𝑴𝑰 – 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅

Documentary on the Pacific youth campaign that brought the climate crisis to the world’s highest court 🔥 ⚖️

📅 2 Sept | 18:30
📍 Cinélux, Geneva
✅ Free entry! Reserve your seat: shorturl.at/hvIE4
August 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘
𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐂𝐉 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 ⚖️

📅 August 14

🌏 8am GMT: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🌎 1pm GMT: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

By @gcdcj.bsky.social @ciel.org & many others!
August 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Watching live from Geneva 🍿 #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ

Tune in to be part of this historic moment for climate accountability 🧑‍⚖️
📺 webtv.un.org/en
July 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
📅 Rapid Reaction Event, 24 July 2025

💡 The day after the delivery, high level voices will do a first unpacking of the legal and political implications of the long-awaited ICJ Climate Ruling #ICJAO

Register here 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ
July 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📢 Big Tent Mobilization Meetings on the ICJ’s delivery of the Climate Advisory Opinion coming up on the 23rd of July!

Join us this week in preparing for this historic moment for climate justice ⚖️ ✊

📅 Thursday 17 July
👉 6pm Fiji (bit.ly/bigtentEastCall)
👉 3pm CEST (bit.ly/bigtentWestCall)
July 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
After 30 years of denial & delay, getting a #LossAndDamage Fund was historic. Now, more than 2 years later, it remains an empty shell.

Rich countries continue to shirk their obligations to #PayUp4LossAndDamage

It is time to #FillTheFund. Billions, not millions!

🔗 Read more 👉 www.fillthefund.org
July 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ ⚖️

📢 23 July, the International Court of Justice delivers its historic climate advisory opinion, paving the way for justice & climate reparations long overdue.

Follow @ciel.org's @joiec.bsky.social @nikkireisch.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social
🔗 www.ciel.org/news/world-c...
July 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🔥 Today, at #JuneClimateMeetings, 200+ orgs incl
@ciel.org have united to demand #TheCOPWeNeed.

⚖️ All countries must come together & radically choose fossil-free climate multilateralism rooted in justice.

The best time was 30y ago. The 2nd best time is now.

🔗 www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...
June 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🚨 LIVE from #SB62: 200+ env, youth, women, disability & Indigenous orgs launch bold proposals to reform the UN Climate Talks #TheCOPWeNeed

📅 Mon June 23, 4:30 PM CEST
📍 Nairobi Room 4
🔴 Livestream: shorturl.at/ohJ0K

30 years of talks have failed to deliver #ClimateJustice. Time to #FixTheUNFCCC.
June 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
With @ciel.org's @erikalennon.bsky.social:

"It is long past time for a conflict of interest policy. You wouldn’t let the tobacco companies write the rules on public health or the gun manufacturers writing rules on gun control."

#KickBigPollutersOut of the UN Climate Talks, NOW!
June 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Happening NOW at the Bonn UN climate talks: civil society calling out the UNFCCC Executive Secretary for continuing to allow the #FossilFuel industry to roam these halls and have undue influence on climate decisions.

📺 Watch live: unfccc.int/event/dcj-da...
June 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Now at #SB62 in Bonn: expert panel including @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social discusses how investment treaties with investor-state dispute settlement #ISDS mechanisms are a barrier to #ClimateAction. Negotiations on finance flows should address this.
@ciel.org @e3g.bsky.social @iied.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A new proposal is out for a start-up phase of the #LossAndDamage Fund is out & it still does NOT MENTION COMMUNITY ACCESS.

❌ This is unacceptable for a Fund that is meant to serve communities on the frontlines of the #ClimateCrisis. The Board has lost track of its mandate.

#RestoreTheCompass
April 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
💥 Joint statement by 3 UN Special Rapporteurs ahead of #LossAndDamage Fund Board meeting! ⚖️

Important reminder about the importance of #HumanRights-alignment of the #FRLD and the effectiveness of community-led approaches.

Calling on the Board to keep this in mind for the Fund's start-up phase.
April 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The #FRLD is meant to serve communities on the frontlines of the #ClimateCrisis.

👉 Their direct access to grant support is key, ESPECIALLY as an early signal during the start-up phase.
🌿 #CommunityAccess must be a key modality throughout!

Read more:
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/04/03/l...
April 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Civil society & Indigenous Peoples are loud and clear: YES to a quick funding start of the #LossAndDamage Fund BUT urgency cannot come at the cost of #HumanRights!

👉 Take a people-centered & #DoNoHarm approach
👉 Limit early interventions to low risk
April 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Ahead of this week's Board meeting of the #LossAndDamage Fund, where they will discuss a start-up phase with early interventions, civil society & Indigenous Peoples formulated non-negotiables:

1⃣ Take a strict #DoNoHarm approach
2⃣ Make #CommunityAccess a key modality
3⃣ Exclusively provide #Grants
April 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM