Melissa Blue Sky
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Melissa Blue Sky
@melissabluesky.bsky.social
Senior Attorney @cielorg.bsky.social
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We're being gaslit in Geneva.
Halfway through #PlasticsTreaty talks and plenary fell flat, serving up more of the same — and none of the urgency this crisis demands. Hear what’s really going on inside the negotiations.
August 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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🌍 BREAKING: Climate impunity ends today - by order of the world’s highest court.

The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable

This is a legal revolution for our planet.
July 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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🗣️ The #ClimateOpinion by the Inter-American Court of #HumanRights is clear: States must take action to STOP the climate crisis.

➡️ Swipe for our experts’ take.

👇 Read CIEL’s statement. #AOLetsGO

🔗 bit.ly/3I9M2KN
July 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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UN Special Rapporteur Elisa Morgera will present findings and recommendations from her recent report to the HRC (docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/42) at today’s #SB62 side event on investment treaties & climate action.

www.e3g.org/news/address...

#ClimateFinance #ClimateAction
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June 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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🚨 BILLIONS lost to corporate lawsuits, not going to #ClimateAction.

Join us at our official #SB62 side event: how investment treaties block climate progress & drain public funds.

🗓️ Mon, Jun 16 | 15:00 CEST
📍 Berlin Room, World Conference Center, Bonn

#ISDS #ClimateJustice

More: bit.ly/4l75Qwx
Addressing investment treaties to achieve article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement - SB62 Official side event
Mobilising climate finance requires removing barriers that distort investment decisions and divert public resources from climate action. One such barrier is the international legal framework made up o...
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June 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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📢 "There is no #ClimateJustice under occupation". As 🇺🇳 UN climate talks #SB62 open in Bonn 🇩🇪, civil society & Indigenous Peoples stand in solidarity with the people of 🇵🇸Palestine, denouncing the complicity of all those governments that enable the ongoing genocide through their silence or weapons
June 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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🚨 PRESS CONFERENCE in 30 minutes - Member States Address Ambition in the Final Hours #PlasticsTreaty Negotiations 🇵🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇫🇷🇷🇼
📍 BUSAN, Republic of Korea
📆 Dec. 1, 2024
🕐 10 AM KST / 🌐 4:00 PM UTC
📹 Livestream 🔗 bit.ly/4fNU6Nl
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December 1, 2024 at 12:36 AM
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Essential elements of an effective #PlasticsTreaty:
🎯 A cap on plastic production with binding national targets
🧪 A global ban on toxic chemicals of concern
🌏 Trade measures that address non-parties
🙋‍♂️ Governance mechanisms that avoid consensus
💲 Innovative financial mechanisms
November 21, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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📰 New preprint available : Legally Binding Reduction Targets for Primary Plastics Production: A Necessity to End Plastic Pollution.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

with me, Tara Olsen, Neil Tangri, Jean-Francois Ghiglione, Alexandra ter Halle, Ricarda Fieber, Juan Baztan 💜 and Melissa Wang
Legally Binding Reduction Targets for Primary Plastics Production: A Necessity to End Plastic Pollution
<p><span>The rapid increase in plastics production since the 1950s has led to severe environmental and human health impacts, including climate change, pollution
papers.ssrn.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:36 AM