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🌊 Are tides shifting ahead of INC-5? 🌊 The 🇺🇲 said they are changing their position and will support a target to reduce the production of primary plastic polymers (PPP) in the #PlasticsTreaty 👀 👀 But caution and close attention is advised 👀 👀 . It remains to be seen whether this will actually translate into a strong country position in the meetings to come. Public, on-the-record commitments are needed.
🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨A new Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) analysis reveals the US is poised for a massive petrochemical buildout that would add annual emissions equivalent to nearly 40 coal power plants, undermining climate targets and locking in fossil fuel emissions for decades to come. On the heels of the hottest summer on record, the need to phase out fossil fuels has never been more clear. 📣 Join us in urging US leaders to reject the petrochemical expansion and the compounding harm it will cause communities and the climate. Links below to 👀 read the report and 💪 take action. #BeyondPetrochemicals #EndFossilFuels #PlasticsTreaty
As the 79th UN General Assembly and New York Climate Week draw to a close, momentum to reject solar geoengineering is growing. Countries across Africa, Latin America, the Pacific, and Europe have signaled their support for the Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement initiative. "We welcome the growing commitment to Non-Use of Solar Geoengineering as governments around the world identify the enormity of the geopolitical, environmental, and social risks inherent to these technologies. Impossible to test for their intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, these highly speculative technologies put billions of people's human rights at risk while giving polluting industries a free pass," CIEL's Mary Church. Read more in our statement [link in the first comment]. #SayNoToSolarGeo #Geoengineering #HumanRights
Don't miss our side event to the 57th session of the Human Rights Council on human rights to access justice and effective remedy in the context of climate-induced human rights violations and the role of national, regional, and UN human rights institutions in advancing them. Thursday, 3 October, 14:00-15:00 (CEST) Palais des Nations, Room XXV – Geneva, Switzerland and virtual Join online [link in the first comment] #RightToRemedy #ClimateReparations #HRC57
Human Rights Treaty Bodies (HRTBs) have a critical role to play in elaborating on the obligations of States to respect, protect and fulfill human rights in climate governance. Our synthesis note with Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights explores how human rights monitoring bodies have called upon States to uphold States’ human rights obligations in climate harm and the role of these institutions in the context of climate justice [link in the first comment]. At a glance: - UN Treaty Bodies are the expert bodies established by intl. human rights treaties. They are mandated to: 1⃣ Review States’ implementation of the human rights treaty, 2⃣ Guide States on the interpretation of the treaty, 3⃣ Adjudicate complaints of any treaty's violations. - Since 2010, the majority of these Treaty Bodies have asked States to report back regarding their measures to prevent climate-induced harms and made recommendations regarding how these States should uphold their obligations in context of the climate crisis. In a year when the ongoing Advisory Opinion process from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and International Court of Justice (ICJ) will clarify States' legal obligations in the context of the climate crisis and the legal consequences of breaching those obligations, the role of HRTB is ever more critical. - HRTBs recommendations also address a wide range of human rights issues, such as the: - Need to phase out fossil fuels, - Protection of the most marginalized, - Prevention of harmful policies, - Importance of public participation & empowerment. - Our Synthesis Note explores a few of these issues that are particularly relevant when discussing human rights obligations in the context of climate change, yet are still little explored by human rights mechanisms: - Fossil fuels, - Loss and Damage, - The right to a healthy environment, - Carbon markets and offsets, - The rights of future generations, - International financial cooperation and climate finance, - Just energy transition to a climate-safe future. #HumanRightsTreatyBodies #ClimateRights #HumanRights
Last week, CIEL joined over 160 organizations around the world in calling on leaders to maintain their commitments to reducing plastic production in the future #PlasticsTreaty. There are nine weeks between now and the final scheduled negotiation #INC5. Starting this week around the UN General Assembly and New York Climate Week, negotiators will hold a series of closed-door meetings to discuss key provisions, including production. Production is essential to the future treaty's success. We're demanding that they maintain their commitments and not trade away essential measures. LINK in comments.
