Páramo in Santurbán, Colombia

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Declaratoria de Zona de Reserva Temporal en el páramo de Santurbán es una victoria para la defensa del agua en América Latina

Organizaciones de la sociedad civil celebran la medida tomada por el Ministerio de Ambiente de Colombia, la cual implica... Read More
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Rebecca Brown Appointed President and CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2025 — The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), a global leader in defending the right... Read More

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Misguided EU Clean Industrial Deal Props Up Polluting Industries Instead of Protecting People and the Environment

BRUSSELS, February 26, 2025 — Today, the European Commission unveiled the Clean Industrial Deal, a controversial strategy intended to... Read More

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Govern Geoengineering

As risky geoengineering experiments proliferate, existing laws already restrict them — but enforcement and stronger protections are needed.
Thomas Fire in California - human rights and climate change

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Cut and Run: How Insurers Dodge the Climate Costs They Help Create and Why Fossil Fuel Should Pay

Published March 3, 2025 By Lindsay Fenlock, Senior Researcher at the Center for International Environmental Law, and Charles Slidders,...

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Can the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal Deliver for the Planet?

Published January 30, 2025 By Silvia Pastorelli, EU Petrochemicals Campaigner at the Center for International Environmental Law. As global...

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Promoting Human Rights in Climate Action: Report from the Baku Climate Conference COP29 (December 2024)

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... Read More

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Climate Justice Proceedings at the ICJ: Top Arguments to Watch For in the Written Submissions (December 2024)

On 29 March 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution requesting the International Court of... Read More

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Remedy and Reparations for Climate Harm: The Human Rights Case (November 2024)

The climate crisis is undeniably a human rights crisis. Intensifying extreme weather events and slow-onset effects such as rising... Read More

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