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Jury Verdict Against Greenpeace Rewards Corporate Attack on Free Speech and Indigenous Rights

A judge's gavel resting on dry ground, symbolizing the legal system, climate change

Historic Hearings in German Court Confirm Polluters Face Accountability for Climate Harm

Offshore Oil and Gas Risks Exposed in New Publication

US EPA Zeldin’s Illegal Attacks on Environmental Protections Must Be Challenged

Páramo in Santurbán, Colombia

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

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Rebecca Brown Appointed President and CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law

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

CIEL Experts Available to Comment on 62nd Session of UN Authority on Climate Science

US-Israeli Start-Up Unveils Reckless Geoengineering Gamble

Global Leaders Must Condemn Trump’s Unlawful Threats to Displace Palestinians from Gaza

CIEL Condemns Regressive Actions Threatening Human Rights, Environment, and Justice

Forthcoming ICJ Climate Opinion May Shape the Future of Climate Justice

Solar Radiation Modification: EU Must Reject Solar Geoengineering and Support Non-Use Approach

Historic Climate Justice Hearings Begins at the World’s Highest Court

Consensus Fails Plastics Treaty Talks in Busan

Courage Not Compromise: Observer Organizations React to the Initial Days of the Plastics Treaty Negotiations

Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Flood Final Scheduled Round of Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations

Experts Available for Comment on Historic Climate Justice Hearings at World’s Highest Court

COP29: Rich Countries Shirk Climate Duties, But They Are Not Above the Law

Growing Fossil Fuel Influence Exposed: 480 Carbon Capture Advocates at COP29

CIEL Expert Availability at the Fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) for a Plastics Treaty in Busan, Republic of Korea

Appeal Ruling Grants Shell Temporary Reprieve but Reaffirms Obligation to Limit Carbon Emissions

COP29 Opens With Maneuvers On Carbon Markets that Will Weaken Climate Action From the Get-Go

CIEL Commits to Defending Democracy, Environment, and Human Rights in Wake of Trump Reelection

UN Biodiversity Conference Reaffirms Geoengineering Moratorium but Falls Short on Fossil Fuel Phaseout

CIEL Expert Availability During COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan

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Geoengineering Research and Experiments: Robust Protections Needed, Not Voluntary Framework Principles

CIEL Experts at the 16th Meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16)

Groups Call On Financial Institutions to Stop Financing Major Driver of Climate Change

Boreal forest, Canada

New UN Report Adds to Chorus of Calls for Canada to Shut Down Line 5 Oil Pipeline

Le Refus de la Suisse de se Conformer Pleinement à l’Arrêt Historique sur le Climat de la Cour Européenne des Droits de l’Homme Sape la Crédibilité Internationale du Pays

Switzerland’s Refusal to Fully Comply with Groundbreaking Climate Ruling Undermines the Country’s International Credentials

Organizations Concerned by Mendoza Supreme Court Rejecting their Participation Fracking Litigation Case

Preocupa a organizaciones que máximo tribunal de Mendoza rechace su participación en litigio sobre fracking, pero acepte la de la industria petrolera

Political Momentum for Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Growing

New Report Reveals US Petrochemical Buildout Undermines Global Climate Goals

Representatives from the Global Coalition at the UN Headquarters in New York.

UN Summit of the Future Lags Scientific Urgency and Legal Progress on Human Rights & Climate Action

United Nations, New York

CIEL Experts Available to Comment on UN Summit of the Future and NYC Climate Week

Victoria: Colombia Refuerza la Democracia Ambiental con la Constitucionalidad del Acuerdo de Escazú

Victory: Colombia Strengthens Environmental Democracy with the Constitutionality of the Escazú Agreement

Switzerland’s refusal to accept the European Court of Human Rights’ Climate Ruling: an Embarrassment for the Swiss Government

Pueblos y Sociedad Civil Entregan a la CorteIDH la “Declaración de Manaos” Urgiendo Aclarar Obligaciones de los Estados en la Emergencia Climática

Manaus Declaration Urges the Inter-American Court to Clarify State Obligations in Climate Emergency

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CIEL Welcomes US’ Signaling a Change in Global Plastics Treaty Positions

Export Development Canada

Export Development Canada Undermines Climate Commitments Yet Again with Massive Loan Renewal for Enbridge

CIEL Experts Available to Comment on 61st Session of UN Authority on Climate Science

New EU Agenda Under von der Leyen: Corporate Profit Eclipses People and Planet as Climate Concerns Take Backseat

CSOs deliver petition to IFC Board.

Declaración Conjunta de Sociedad Civil antes de la Decisión sobre el Marco de Remediación y Salida Responsable de la CFI

CSOs deliver petition to IFC Board.

Joint Civil Society Statement Ahead of IFC Remedy and Responsible Exit Framework Decision

Plastic bottles - bisphenols and regrettable substitution

New Report Helps Cities and States in Legal Fight Against Plastic Pollution and Mounting Costs

CIEL Leadership Transition

Statement on the UNEP Assessment on Environmental Damage in Gaza

UN Climate Talks in Bonn Fail to Put World on Path for Success at COP29

CIEL and IPEN Urge Governments to Uphold Scientific Integrity in Development of New Science Policy Panel

CIEL Welcomes City of Alameda’s No To Risky Geoengineering Experiment

CIEL Experts React to the State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Report

Environmental Groups Urge Alameda Council to Reject Risky Geoengineering Experiment

EU Exit from Energy Charter Treaty: Win for People, Environment, and Climate

CIEL Experts Available to Comment on UN Climate Talks in Bonn

Historic Climate Opinion: States Must Protect Oceans from Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Building Building of the International Criminal Court (ICC) situated alongside the road.

CIEL Statement on the ICC Prosecutor’s Application for Arrest Warrants for Israeli and Hamas Leaders

Experts Available: Historic Opinion on Climate and the Law of the Sea

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Calls for Canada and the US to Decommission Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline

Plastics Treaty Talks in Ottawa Sacrifice Ambition for Compromise

COP29 President’s Commitments to Support Fossil Fuels Showcases — Yet Again — The Gross Conflict of Interest Dominating Climate Policy

Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Outnumber National Delegations, Scientists, and Indigenous Peoples at Plastics Treaty Negotiations

group of Indigenous leaders holding a banner that reads "End the plastic era" at a protest.

March to End the Plastic Era, led by Indigenous Peoples and impacted community leaders, exposes how plastic poisons people across its full lifecycle

Prioritize Corporate Accountability in Climate Opinion, Legal Experts Tell Inter-American Court

CIEL Expert Availability at the Fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) for a Plastics Treaty in Ottawa, Canada

Historic Climate Ruling: States Must Step up Climate Action to Protect Human Rights

United Nations Human Rights Council

CIEL Welcomes Two New UN Special Rapporteurs Who Will Contribute to Addressing the Triple Environmental Planetary Crisis

CIEL Expert Availability: Awaited Landmark Climate Rulings from the European Court of Human Rights

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Major Milestone Reached in Historic Climate Judgement

Roșia Montană landscape

CIEL Joins Roșia Montană Community in Celebrating Historic End to Struggle

Offshore Oil and Gas Activity

CIEL Expert Availability on the Risks of Oil & Gas Activity in the Oceans

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Building

SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule Omits Key Risks, Fails Investors and the Public

WTO MC13 Recognizes the Importance of the Plastics Treaty Negotiations

Empty Efforts to Derail Plastics Treaty Negotiations at UNEA-6 Fail

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Human Rights Court Must Prioritize Corporate Accountability in Climate Opinion

Climate Vulnerable Nations Reject US-led Push for Solar Geoengineering at UNEA-6

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CIEL Calls for Urgent International Action to Stop Israel’s International Crimes in Gaza

EU Must Embrace Real Solutions for Higher Climate Ambition, Not Speculative Technologies

Second Science Policy Panel Talks Demonstrate Substantial Progress

Global Coalition Makes History: First to Receive UN’s Top Human Rights Honor

COP28 CIEL Comment: COP28 Dubai Summit “People-Powered Progress and Fossil-Fueled Failure”

475 Carbon Capture Lobbyists at COP28 Exposes Fossil Fuels’ Grip

CIEL Calls for Lasting Ceasefire and Peace in Palestine/Israel to Protect Human Rights and Climate Justice

CIEL Expert Availability During COP28 in Dubai

Ambition Meets Inertia in Third Session of Global Plastic Treaty Talks

Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage: No Solution to Fossil Fuel Pollution

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Fossil Fuel and Chemical Industries Registered More Lobbyists at Plastics Treaty Talks than 70 Countries Combined

CIEL Stands in Solidarity with the Peaceful Protests in Panama; Calls for Respect for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Effective Implementation of the Escazú Agreement.

CIEL se une en solidaridad a las protestas pacíficas en Panamá; pide respeto a los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas y la aplicación efectiva del Acuerdo de Escazú

CIEL Expert Availability at the Third Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) for a Plastics Treaty in Nairobi, Kenya

Global Concerns Over Marine Geoengineering Echo Worldwide, Signaling United Stand for Regulations

Center for International Environmental Law Welcomes New Global Framework on Chemicals and Waste

Climate Inaction Discriminates Against Youth, European Court Is Told

Climate Opinion Awaited as Historic Hearings Conclude at ITLOS

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CIEL Experts Available to Comment on the Future of Global Chemicals Policy

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Misguided Climate Report Sidelines Proven Methods for Speculative Technologies