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How money laundering rules could be used to tackle deforestation 🌳
Read more in the new article from @Isabella_Kam with @TheWaveNews 🔗
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The latest edition of @TheWaveNews has just gone out, rounding up the latest climate litigation news around the world from the past fortnight. It's now been going for a full year, so thanks to the hundreds of people who have subscribed in that time. There's much more to come!
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Good morning. I have the cover article of @WIRED today! The result of a year-long investigation, it tells the story of Melinda Janki, a courageous environmental lawyer whose launched one of the world's most ambitious climate lawsuits to stop ExxonMobil and save Guyana, her home.
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This is now gravely urgent.
Alaa Abd El-Fattah is a British citizen. For months, Labour have pressed the government to do more to secure his release.
Rishi Sunak must use his visit to #COP27 in Egypt to bring Alaa home.
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And that's that. The agenda has been adopted #COP27
Cop27 president Sameh Shoukry says this follows more than 40 hours of negotiations before the start of the talks. This is the first time there is a formal, institutional space to discuss addressing #LossAndDamage, he says.
Provisional agenda for #COP27 includes "matters relating to funding arrangements responding to #LossAndDamage"
The presidency is proposing to add a footnote to say the discussions shouldn't prejudged other talks on the issue, is the Glasgow Dialogue.
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Yesterday was my last day at Twitter: the entire Human Rights team has been cut from the company.
I am enormously proud of the work we did to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights, to protect those at-risk in global conflicts & crises including Ethiopia,
Climate litigation is a “vital but imperfect mechanism for distributing climate justice” says @NikkiReisch in our latest feature, which examines how lawsuits can better support loss and damage negotiations the-wave.net/cop27-feature/
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"Climate & labour rights defenders, those on the frontlines of driving a just transition, are under attack for raising concerns about business actions harmful to #humanrights & the #environment."
@BHRRC's @LadyNancyZulua1 in @TheWaveNews
✍️ @Isabella_Kam
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🔥📢🆕NEW: 🇪🇺Council of Europe recommends that all 4⃣6⃣Member States actively consider recognition of human right to clean, healthy & sustainable environment
🎇@CoE engagement for recognition & protection of the right cld have very significant benefits
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The latest feature from @TheWaveNews looks at the Tiwi Islands, where islanders are challenging a huge fossil fuel gas project they say could ruin their lives & culture. It's one of many climate lawsuits forcing courts to hear see & hear things differently the-wave.net/feature-plus-ne…
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The UN General Assembly has recognized the human right to a clean healthy and sustainable environment by an overwhelming vote of 161-0 with just eight abstentions. A truly historic moment.
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📢 BREAKING!
In a historic decision, the @UN General Assembly just adopted the resolution to universally recognize the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll!
This signals what we hope will be the beginning of a new era in rights-based environmental policy.
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Collaboration can be one of the climate litigation movement's greatest strengths as litigants work together to exchange ideas, inspire new cases and share the psychological load. But it isn't always easy. Read @TheWaveNews' latest feature the-wave.net/collaborate-or-…
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The EU faces legal challenge over plan to fast-track gas projects.
Our lawyers and comms team have loved working with @friends_earth @foeeurope @FoodWaterEurope @ceebankwatch to make this happen. Nobody will get anywhere quickly alone.
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