‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

Numbers of fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists
sets new record at #plasticstreaty negotiations: 234
www.ciel.org/news/inc-5-2...

cf this
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mass starvation spreading across Gaza, aid agencies warn, as pressure on Israel grows – Middle East crisis live More than 100 aid agencies, including Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Oxfam, say ‘our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away’

We managed to feed Berlin against soviet Russia but we cant feed the ppl of Gaza against Israel. We need a Gaza airlift www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

27/ 🌡️With regard to the temperature threshold relevant for today's ruling, the Court affirms, building on science and COP decisions, that the 1.5c temperature target must be understood as the internationally agreed objective of climate policies!

25/ Through this clear statement, the Court puts to rest - hopefully once and for all - the bad faith legal argument used by polluters to claim that the climate agreements protect them from accountability for climate harms.
🪦R.I.P. Lex Specialis argument in climate justice cases

14/ 🎇 On the sources of law considered for this ruling, the Court emphasizes that it has considered the entire corpus of international law as requested by the UNGA resolution. This is an important announcement! Let me explain...

13/ 🗺️Regarding the territorial scope of its analysis: the court points to the fact that the 🇺🇳UNGA did not impose territorial limits to the inquiry and stresses that GHG emissions are unequivocally caused by human activities which are not territorially limited.

12/ On the material scope of this legal inquiry, the court affirms that it will address the full range of human activities that contribute to climate change as a result of the emission of GHGs including both consumption and production activities. - this is promising!

10/ 🔥Judge Iwasawa Yuji quotes straight from the IPCC: "Warming of 1.5°C is not considered 'safe' for most nations, communities, ecosystems and sectors, and poses significant risks to natural and human systems." - this is a very strong basis for the Court's legal conclusions!

🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑‍⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo

THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

Happening right now!

The ICJ is delivering its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change!

Here’s the link to the live hearing webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...

Happening right now!

The ICJ is delivering its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change!

Here’s the link to the live hearing lnkd.in/eYb9qRdE

Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is deeply frustrating. There are undoubtedly issues with our planning system, but the idea it was the primary cause of HS2’s insane costs is absurd. We managed to build HS1 without blaming bats for everything.

Asylum hotel data to be shared with food delivery firms in illegal working crackdown Information will be shared with food delivery firms to help them uncover abuse on their platforms

It would be a lot simpler, and more effective, to provide all people seeking asylum with the right to work. It has public and cross party support, helps protect against exploitation, helps people rebuild lives faster, and reduces Home Office costs. #r4today

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Children living near oil and gas wells face higher risk of rare leukemia, studies show As overall cancer rates in the US decline, childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia continues to rise.

Oil, mother of poisons - seeping into our homes, our families:

theconversation.com/children-liv...

📢 EVENT: Recent Judgments on Fundamental Rights and Environmental Protection

📆23rd-24th September 2025
📍Online

Barrister Marc Willers KC @marcwillerskc.bsky.social is speaking alongside climate law experts in a seminar hosted by the Academy of European Law.

🔽Register & info:
tinyurl.com/4z72b8t3

It was no battle, still recollect how a woman I knew who was there described the police smashing her van windows in (her home) as she tried to shelter her children, she was not fighting.

Good to see the government is drawing up the terms of reference for the Battle of Orgreave public inquiry - but this wasn’t an isolated event. Let’s not forget the grossly excessive police violence used against Travellers at the Battle of the Beanfield in 1985 www.gypsy-traveller.org/news/40-year...

A primer for the civically ill-informed.

Politicians are retreating from net zero because they think the public doesn’t care. But they’re wrong | Rebecca Willis Our research shows people are strongly in favour of measures to tackle the climate crisis. They just need to be listened to, says professor of energy and climate governance Rebecca Willis

Politicians are retreating from net zero because they think the public doesn’t care. But they’re wrong, says @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social

- Our research shows people are strongly in favour of measures to tackle the #climatecrisis - they just need to be heard

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What a star🌟🌟🌟

🎉CONGRATULATIONS to our amazing Stephanie Harrison KC, winner of the Outstanding Achievement Award at the #LALYs2025 @lalyawards.bsky.social🎉

We’re so proud of Stephanie, her award is truly well deserved! Her dedication to justice is inspiring, and she continues to raise the bar for us all.💫🎊

Very excited to hear that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights /Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos will deliver its Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights later today.

Sorry to have missed John Doe give his talk yesterday @atchin_tan but it was a privilege to go with him to feed his horses whilst @glastonbury and to see his interaction with them. A special moment! www.instagram.com/p/DLJ-kScinM...

Pressure on government to deal with ‘civil legal aid crisis’ FLAC has called on the government to deal with the “civil legal aid crisis” as it revealed enormous demand for its services in 2024.

FLAC has called on the government to deal with the “civil legal aid crisis” as it revealed enormous demand for its services in 2024.

‘Climate is our biggest war’, warns CEO of Cop30 ahead of UN summit in Brazil Negotiators doubt countries’ financial and environmental commitment as military and trade wars divert attention

‘Climate is our biggest war’, warns Ana Toni, CEO of #COP30 ahead of UN summit in Brazil

- Negotiators doubt countries’ financial and environmental commitment as military and trade wars divert attention

Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Title reads: "Marc Willers KC to speak at Glastonbury Festival’s Atchin Tan 2025". There is a drawing of a raised fist in solidarity in the background, as well as a traditional wagon wheel cart used by traveller communities. In the foreground, there is a picture of barrister Marc Willers KC.

🎪📣 This Saturday, Marc Willers KC (@marcwillerskc.bsky.social) is speaking at #GlastonburyFestival's Atchin Tan 2025 📣🎪

Atchin Tan celebrates Romany Gypsy, Roma, Irish Traveller & Traveller cultures, located in #Glastonbury's Theatre & Circus field. 🛞

Full programme 🔽
atchin-tan-glastonbury.org

🚀 LAUNCHING TONIGHT: Research by @we-are-appeal.bsky.social - 'Joint Enterprise on Trial' with foreword by Keir Monteith KC @keirmonteith.bsky.social

Disproportionately, young black males are charged with murder, despite only tenuous connections with the crime.

🔽 Read on here:
tinyurl.com/z8ywyz3t

There are some brilliant events at the #AtchinTan this year - so check out what’s on at www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/areas/the-at... or using the QR code on the beautiful poster below (designed by the amazing Delaine Le Bas).

Super excited to be on my way to #Glastonbury - where I’ll be speaking about Gypsy and Traveller Rights along with my good friend Dr Simon Ruston - at the #AtchinTan in the Theatre and Circus Field at 2pm on Saturday afternoon.