Historic day for #ClimateJustice and our oceans 🌊 Today COSIS on Climate Change and International Law🇦🇬🇹🇻🇵🇼🇳🇺🇻🇺🇱🇨requested the 1st advisory opinion on climate change from International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ⚖️ complementary to and in support of #ICJAO4Climate OPMAntiguaBarbuda Tuvalu Mission UN Permanent Mission of Palau 🇵🇼 Hon. Dalton Tagelagi Vanuatu UN OPMSaintLucia🇱🇨

Q6: Climate change is affecting communities unequally. What are you doing to drive more equitable solutions for climate-resilient #HealthyHousing and help others understand the link between climate, housing, health, and racial justice? #ClimateChange #NHHMchat #NHHM23

A6a: Safe, healthy & resilient housing will only increase in importance as #ClimateChange impacts (& time spent indoors) intensifies. We must do more to help communities before, during & after extreme weather events. bit.ly/NCHH_Emergenci… #Floods #Wildfires #NHHMchat #NHHM23

A6b: We can draw from our experience in requiring minimum temperatures in rental units & protect renters from extreme heat too. The National Healthy Housing Standard called for this protection nearly a decade ago & they did it in Dallas. #NHHMchat #NHHM23 bit.ly/NCHHpubsLC2

18 Essential Books by Latin American Women Writers booksandbao.com/books-by-latin… via @@booksandbao

"Slavery was pure and unadulterated evil. There is no "other side to the story." Dan Rather

Today our housing champions joined Governor Tina Kotek as she signed several bills into law that will: 1) Help get people off the streets and into shelter 2) Prevent more homelessness 3) Ramp up housing production. 🏘️Learn more about what got done: tinyurl.com/ORHousingWins #orleg #orpol

Join us in-person on 8/3 at 3:30 p.m. MT for a non-CLE panel on the impact the Dobbs decision is having on birthing people, marginalized communities, individual rights, and the rule of law. Register for the 2023 American Bar Association Annual Meeting HERE ➡️ bit.ly/3OtVglL

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We warned you about this climate emergency. Now it’s here | Peter Kalmus theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Schedule for the historic International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea hearings in Hamburg in the COSIS #ClimateJustice case: ⚖️COSIS to plead September 11-12 ⚖️34 States and 4 IGOs will plead September 13-25 The #ITLOSAO hearings will be broadcast live Hearings Schedule here 👇👉 bit.ly/COSISAO

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As always earth scientist Peter Kalmus Peter Kalmus nails the thesis statement:

I sent a letter from leading scientists to President Donald J. Trump today via Chief of Staff Zients @WHCOS. My hand trembled when I hit SEND to the White House but our words do not: 170 Scientists to Biden: Reject CP2 LNG Terminal and All New Fracked Gas Infrastructure foodandwaterwatch.org/2023/12/19/170…