I know a lot is going on right now, but today is the 10th anniversary of the Flint water crisis, and none of the residents have been paid from the $656 million settlement. theemancipator.org/2024/04/25/env…

#GenderApartheid tracker:

A thread of references to #GenderApartheid by officials & experts

1) António Guterres:
'In #Afghanistan , unprecedented, systemic attacks on women’s.. rights & the flouting of intl obligations are creating gender-based apartheid'
bit.ly/3oJExAx

As the landmark judgement in the KlimaSeniorinnen case sets a global precedent for #ClimateJustice , the UN Special Rapporteur urges the Council of Europe to recognise the right to a healthy environment. swissinfo.ch/eng/internatio…

This is what Beijing's mass persecution in Xinjiang looks like: 'An estimated 1 in 26 Uyghurs and other non-Han people in the Uyghur Region are imprisoned, making up a third of China’s total prison population.' uhrp.org/insights/uhrp-…

UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of #IndigenousPeoples calls for moratorium on #CarbonMarkets
by Chris Lang is on @reddmonitor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/reddmonito…

🧑‍⚖️On the final day of Inter-American Court of Human Rights #AdvisoryOpinion hearings, CIEL & partners are focused on States' duty to uphold the #RightToRemedy & phase out #FossilFuels .

In this session, we are urging Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos to make history by naming the 🐘 in the room...⛽️

📺youtube.com/watch?v=TWJWHS…

More than one-third of people in the US exposed to harmful air pollution – report theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

On #EarthDay2024 🌳, it's important to remember that those defending the Amazon rainforest, a vital climate regulator and the world's most biodiverse region, are under constant violent attack and require greater protection.

crisisgroup.org/latin-america-… Crisis Group Latinoamérica Crisis Group

We marched today to demand a strong and ambitious Global #PlasticsTreaty

Together with indigenous peoples, frontline communities, advocates, and concerned citizens from across the world we raised our voices to remind negotiators of what’s at stake at INC4.

Plastics know no border.

Every living being & every part of the planet are harmed by plastics & their production.

To #BeatPlasticPollution , we need a strong #PlasticsTreaty that upholds human rights & addresses the full life cycle of plastics.

unep.org/news-and-stori…

🔴BREAKING: TWO UN Special Rapporteurs (Marcos Orellana + David Boyd) just published their comments on human rights principles for the #PlasticsTreaty , to strengthen the current draft (particularly on the R2HE). #INC4 🇨🇦
READ: spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…

1. The recognition of a right to healthy environment & protection from effects of climate change owes much to visionary Maldivian leaders. After initial lobbying in Geneva in March 2006, it followed up by convening a Conference in Male in Nov 2007... /2
hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng/#_Toc16252…

U.N. emissions data is often out of date, inconsistent, and incomplete.

The result, analysts say, is that the world is flying blind on climate. We do not know if countries are actually meeting their emissions targets.
e360.yale.edu/features/under…

I'm thankful to UN Environment Programme + John H Knox for the opportunity to contribute to the development of human rights guidelines for conservation groups and conservation funders. Bringing conservation efforts in line with human rights standards is crucial to secure a just transition.

📢 🔜 ⚖ 🇪🇺 Several upcoming webinars unpacking key lessons from landmark judgments of the European Court of #HumanRights in #ClimateJustice cases (including the history-making judicial victory in the @KlimaSeniorinnen v. 🇨🇭 Switzerland case):
🧵A short thread with key dates⬇️

⚡️⚖️a few snapshots from the landmark #ClimateJustice decision delivered today by the 🇪🇺European Court of Human Rights in Klimaseniorinnen v. 🇨🇭Switzerland
🧵a short thread focusing on the scope of substantive obligations of States...⬇️

Today the Eur. Court of Human Rights ECHR CEDH held that the European Convention requires States to seek net neutrality within three decades with adequate interim measures to that end, and that Switzerland was failing to do so, violating the rights of senior women. Huge win!

🆕 🗣 Public service announcement: here is a new collaborative listing of webinars related to environmental rights ⚖ 🌱 🌍
🚀 🔊 Let's make info about webinars organized on these matters around the world more readily available!
🔗link to the listing: bit.ly/GreenRightsWeb…
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From our archives: Using satellite data and smartphone technology, Panama's Indigenous people are tracking loggers who illegally encroach on their lands.

Read more Yale Environment 360: bit.ly/3KZy5Le

Immensely proud & humbled to be nominated as next Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy & sustainable environment

Honored to be the first woman & person from the Global South, on the mandate, and to follow amazing legacy from John H Knox and SREnvironment 🙌🏽