November 22, 2023
Dubai, UAE – Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) experts will be available for comment during the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP28, from November 30 – December 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
CIEL experts will be closely following the negotiations and in particular the intersection between human rights and climate change, the role of the fossil fuels industry, false climate solutions, climate accountability, and the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
CIEL Experts in Dubai:
Carroll Muffett — CIEL President and CEO focusing on the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, corporate climate denial, climate litigation, the climate impacts of plastics and false climate solutions including carbon capture and storage (CCS), direct air capture (DAC), and carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
In Dubai November 29 – December 3. Follow Carroll on Twitter.
Erika Lennon — CIEL Senior Attorney specializing in carbon markets and offsets (Article 6), climate finance, Green Climate Fund, human rights-based social and environmental safeguards, and redress mechanisms.
In Dubai November 29 — December 13. Follow Erika on Twitter, LinkedIn, or BlueSky.
Lien Vandamme — CIEL Senior Campaigner specializing in the intersection between human rights and climate change with a focus on the UN climate regime, and remedy for climate harms, following negotiations on loss and damage, and the Global Stocktake.
In Dubai November 29 – December 13. Follow Lien on Twitter, LinkedIn or BlueSky.
Lili Fuhr — CIEL Director of Fossil Economy, specializing in the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, petrochemicals (plastics & agrochemicals), and false climate solutions including carbon capture and storage (CCS), direct air capture (DAC), blue hydrogen, solar geoengineering and marine geoengineering. Lili sits on the Steering Committee of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative and on the Steering Committee for the Hands off Mother Earth Alliance against geoengineering.
In Dubai December 2 – 11. Follow Lili on Twitter or BlueSky.
Nikki Reisch — CIEL Director of Climate & Energy, focusing on the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, net-zero, climate litigation, climate accountability, Advisory Opinions from International Courts and Tribunals, ISDS/Energy Charter Treaty, the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, and false climate solutions including carbon capture and storage (CCS), offshore CCS, blue hydrogen. In Dubai December 5 – 13. Follow Nikki on Twitter.
Sébastien Duyck — CIEL Campaign Manager for Human Rights and Climate Change and Senior Attorney specializing in the intersection between human rights and climate change, including promoting the right to a healthy environment, civic space and public participation.
In Dubai November 29 — December 13. Follow Sébastien on Twitter, LinkedIn or Bluesky.
To schedule interviews, please contact:
Niccolò Sarno, press@ciel.org, +41-22-506 80 37 (Signal and WhatsApp)