Global Civil Society Groups Welcome the UN Climate Accountability Resolution Vote

Historic Santa Marta Conference: A Turning Point for Global Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Experts: Santa Marta Conference (April 24-29) a Landmark Moment for Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Major Banks Backing Risky US Petrochemical Expansion Despite Mounting Legal and Financial Warnings 

Industrial Accelerator Act Risks Locking in Fossil Dependence and Weakening Environmental Safeguards

Unlawful Strikes on Iran Escalate Impunity, Injustice, and Insecurity

$345 Million Verdict Against Greenpeace: An Attack on Free Speech and Indigenous Rights

CIEL Statement on the 4th Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

US: Rollback of Protections Against Greenhouse Gases Disregards Science and Defies International Duties

INC-5.3 Concludes with Election of New Plastics Treaty Negotiation Chair

First Meeting of Global Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution Panel Paralyzed by Obstruction

Trump Order Abandons UN Climate Pacts, Undermines Global Cooperation

US Military Attack and Oil Grab in Venezuela Flouts International Law

UNEA-7: Key Compromises in Text, but Environmental Progress on the Margins

UNEA-7 Presents Opportunity for Restart

NYC Comptroller Recommendation Marks New Reality for Pension Asset Managers Failing on Climate Risk

COP30: Climate Talks Flounder, Countries Look Beyond UNFCCC to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

531 Carbon Capture and Storage Lobbyists Gained Access to COP30 Climate Talks

CIEL Welcomes Three New Members to its Board of Trustees

Experts Available to Comment on COP30 Climate Talks in Belem, Brazil

European Court of Human Rights: Governments Legally Bound to Account for Climate Harm Before Approving Fossil Fuel Projects

US-Israeli Start-Up Announces Reckless Solar Geoengineering Experiments from April 2026

CIEL Experts Available to Comment on 63rd Session of IPCC, the UN Authority on Climate Science

New Report Warns of Escalating Marine Geoengineering Experiments, Urges Upholding Precaution

Plastics Treaty Chair Stepping Down Alone Won’t Fix the Process

UN General Assembly Opens with Ever Greater Urgency to Uphold the International Rule of Law

CIEL Staff React to End of Resumed Fifth Plastics Treaty Talks

Geneva Plastics Treaty Talks End in Abject Failure

Reject Middle-of-the-Night Unacceptable Plastics Treaty Text

24 Hours to Go: Member States Should Reject Draft Plastics Treaty Text

Plastics Treaty Negotiators: Fix the Process. Keep your Promise. End Plastic Pollution.

Civil Society and Rightsholder Reflections: Fossil Fuel and Chemical Industry Footprint at INC-5.2

Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Lobbyists Overrun Plastics Treaty Negotiations

EPA’s Emissions Rollbacks Favor Polluters at the Expense of Public Health and the Environment

The Era of Climate Impunity is Over— By Order of the World’s Highest Court

CIEL Expert Availability at the Resumed Fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) for a Plastics Treaty in Geneva, Switzerland

EU Bends to Chemical Lobby: Consumers, Health, and Environment Left Hanging

Expert Availability: World Court to Deliver Landmark Ruling on Climate Change and States’ Obligations

Opinión histórica de la Corte IDH: la crisis climática es una emergencia de derechos humanos

Inter-American Court Declares Climate Crisis a Human Rights Emergency in Historic Ruling

New EU Climate Law Being Built on Loopholes and Hollow Promises

CIEL Welcomes Landmark UN Human Rights Report: The Imperative of Defossilizing Our Economies

UN Bonn Climate Talks End Without Sense of Urgency

UN Climate Talks: Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Groups Urge Reform Ahead of COP30

The Devil is in the Details: Member States Establish Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution, With Key Elements Unresolved

Expert Availability: Historic Inter-American Court Opinion on Climate and Human Rights

German Government to Host Climate Talks While Enabling Genocide

At UN Ocean Conference, World Leaders Fail to Protect the Ocean from Fossil Fuel Threats

CIEL Experts Available to Comment on UN Climate Talks in Bonn June 16–26

Countries Recommit to Red Lines Ahead of Upcoming Global Plastics Treaty Talks

CIEL Experts at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France

Historic Court Ruling Confirms Polluters Face Accountability for Climate Harm

Expertos de la ONU denuncian amenazas y estigmatización contra personas defensoras del agua y del páramo de Santurbán; exigen protección a su labor

UN experts denounce threats and stigmatization against defenders of water and the Santurbán páramo; demand protection for their work

Dangerous US Legislation Would Fast-Track Fossil Fuel Projects and Strip Public Protections

Council of Europe Lagging Behind On Legally Protecting the Right to a Healthy Environment

Global Toxics Talks End with Progress Toward Protections for Human Health and the Environment

UK Agency Starts Funding Highly Controversial Solar Geoengineering Experiments Despite Enormous Risks

CIEL Expert Availability at 2025 UN Negotiations on Chemicals and Waste

Statement by Civil Society and Community Organizations on the Adoption of the First Remedy Framework at the World Bank Group

UN Adopts First-Ever Resolution Recognizing the Link Between Plastic Pollution, Ocean Protection and the Right to a Healthy Environment 

New Investigation Exposes More than 25 Global Brands Driving Fracking and Fueling the Plastic Crisis

Trump’s EPA Attempts to Hand Polluters Free Pass to Pollute Communities with Toxic Chemicals

Center for International Environmental Law Formally Recognizes Staff Union

Jury Verdict Against Greenpeace Rewards Corporate Attack on Free Speech and Indigenous Rights

Historic Hearings in German Court Confirm Polluters Face Accountability for Climate Harm

Offshore Oil and Gas Risks Exposed in New Publication

US EPA Zeldin’s Illegal Attacks on Environmental Protections Must Be Challenged

Declaratoria de Zona de Reserva Temporal en el páramo de Santurbán es una victoria para la defensa del agua en América Latina

Rebecca Brown Appointed President and CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law

Misguided EU Clean Industrial Deal Props Up Polluting Industries Instead of Protecting People and the Environment

CIEL Experts Available to Comment on 62nd Session of UN Authority on Climate Science

US-Israeli Start-Up Unveils Reckless Geoengineering Gamble

Global Leaders Must Condemn Trump’s Unlawful Threats to Displace Palestinians from Gaza

CIEL Condemns Regressive Actions Threatening Human Rights, Environment, and Justice

Forthcoming ICJ Climate Opinion May Shape the Future of Climate Justice

Solar Radiation Modification: EU Must Reject Solar Geoengineering and Support Non-Use Approach

Historic Climate Justice Hearings Begins at the World’s Highest Court

Consensus Fails Plastics Treaty Talks in Busan

Courage Not Compromise: Observer Organizations React to the Initial Days of the Plastics Treaty Negotiations

Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Flood Final Scheduled Round of Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations

Experts Available for Comment on Historic Climate Justice Hearings at World’s Highest Court

COP29: Rich Countries Shirk Climate Duties, But They Are Not Above the Law

Growing Fossil Fuel Influence Exposed: 480 Carbon Capture Advocates at COP29

CIEL Expert Availability at the Fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) for a Plastics Treaty in Busan, Republic of Korea

Appeal Ruling Grants Shell Temporary Reprieve but Reaffirms Obligation to Limit Carbon Emissions

COP29 Opens With Maneuvers On Carbon Markets that Will Weaken Climate Action From the Get-Go

CIEL Commits to Defending Democracy, Environment, and Human Rights in Wake of Trump Reelection

UN Biodiversity Conference Reaffirms Geoengineering Moratorium but Falls Short on Fossil Fuel Phaseout

CIEL Expert Availability During COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan

Geoengineering Research and Experiments: Robust Protections Needed, Not Voluntary Framework Principles

CIEL Experts at the 16th Meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16)

Groups Call On Financial Institutions to Stop Financing Major Driver of Climate Change

New UN Report Adds to Chorus of Calls for Canada to Shut Down Line 5 Oil Pipeline

Le Refus de la Suisse de se Conformer Pleinement à l’Arrêt Historique sur le Climat de la Cour Européenne des Droits de l’Homme Sape la Crédibilité Internationale du Pays

Switzerland’s Refusal to Fully Comply with Groundbreaking Climate Ruling Undermines the Country’s International Credentials

Organizations Concerned by Mendoza Supreme Court Rejecting their Participation Fracking Litigation Case

Preocupa a organizaciones que máximo tribunal de Mendoza rechace su participación en litigio sobre fracking, pero acepte la de la industria petrolera

Political Momentum for Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Growing

New Report Reveals US Petrochemical Buildout Undermines Global Climate Goals