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The Insurance Industry Is on the Wrong Side of the Legal Battle Against Fossil Fuels
The US Supreme Court opens its new term on October 5 with oral arguments in Suncor v. Boulder—the most consequential climate case it has heard to date. The fossil fuel defendants are trying to block local governments from suing them for climate deception and harm.
Major emitting countries knew of climate risks decades earlier than claimed
Lindsay Fenlockis a senior researcher in the Climate and Energy Program at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). Nikki Reisch is a human rights lawyer and social justice advocate who leads the Climate & Energy Program at CIEL. Much has been written about when fossil fuel companies knew their products cause harm to the climate, public health, and the environment.
What the First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels Must Achieve
— from the CIEL Blog by Nikki Reisch and Lili Fuhr Governments and climate leaders gather this month in Santa Marta, Colombia for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. This landmark conference is happening as millions suffer from devastating and unlawful wars, and the global economy reels from oil price shocks.
What the First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels Must Achieve
Governments and climate leaders gather this month in Santa Marta, Colombia for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. This landmark conference is happening as millions suffer from devastating and unlawful wars, and the global economy reels from oil price shocks. The task for those attending is clear: not to debate whether to phase out fossil fuels but to determine how to do it—rapidly, fairly, and in line with science and the law.
Lili Fuhr
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Cease and desist: Climate science is now the law
• The science on climate change has long been settled. Now the law is, too. On Wednesday, the International Court of Justice, the judicial branch of the United Nations, recognised for the first time that there is no way to solve the climate crisis or atone for its devastating consequences without confronting its root cause: the burning of fossil fuels.
Opinion | Climate Science Is Now the Law Original
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Climate Science Is Now the Law July 24, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET Credit...Annika Hammerschlag/Associated Press By Nikki ReischJohanna Gusman and Rebecca Brown Ms. Reisch and Ms. Gusman are lawyers in the climate and energy program at the Center for International Environmental Law.
Courts May Be More Effective on Climate Action than the UN
Countries will soon argue before the International Court of Justice in the Hague about their legal obligations to address climate change. The oral hearings on nations’ obligations could prove more consequential for climate action and justice than the United Nations annual climate summit that closes today.
Courts May Be More Effective Venues for Climate Action-not the UN
Countries will soon argue before the International Court of Justice in the Hague about their legal obligations to address climate change. The oral hearings on nations’ obligations could prove more consequential for climate action and justice than the United Nations annual climate summit that closes today.
What Will It Take to Phase Out Fossil Fuels?
BY Paneetha Ameresekere Rupee or domestic credit by the banking and monetary sectors to the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and public corporations continued to overshadow credit to the private sector for the seventh consecutive month to February 2022, a phenomenon last seen nearly 33 years ago in 1989, Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) data of Friday’s (8 April) showed.
Profiteri od fosilnih goriva predvode borbu protiv klimatskih promjena!?
Usred rekordnih toplinskih valova, sve intenzivnijih i skupih ekstremnih vremenskih uvjeta i sve strašnijih upozorenja da nas klimatske promjene doslovno ubijaju, pozivi na napuštanje fosilnih goriva postaju sve glasniji. Međutim, u industriji fosilnih goriva ulaže se još ustrajnije u nove projekte vezane uz naftu i plin i velika korporativna spajanja, distancirajući se od obveza u području klimatskih promjena, uz davanje lažnih obećanja da se može nastaviti crpiti bez zagađivanja.
What Will It Take to Phase Out Fossil Fuels?
Amid record heatwaves, intensifying and costly extreme weather events, and increasingly dire warnings that climate change is literally killing us, calls to abandon fossil fuels grow louder. But the fossil-fuel industry is doubling down with investments in new oil and gas projects and major corporate mergers, walking back climate pledges, and making false promises that they can keep pumping without polluting. We need to ditch fossil fuels. But how?
What will it take to phase out fossil fuels?
Amid record heatwaves, intensifying and costly extreme weather events, and increasingly dire warnings that climate change is literally killing us, calls to abandon fossil fuels grow louder. But the fossil-fuel industry is doubling down with investments in new oil and gas projects and major corporate mergers, walking back climate pledges, and making false promises that they can keep pumping without polluting. We need to ditch fossil fuels. But how?
¿Qué falta para eliminar los combustibles fósiles?
En medio de olas de calor récord, eventos climáticos extremos cada vez más intensos y costosos, y advertencias alarmantes de que el cambio climático literalmente nos está matando, los pedidos para que dejemos de lado los combustibles fósiles ganan intensidad...
COP28: qui vol un futur sense petroli?
Enmig d'onades de calor rècord, esdeveniments climàtics extrems cada cop més intensos i costosos, i advertiments alarmants que el canvi climàtic literalment ens està matant, els clams perquè deixem de banda els combustibles fòssils guanyen intensitat...
Corporate capture stops COPs killing fossil fuel
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What will it take to phase out fossil fuels?
Amid record heatwaves, intensifying and costly extreme weather events, and increasingly dire warnings that climate change is literally killing us, calls to abandon fossil fuels grow louder. But the fossil-fuel industry is doubling down with investments in new oil and gas projects and major corporate mergers, walking back climate pledges, and making false promises that they can keep pumping without polluting. We need to ditch fossil fuels. But how?
¿Qué falta para eliminar a los combustibles fósiles?
En medio de olas de calor récord, eventos climáticos extremos cada vez más intensos y costosos, y advertencias alarmantes de que el cambio climático literalmente nos está matando, los pedidos para que dejemos de lado los combustibles fósiles ganan intensidad...
What will it take to phase out fossil fuels?
By Nikki Reisch WASHINGTON, DC – Amid record heatwaves, intensifying and costly extreme weather events, and increasingly dire warnings that climate change is literally killing us, calls to abandon fossil fuels grow louder. But the fossil-fuel industry is doubling down with investments in new oil and gas projects and major corporate mergers, walking back climate pledges, and making false promises that they can keep pumping without polluting. We need to ditch fossil fuels. But how?
What Will It Take to Phase Out Fossil Fuels? | by Nikki Reisch - Project Syndicate
WASHINGTON, DC – Amid record heatwaves, intensifying and costly extreme weather events, and increasingly dire warnings that climate change is literally killing us, calls to abandon fossil fuels grow louder. But the fossil-fuel industry is doubling down with investments in new oil and gas projects and major corporate mergers, walking back climate pledges, and making false promises that they can keep pumping without polluting. We need to ditch fossil fuels. But how?
What Will It Take to Phase Out Fossil Fuels? - Nikki Reisch
WASHINGTON, DC – Amid record heatwaves, intensifying and costly extreme weather events, and increasingly dire warnings that climate change is literally killing us, calls to abandon fossil fuels grow louder. But the fossil-fuel industry is doubling down with investments in new oil and gas projects and major corporate mergers, walking back climate pledges, and making false promises that they can keep pumping without polluting. We need to ditch fossil fuels. But how?
Rejecting Climate Change and ESG Risks Breach of Fiduciary Duties
At the behest of their fossil fuel backers, Republicans are waging a multifront war to strongarm bankers and pension fund managers into downplaying the financial risks posed by climate change. These tactics are chilling urgent climate action and may actually be fueling unlawful behavior. Last year was another blockbuster of expensive climate-driven disasters, costing at least $165 billion in the US alone.
Rejecting Climate Change and ESG Risks Breach of Fiduciary Duties
At the behest of their fossil fuel backers, Republicans are waging a multifront war to strongarm bankers and pension fund managers into downplaying the financial risks posed by climate change. These tactics are chilling urgent climate action and may actually be fueling unlawful behavior. Last year was another blockbuster of expensive climate-driven disasters, costing at least $165 billion in the US alone.
Dismantling the fossil-fuel economy at Stockholm+50
Our planet is facing a triple crisis of climate, nature, and pollution, with one common cause: the fossil-fuel economy. Oil, gas, and coal are at the root of runaway climate disruption, widespread biodiversity loss, and pervasive plastic pollution. The conclusion is clear and must be paramount when political leaders gather in Stockholm this week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment.
Dismantling the fossil-fuel economy at Stockholm+50
Dismantling the fossil-fuel economy at Stockholm+50 May 31 2022 12:46 AM 761419 Text Size: A A A By Nikki Reisch and Lili Fuhr/ Berlin Our planet is facing a triple crisis of climate, nature, and pollution, with one common cause: the fossil-fuel economy. Oil, gas, and coal are at the root of runaway climate disruption, widespread biodiversity loss, and pervasive plastic pollution.
Stockholm+50: Dismantling fossil fuel economy
If we have learned one thing in the 50 years since the 1972 Stockholm convention, it is that a future tied to fossil fuels is no future at all. To address the converging crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution, participants at the upcoming Stockholm+50 conference must confront oil, gas, and coal head-on
Dismantling the fossil-fuel economy at Stockholm+50
To address climate change, biodiversity loss and plastic pollution, Stockholm+50 must confront oil, gas and coal head-on. Our planet is facing a triple crisis of climate, nature and pollution, with one common cause—the fossil-fuel economy. Oil, gas and coal are at the root of runaway climate disruption, widespread biodiversity loss and pervasive plastic pollution.
Dismantling the Fossil-Fuel Economy at Stockholm+50 | by Nikki Reisch & Lili Fuhr - Project Syndicate
BERLIN – Our planet is facing a triple crisis of climate, nature, and pollution, with one common cause: the fossil-fuel economy. Oil, gas, and coal are at the root of runaway climate disruption, widespread biodiversity loss, and pervasive plastic pollution. The conclusion is clear and must be paramount when political leaders gather in Stockholm this week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment.
ICC Holds Historic Hearing on U.S. Torture and Other Grave Crimes in Afghanistan
While “high crimes and misdemeanors” dominated the news cycle in Washington this month, the focus in The Hague was on grave crimes and mistreatment. Just days before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) held a hearing on The Gambia’s suit against Myanmar for genocide of the Rohingya people, the International Criminal Court (ICC) held a momentous hearing of its own: From Dec. 4 through Dec.
Global protests demand human rights actors tackle economic injustice
Human rights advocates should be as concerned with the economic injustices giving rise to recent worldwide demonstrations as with the repressive responses to them. Photo: EFE/Alberto Valdes (All rights reserved) In recent weeks, an extraordinary wave of mass protests has swept the globe. While their specific causes and contexts vary, many can be seen as part of a worldwide revolt against extreme inequality and the unjust economic and political systems driving it.
Las políticas fiscales son esenciales para lograr los ODS y evitar el “apartheid climático”
La desigualdad ocupó el primer lugar en la agenda del Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre desarrollo sostenible de 2019, que acaba de concluir en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York.
Fiscal policy is key to achieving SDGs and avoiding “climate apartheid”
Delivering on the SDG’s promise to reduce economic inequality requires progressive taxation and effective enforcement to ensure wealthy businesses and individuals follow global rules, pay their fair share, and bear responsibility for their role in the climate crisis. Inequality topped the agenda at the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development, which just concluded at United Nations headquarters in New York.
CTRL+HALT+Defeat: State-Sponsored Surveillance and the Suppression of Dissent
In this digital age, we are flooded with online communications, including spam e-mails and text messages from unknown sources, often accompanied by enticements to “click here!” In June 2018, an Amnesty International staffer received such a message, baiting them to click on a link that purported to offer details about a protest outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington, DC.
What the First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels Must Achieve
Governments and climate leaders gather this month in Santa Marta, Colombia for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. This landmark conference is happening as millions suffer from devastating and unlawful wars, and the global economy reels from oil price shocks. The task for those attending is clear: not to debate whether to phase out fossil fuels but to determine how to do it—rapidly, fairly, and in line with science and the law.
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (March 11-15)
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New Zealand Attacks: A Wake-Up Call to Counter Far-Right Extremist Violence
With the attacks over the last year—including those in Charleston, Pittsburgh, Toronto, and now New Zealand, among many others—it’s time to collectively and unequivocally demand of ourselves that enough is enough. The tragic shootings at two mosques in New Zealand yesterday are a turning point far too late in coming, but let us use this opportunity for self-reflection and, more important, action.
Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers Perpetuates the Torture of Family Separation
While the Trump administration’s official policy of family separation may have formally ended in June 2018, the practice itself did not, nor did the harm it has caused to thousands of families.
What Facts Would Deny the Trump Campaign First Amendment Protections in Colluding with Russia
The recent commencement of litigation against the Trump presidential campaign by two donors to the Democratic Party and a former DNC employee raises interesting First Amendment issues. The case arises out of the publication by WikiLeaks, just as the Democratic Convention was about to begin in 2016, of thousands of e-mails written to and by the Democratic National Committee.
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