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📢🚨: Governments United Nations have just agreed on a Global Ocean Treaty! 🌍 🎉 This is huge — it’s the biggest conservation victory ever! 🎉 Here’s a short 🧵 on how we got here and what it means! 1/8

Environmental defenders reel from Mexico and Central America attacks theguardian.com/world/2023/apr…

This year's Banking on Climate Chaos report is out, and it offers a handy map so you can see what banks fund the most egregious fossil fuel expansions on the planet. Such thanks to @RAN and everyone else who carries off this mammoth project bankingonclimatechaos.org

In a large salmon-bearing ecosystem close to Bristol Bay where locals fought Pebble Mine, Yukon-Kuskokwim Tribes are fighting another proposed mine that would be the largest open-pit pure gold mine in the world. Meet Mary Matthias, who works for the Orutsararmiut Native Council:

Everyone has the right to a #HealthyEnvironment. This right has been recognized by the UN Human Rights Council, the United Nations General Assembly & 100+ constitutions worldwide. Yet it’s not explicitly recognized in the European #HumanRights system. But, the Council of Europe has a chance to change that. A 🧵👇

⚠️Indigenous human rights defenders often face Harassment Criminalization Disappearances Killings More than 200 #EnvironmentalDefenders were killed in 2020 – over a third of them are #IndigenousPeoples 📺 webtv.un.org 💬 #WeAreIndigenous #UNPFII

Breaking News: The official autopsy is released showing Tortuguita the forest defender didn't have gunpowder residue on their hands and had at least 57 gunshot wounds in their body, including the hands, torso, legs and head. This is Murder. #StopCopCity fox5atlanta.com/news/autopsy-c…

For years, corporations have used SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) to silence free speech. Now they're attacking Greenpeace USA. No one should be bullied for speaking up. Show your support and tell companies to #StopSLAPPs.

Indigenous Land Defenders are being murdered and investors can and must stop this! This toolkit shows them how. Make sure your money doesn't finance Indigenous rights violations by sending this to your bank, fund manger, financial advisor or pension fund. respectingindigenousrights.org

Today’s decision is a huge win for free speech, but the fight is not over. More must be done to ensure that corporate polluters can’t stand in the way of climate justice by manipulating our legal system! #WeWillNotBeSilenced #StopSLAPPs🛑 greenpeace.org/usa/news/a-vic…

As both #EarthDay & the 2023 The Goldman Environmental Prize announcement on 4/24 approaches, we’d like to take this opportunity to highlight past winners & allies of ours! Niwat Roykaew is a Mekong activist and past partner for the EarthRights Global School. Read more at bit.ly/43LBl7l

Chibeze Ezekiel is the national coordinator of 350 Ghana Reducing Our Carbon #350Ghana & 350 dot org, an earth rights defense NGO. Ezekiel has organized Ghana’s youth through Strategic Youth Network For Development(SYND), an org centered on empowering youth to become the next generation of activists. Read more at bit.ly/3KCXSuv

HUGE!!! Important win in the fight to stop SLAPPs--companies should not be able to use the courts to silence their critics. #StopSLAPPs!

The IFC Draft Remedial Framework = Abject failure "Anyone who causes or contributes to injury to someone else has an obligation to provide a remedy to the injured party. This is a basic legal principle that everyone understands–except the IFC." earthrights.org/ifcs-accountab…

Instead of actually providing access to remedy, the draft framework: ❌Disclaims any responsibility to provide remedy ❌Doesn't address the accountability crisis within IFC ❌Rejects most of the recommendations that could have resulted in meaningful change.earthrights.org/ifcs-accountab…

Checking in from #EarthDay2023 🌍 Let’s celebrate Earth Day by protecting those who protect the environment, by upholding human rights, by holding corporations that violate our rights accountable, by building global coalitions, by doing our part for a livable, more just world.

🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court denies Big Oil’s petition for hearing. Our Colorado climate case is moving FORWARD in state court! earthrights.org/media_release/…

Congratulations to the 2023 @GoldmanPrize winners! 🏆🌎 -Chilekwa Mumba (Zambia) -Zafer Kizilkaya (Turkey) -Tero Mustonen (Finland) -Delima Silalahi (Indonesia) -Diane Wilson (United States) -Alessandra Korap Munduruku (Brazil) #GoldmanPrize2023

#NOTICIA📣 Indígenas U’wa se preparan para litigio contra Colombia ante la CIDH - IACHR por presuntas violaciones a sus territorios ancestrales- vía El País Cali 📰 📲Sigue las redes de Somos U'wa 📅La audiencia dará lugar el 25 y 26 de abril elpais.com.co/colombia/indig…

Important thread. Thank you for your devotion to this important work for so many years John H Knox. (This damn #LongCOVID has really got me down … but I’m with you in spirit always.) #environmentdefenders #humanrights #earthrights #rightsofnature Cc SREnvironment Ben Leather