Center for International Environmental Law4d ago
Starting now at #JuneClimateMeetings: A @[email protected]'s press conference on #HumanRights and meaningful participation at the climate talks. CIEL's @[email protected] will speak about "the other side of the coin": #ConflictOfInterest. Tune in: unfccc-events.azureedge.net/SB64_113315/...
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The objectives of the fossil fuel industry [🟰the very actors that have fueled the climate crisis] are fundamentally in conflict with the goals of the #ParisAgreement. When discussing the participation of rights holders, we should also discuss undue influence by corporate actors.
Jun 15 at 8:41amWeb
Show threadCenter for International Environmental Law4d ago
⁠#ClimateAction will continue to fail to meaningfully address the #ClimateCrisis as long as polluting interests are granted unlimited access to policymaking processes and are allowed to unduly influence and weaken the critical work of the UNFCCC.
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"The International Court of Justice climate ruling made clear that States have a duty to regulate private actors & their activities in the face of #ClimateChange. This duty should include excluding them from participating in treaty regimes in ways that undermine those very regimes & their goals".
Show threadCenter for International Environmental Law4d ago
The climate crisis is too dire to continue as we always have. The UNFCCC needs to evolve into a space free from corporate capture, one that delivers results rather than endless discussion, starting by putting in place #ConflictOfInterest policies to address corporate influence.
Show threadCenter for International Environmental Law4d ago
At the #JuneClimateMeetings, States have the opportunity to take concrete steps to do so, for example, through the conclusions on Arrangements for Intergovernmental Meetings. BUT....The draft text that came out last week doesn’t mention the words conflict of interest 🚨
Show threadCenter for International Environmental Law4d ago
If States are serious about making the UNFCCC more impactful, decisions coming out of the #SB64 must kick off a clear process to finally curb corporate capture, while mandating deep process reform of the climate regime to enhance public participation of rights holders.