Thread by @ciel_tweets

The 50th session of the @UN_HRC ended last week.

📌 #ClimateChange has been high on the agenda — from the presentation of @SRclimatechange's mapping report to the adoption of the annual resolution on climate & #HumanRights.

Here's a thread to recap what happened at #HRC50.

This was the last session of @UNHumanRights' Chief @mbachelet.

Her work has been instrumental in advancing a human rights-based approach to #ClimateAction: She stated that climate change is one of the greatest challenges to #HumanRights of our era.

news.un.org/en/story/2021/…

At #HRC50, @SRclimatechange presented his first-ever report on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange.

We were thrilled to see he'll look into the #HumanRights harms resulting from climate-induced #LossAndDamage among other topics.

READ more in our statement: ciel.org/news/ciel-welc…

If you want to learn more about @SRclimatechange's priorities for the 3-year mandate, you can check out our thread 👇👇

https://twitter.com/ciel_tweets/status/1539962732396433410

This session of the @UN_HRC also included an important discussion on the nexus between #ClimateChange & violence against women & how the #ClimateCrisis exacerbates gender-based violation of women and girls rights.

READ more 👇👇

https://twitter.com/ciel_tweets/status/1541346661535973378

CIEL's President & CEO @cmuffett1 was invited to speak during a #HRC50 panel discussion on the #HumanRights of people in vulnerable situations in the context of #ClimateChange.

Watch his intervention:

https://twitter.com/ciel_tweets/status/1541696885831901185

During the session, @cmuffett1 highlighted the findings of 🇵🇭 @chrgovph inquiry into climate impacts on #HumanRights stressing the obligation for States to effectively regulate #FossilFuels majors to prevent harm.

READ: ciel.org/news/philippin…

https://twitter.com/duycks/status/1541726237168750592

The last week of the council started with an interactive dialogue on:
🔹#Racism,
🔹 The Sustainable Development Goals, &
where UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume, also presented two 🆕 reports on these issues.

https://twitter.com/ciel_tweets/status/1544231382842482690

#HRC50 ended with the adoption by consensus of a resolution on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange.

Read the resolution 👉 undocs.org/Home/Mobile?Fi…

Read our take 👇

https://twitter.com/ciel_tweets/status/1545032632790032385

Overall this @UN_HRC's session particularly stressed the human rights imperative for States to tackle the #ClimateChange impacts on people in vulnerable situations.

There's still much work to be done for countries to:
🔸 Truly implement a right-based approach to #ClimateAction,
🔸Tackle the #HumanRights impact of #ClimateChange,
🔸 Deliver effective & much-needed climate policies at the national & international levels.

Looking ahead to the next upcoming climate negotiations #COP27 we can only hope countries will hold to all the discussions that happened at @UN_HRC and take decisive steps to make sure to apply a rights-based approach to any #ClimateAction.