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4/6 When retirement savings are exposed to these risks, it raises serious questions about fiduciary duty.
Are corporations properly protecting their employees’ long-term financial interests?

3/6 Climate risk is already impacting financial markets.
Flood-damaged property and stranded fossil fuel assets are reducing the value of investment funds today.

2/6 These sectors face growing financial risk – and therefore so do those investments. That risk doesn’t just affect the planet – it affects peoples’ hard-earned retirement savings.

🚨 Only 14% of England’s rivers meet good ecological standards.

But the UK Parliament is about to decide whether that changes.

Demand a Water Reform Bill that stops pollution and delivers #CleanWaterNow.

🌟 Email your MP, it'll take 2 minutes with our template: act.clientearth.org/page/187464/...

How extreme weather is leaving thousands of homes uninsurable In this week’s newsletter: The climate crisis is making insurance unaffordable for many – and it should worry all of us, even if we think we’re safe from floods, wildfires and hurricanes

The climate crisis is making insurance unaffordable for many 🚨

“We’re seeing more frequent, more severe extreme weather events and that inevitably affects claims and affects pricing – it can’t not.” - Felicity Alvey, University of Cambridge @cisl.cam.ac.uk

#climatechange

‘A devastating force’: how recent Mediterranean storms turned to tragedies Atmospheric machine-gun has fired storm after deadly storm at the region this year, leaving a trail of widespread destruction

Extreme weather ⛈️

The role that the climate crisis played in the formation of the recent storms in the Med is still uncertain.

However, early analysis from @climatecentral.org found it made a marine heatwave that supercharged the storms 10 times more likely.

#climatechange

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows

New research 📚

Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows.

A new legal challenge in the UK is demanding accountability for river pollution linked to intensive poultry farming ⚖️

Read more riveractionuk.com/news/river-a...

#RiverPollution

👉 If we’re serious about tackling plastic pollution and the climate crisis, we must address production - not just recycling.

ClientEarth court action against INEOS' new €3bn plastics project Our lawyers, together with 14other NGOs, have taken action to block petrochemicals giant INEOS’ plastics project in Belgium. And for good this time.

We’re challenging that system in court. Our legal action targets INEOS's €4bn 'Project One' plastics facility in Antwerp - a project that would lock in fossil-fuel based plastic production for decades, pushed by billionaire Jim Ratcliffe.

www.clientearth.org/latest/news/...

‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics Plastic production has doubled over the last 20 years – and will likely double again. For author Beth Gardiner, metal water bottles and canvas tote bags are not the solution. So what is?

In a stunning new book, author Beth Gardiner investigates how recycling was promoted for decades as a full solution, while fossil fuel and petrochemical companies expanded plastic production behind the scenes.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

ClientEarth Summit 2026

📢The ClientEarth Summit 2026 is open for registrations! 📢

3 days of thought-provoking conversations on the role of the law in shaping our future.

Hear from us & our inspiring partners, peers, communities & experts.

📅 24-26th March 2026
🌍 Online

👀 Register here 👀 events.zoom.us/ev/AoABITLxs...

And this week, the Treaty became an Act of Parliament, meaning we're one step closer to the UK being legally bound by this international agreement.

The next step is the UK putting in place secondary legislation to ensure it will be able to meet the Treaty's legal obligations. 3/3

This Treaty will create a legal mechanism to protect Earth's high seas - waters that don't belong to any State.

After reaching its 60 State ratifications last year, the amount needed to come into force, the Treaty has now been ratified by 85/145 States that originally signed it in 2023. 2/3

🎉🌊The High Seas Treaty has become UK law🌊🎉

In a big moment for ocean protection, the UK has taken an important step towards formally ratifying the High Seas Treaty, or BBNJ agreement. 1/3

We brought this landmark case with @amigasdelatierra.bsky.social and @cecuconsumo.bsky.social .

This victory is not just about one community in Spain. It’s about whether Europe – and the world – allows polluters to rewrite the laws that protect us.

This win hits differently.

Polluters & political allies are dismantling Europe’s envi protections. This time, a group of Spanish residents has reminded them what comes first:

Clean water
Fresh air
The dignity of local communities

They proved it by using the very laws that are now under attack:

It's over, and we won: the Spanish supreme court rejected the local authorities' appeal on our landmark case against industrial livestock pollution.
The judgment is now final: authorities must be accountable for protecting citizens' fundamental rights.

It's a game-changer for communities in Europe⬇️

📢The UK’s nature protections are under threat, but it’s not too late to make your voice heard.

Tell Ed Miliband that protecting the UK’s nature isn’t just a nice-to-have. It’s essential.

Take action: act.clientearth.org/page/184558/...

Global moratorium on whaling, a ‘defining moment,’ turns 40 As the global whaling moratorium turns 40, experts reflect on how the 1986 ban helped save great whales—and the threats they still face today.

The global moratorium on commercial whaling has reached its 40-year mark 🐳

During this time, it’s been credited with helping Earth’s largest creatures recover from centuries of hunting pressure.

Europe needs to enforce ocean laws 🌊

The European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the #OceanAct closed yesterday – and it received nearly 800 responses. That level of engagement shows just how high the stakes are.

📌 Read our consultation response here: www.clientearth.org/media/dycip5...

The UK government has published its first 'forever chemicals' plan.

Forever chemicals – PFAS – are used in mountains of everyday items from frying pans to waterproof clothes.

But we know they never break down, and harm our environment and our health.

defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2026/02/03/f...

‘Pesticide cocktails’ polluting apples across Europe, study finds Pan Europe found several pesticide residues in 85% of apples, with some showing traces of up to seven chemicals

🍎🍏A deeply unenticing sounding 'cocktail of pesticides' is polluting our apples all across Europe, a new study from @paneurope.bsky.social has found.

Eighty-five percent of the samples contained several pesticide residues, with some showing traces of up to seven different chemicals.

The ban would prohibit advertising for high-carbon products and services incl. flights, petrol and diesel vehicles, gas heating contracts and meat products.

More here: www.desmog.com/2026/01/23/a... 2/2

🎉Win against fossil fuels 🎉

The Dutch capital of Amsterdam has become the world's first capital city to ban fossil fuel ads, set to come into force on 1st May. 1/2

Dutch government discriminated against Bonaire islanders over climate adaptation, court rules Judgment in The Hague orders Netherlands to do more to protect Caribbean people in its territory from impacts of climate crisis

This ruling is yet another reference to the International Court of Justice's opinion given last year, which continues to shape climate litigation globally.

More here: theguardian.com/environment/... 3/3

The Hague District Court said the NL gov was failing to adequately reduce emissions & protect the people of Bonaire from climate change impacts eg. sea-level rise & extreme weather. It was ordered to develop an adaptation plan for the island & get tougher emissions targets. 2/3

📢Historic court win📢

A Court ruled yesterday that the Netherlands' climate policy was insufficient, and discriminated against islanders of Dutch-territory Caribbean island, Bonaire. 1/2

We’re supporting legal action against Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone for their misleading claims about recycling In May 2025, the EU Commission announced that Coca-Cola will change and remove some of its packaging recycling claims in the EU, in light of the complaint.

That’s why we’re taking legal action on plastic recycling greenwashing against Nestlé, Danone and Coca-Cola.

More here: clientearth.org/latest/news/... 2/2

Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with ‘misleading’ claims about recycled plastic packaging Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-based

🚨Greenwashing alert🚨 The Guardian is reporting what we've known for years: our supermarkets are full of greenwashing recycling claims on plastic packaging.

theguardian.com/environment/... 1/2