Felix Horne

Senior Expert - Climate Rights International

Former Environment & Ethiopia/Eritrea Researcher at Human Rights Watch

[Climate Rights International @ClimateRights]

On September 7, the world marks the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, a reminder that the air above us belongs to no single country.

Governments must cut pollution at its source by replacing fossil fuels with clean energy, expanding clean transport, improving energy efficiency, and enforcing strong industrial emission standards. No country can demand clean air from its neighbors while pursuing policies that pollute the atmosphere we all share.

https://t.co/xavXrBvdOQ

[Climate Rights International @ClimateRights]

As energy security becomes a key issue for the globe, China is rapidly expanding its coal-to-chemicals industry.

But this new sector is already contributing to climate change, pollution, water stress, and human rights concerns, particularly in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia.

At a moment when governments should be strengthening energy security through renewable energy, China is using those same concerns to justify expanding one of the world’s heaviest emitting and polluting industrial sectors.

https://t.co/SiyceGn6QH

[Climate Rights International @ClimateRights]

Before global meat giant JBS expands into Nigeria, communities deserve answers.

Climate Rights International Senior Expert @FelixHorne1 examines the environmental, human rights, and governance questions surrounding the company's planned expansion, arguing that transparency and accountability must come first.

Read the commentary in Mongabay:
https://t.co/uGlSYYIlq1

[Frank Conde Tangberg @frankctangberg]

The #FIFAWorldCup seems to be constantly up for expansion and its sponsors are some of the world’s biggest polluters. Yet FIFA,on paper, commits to ambitious emission reduction targets

@FelixHorne1 writes well about the #WorldCup in a climate perspective

https://t.co/T4gGtOGfUf

[Climate Rights International @ClimateRights]

This World Cup has been marked by extreme heat, canceled public events, and the threat of wildfire smoke.

Yet, at the same time, FIFA has continued to showcase one of the world's largest fossil fuel companies as a global partner.

https://t.co/TYozGhKCa8

[Climate Rights International @ClimateRights]

The World Cup should celebrate human achievement—not serve as a marketing platform for the fossil fuel industry.

Just as tobacco was once pushed through sports sponsorships, fossil fuel companies are using football to normalize the products driving climate change and deadly air pollution.

Banning fossil fuel sponsorship alone won't solve the climate crisis. But advertising shapes social norms, influences public perception, and helps sustain industries that are incompatible with a livable future.

Read more about it here: https://t.co/6ezGLjQ6nm

[Fabien Offner @fabienoff]

La #RDC a annoncé en avril la création d'une Garde Minière aux contours flous. Depuis, plus rien. A l'occasion de l'ouverture du @drcminingweek, @FelixHorne1 et moi publions une tribune dans @LaCroix appelant à clarifier cette initiative. @ClimateRights

https://t.co/j2bW7HxcUB

[Climate Rights International @ClimateRights]

In a new op-ed for Al Jazeera, CRI Senior Expert @FelixHorne1 examines the hidden environmental costs of war. From Iran and the Gulf to Ukraine, Sudan, and Yemen, attacks on fossil fuel infrastructure leave behind decades of pollution, contamination, and climate damage.

Post-conflict reconstruction should be a critical moment to shift toward cleaner, more resilient energy systems that can reduce the toxic aftermath of war.

https://t.co/r9mc7hHcvs
@AJEnglish

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

"Wars will continue to destroy infrastructure. Whether they also leave behind decades of pollution depends in part on what kind of energy systems are rebuilt when the fighting stops."

— #AJOpinion by @FelixHorne1 ⤵️ https://t.co/zP9v4ZoM8W

[Amnesty Eastern Africa @AmnestyEARO]

New investigation out tomorrow documents sexual violence, summary killings, and displacement in Ethiopia’s Oromia region.
These are not isolated abuses; they are war crimes that demand justice.

[Climate Rights International @ClimateRights]

Researcher @FelixHorne1 writes for @ClimateHome about the recent media lay-offs, including #climate journalists, and the urgent need for support and investment in truth and accountability highlighting that "the #climatecrisis will not pause because fewer people are paid to document it.”
https://t.co/J8MSfcgEOo

[Climate Rights International @ClimateRights]

📢 We are hiring a Communications Director! Now seeking candidates based in North, Central, or South America time zones to support team collaboration. Applications are open until the role is filled.

Apply here ➡️ https://t.co/W7fWvCpu9A

#Hiring #Jobs #RemoteJobs #CommunicationsJobs #CommsJobs #NonprofitJobs

[Tom English @TEnglishSport]

Not sure there’s a country in the world that loves football more than Scotland. It’s in the bones of the people. Twenty-seven year wait is now over. Sixty-one nations have played in the World Cup since Scotland last played in it. Scotland earned this - and it’s majestic

[Sophie Richardson @SophieDRich]

From @LotteLeicht1 and @FelixHorne1, on #EACOP and East Africa’s Fossil Fuel Future on Trial.
"A 9/24 report by @ClimateRights on the @CNOOC-operated Kingfisher oil field, 1 of 2 major projects linked to EACOP, documented widespread human rights abuses."
https://t.co/eji3zKMZZj

[Cara Schulte @CaraSchulte_]

My latest report for @ClimateRights is now live:

“My Body Is Burning” exposes how extreme heat and labor rights abuses endanger workers – including those in global supply chains – across Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Huge thanks to all who shared their stories.

https://t.co/5aHdcmwz4F

[Juliane Kippenberg @KippenbergJ]

„The race to net zero cannot trample over the poor.” @antonioguterres on UN Panel on Transition Minerals.

We agree. Here are @hrw rec‘s to the UN Panel to ensure the rush on “energy transition” minerals does not harm communities + violate rights:

https://t.co/fFmsjiyTOc

[Juliane Kippenberg @KippenbergJ]

Abuse + exploitation in global value chains affect millions of people.

But there is hope: today, the EU voted for a groundbreaking law that obliges companies to respect human rights & environment in their global value chains.

https://t.co/wSeIR7ORMh

[Omar Shakir @OmarSShakir]

It is critical that the UN Security Council resolution passed today is immediately implemented. States should use all forms of leverage—including imposing arms embargo & targeted sanctions on Israel—to press it to comply. The lives of millions of Palestinians hang in the balance.

[Laetitia Bader @LaetitiaBader]

Ethiopia's arrest of OLF spokesperson, Batte Urgessa, alongside a French journalist, highlights once again the government's intolerance of dissent. High time for #Ethiopia's partners to call the growing number of arrests out @hrw https://t.co/Bki9hllhbt

[Juliane Kippenberg @KippenbergJ]

Do you consider certification proof of responsible business conduct?

Last year's deaths of 27 men at gold mine in Peru may have been preventable - it lacked basic fire prevention measures, acc to @publiceye_ch. The mine was certified by @RJCJewellery.

https://t.co/JxvlP07Pwy