106 | September 2025

Confronting Carbon Majors. Ghost Unit. Supply Chain Law Sellout.

Newsletter
2025

Public attention in the Global North may have shifted away from the urgency of the climate crisis compared to years past, but the summer months never fail to remind us relentlessly of its presence. As wildfires and heatwaves make the threat palpable for many once again, inaction at the highest levels of politics appears increasingly indefensible. However, as we enter the fall season, the landscape of climate justice in Europe – and globally – has shifted in significant and encouraging ways: recent court decisions could open the door to more forceful action against climate injustice.

In June, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) published a landmark advisory opinion on the obligations of states with respect to climate change. And just two weeks ago, residents of Pari, Indonesia – whose island and livelihoods are existentially threatened by rising sea levels – confronted representatives of the cement company and “Carbon Major” Holcim in a Swiss court.

Last week, ECCHR and partners also filed a criminal complaint against an IDF soldier from Munich who was part of a sniper unit known as the “Ghost Unit.” He is suspected of involvement in the targeted killing of unarmed Palestinian civilians in Gaza.