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🌡️2024: The year we crossed 1.5°C regularly. And yet, the excuses kept piling up. 👉 The heat is rising, and so must our demands for change. At COP29, the divide was stark. Some countries called for bold, systemic action, but too many prioritized short-term self-interest over our collective future. The call for a rapid, equitable and just fossil fuel phaseout and climate reparations faced fierce resistance. High-emission States shirked their human rights obligations related to climate change and refused to address the global harm of their emissions leaving the States least responsible for the climate crisis to face its worst impacts without adequate support. 👉 The heat is rising, and so must our resolve. In every global negotiation, our Office works to advance climate action that respects, protects and fulfils human rights. We push for accountability, equity, and justice for those most affected. Climate justice requires treating inadequate action to address climate change as the human rights violation that it is – one with devastating impacts on the rights to life, health, food, water, development and a healthy environment, among others - and demanding bold systemic reforms. We must phase out fossil fuels, stop unsustainable consumption and production, and address entrenched inequalities. 👉 The heat is rising, so 2025 must deliver change Looking to 2025, our goal is clear: to make climate justice real. That means moving beyond promises to action: real accountability for polluters, real protection for the vulnerable, and systemic reforms that put human rights at the center of climate solutions. ❗Without human rights, there’s no climate justice, no dignity, and no future.