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Indigenous Pacific leaders call on countries to support ban on deep sea mining
Video projections featuring civil society leaders from the Pacific region calling for a halt to deep sea mining were seen in various cities.
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Right to a Healthy Environment global coalition wins UN Human Rights Prize
The Global Coalition of Civil Society, Indigenous Peoples, Social Movements, and Local Communities for the Universal Recognition of the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment is one of the recipients of the prestigious 2023 United Nations Human Rights Prize.
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Good news stories from around the world – May/June
Notable wins in the climate and environmental justice space to inspire us in our fight for a better, greener, and fairer world for all.
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Annual Report 2022
2022 brought with it a world of polycrisis: pandemic, drought, floods, wildfires, a war in Europe and, once again, the threat of nuclear weapons. Yet, out of every crisis comes opportunity, including for transformational change.
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From the Arctic to the Amazon, peaceful protests will continue
Peaceful activism is vital when governments fail to respond to catastrophic climate change and nature destruction. Disproportionate responses are purely to intimidate people who stand up to companies and countries that are causing serious harm to our wellbeing, planet and future.
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European Court of Human Rights rules ‘Arctic 30’ were arbitrarily detained
The European Court of Human Rights ruled today that Russian authorities arbitrarily detained the Arctic 30 (28 Greenpeace activists and two freelance journalists) and violated their right to freedom of expression.
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Greenpeace responds to the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact
President Macron’s Summit for a New Global Financing Pact ends with limited progress to make polluters pay for the escalating costs of the climate crisis, including support for a levy on shipping emissions. But governments failed to commit to concrete and ambitious action to make the fossil fuel industry pay.
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Blockade of toxic waste tanker in Norway ends after 3 days
“We have spent almost 3 days and 3 nights exposing Equinor’s illegal and irresponsible export of toxic waste. This poison from the Norwegian oil industry is killing the ocean in Denmark, and it has to stop."
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Why the surge of climate change cases in front of international courts and tribunals matters
2023 is witnessing a new phenomenon in the climate justice movement — the surge of climate justice cases in front of international courts and tribunals. Here is what it means:
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How we got an Global Ocean Treaty – and what comes next
It has taken decades, but we finally have a Global Ocean Treaty that can deliver the protection the oceans desperately need.