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Swiss Climate Seniors call for Justice
One woman tells her story of why a group of climate seniors decided to take the Swiss government to the European Court of Human Rights because their health is threatened by heat waves made worse by the climate crisis.
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We cannot afford fish that costs lives
In the near future, World Fisheries Day will call for celebration, but for now the TRUE cost of seafood is not something we can afford.
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The shipping industry is on the loose
The International Maritime Organization, the UN Agency responsible for preventing pollution by ships has turned a blind eye to the climate emergency and to the call from affected communities, allowing the industry to continue risky business as usual.
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Meet Thailand’s “Daughter of the Sea” who refuses to surrender
Only 18 years old, this young activist is standing up against a mega-project that would transform her seaside hometown into an industrial zone.
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Norwegian Supreme Court set to rule in climate case
The fate of the climate, and millions of people across the world affected by extreme weather events, hangs in the balance of every barrel of oil we either extract, or leave in the ground.
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Organisations take Brazilian government to the Supreme Court over deforestation and human rights abuses
A coalition of non-governmental organisations brought the Brazilian government to the Federal Supreme Court for its active negligence to protect the Amazon and the people of Brazil.
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Investigation indicates FSC-certified company intentionally used fire to clear Indonesian forests for palm oil
A groundbreaking investigation an Indonesian-Korean plantation and energy conglomerate intentionally used fires as part of the process of clearing vast areas of forest in remote areas of the Indonesia province of Papua.
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Public development banks contradict China, Japan, and S. Korea’s climate commitments with overseas fossil fuel finance
Greenpeace Japan and Greenpeace East Asia call for China, Japan, and South Korea’s state-backed public development banks (PDBs) to commit to applying their governments’ recent net-zero pledges to their investment activities abroad.
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Action from Karipuna Indigenous People result in significant reduction of deforestation, analysis shows
532 hectares of forest within the Karipuna Indigenous land was deforested between August 2019 and July 2020, 49,1% less than the same period in the previous year.
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Justice in the face of extreme climate disasters
It is only right that we continue to put public pressure on these big carbon polluters and raise our voices for justice. Let’s make 2020 count, let it be the year when we stand with climate-impacted communities as they reclaim their rights to a safe and stable climate.
