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Landmark inquiry finds legal grounds to hold climate-destroying corporations accountable
The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) issued the final report of its multi-year investigation into 47 investor-owned corporations for human rights harms that result from their actions triggering climate change.
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Resilience? You say that like it’s a good thing
For many individuals and communities who have lost loved ones and livelihoods to disasters, the term “resilience” is a double-edged sword that can cut both ways.
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A year of record-breaking extreme weather
After 50 years of activism and speaking truth to power, we are entering a crucial phase in this climate movement.
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New York City flooding is the new climate crisis normal
Images of flooding in New York City reveal both the severity of fossil fuel-driven climate change but also the ways in which infrastructure in communities around the world is ill-prepared for it.
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IPCC report signals decisive moment for humanity: Urgent climate action needed
"By strengthening the scientific evidence between human emissions and extreme weather the IPCC has provided new, powerful means for everyone everywhere to hold the fossil fuel industry and governments directly responsible for the climate emergency."
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Climate crisis fires burning from the Amazon and Turkey to California
With so many fires on our horizons the only option is to increase forest protection and recovery like never before and pull the plug on fossil fuels by escalating climate action as if our lives depended on it.
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2021’s Climate Emergencies
We have seen extreme weather events, from the chilling polar vortex in North America, the super cyclones in Africa, to the devastating floods in Australia and parts of Asia. There were also record-breaking standstorms and unprecedented wildfires.
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When climate emergencies become our climate realities
2020 remains on track to be the 2nd hottest year on record according to a climate report. We have seen heatwaves, wildfires, and even repetitive cyclones and typhoons impacting people and economies worldwide.
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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.
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Flooded cities and millions displaced in pictures
Floods in South Asia are now an annual event, situations becoming more vicious every year. This year, about a total of 9.6 million people have been affected due to these floods.