Climate justice
China strengthens role of courts in meeting carbon targets
China’s Supreme People’s Court issued the first judicial document to encourage and guide case handling on carbon emissions
Green lawyers get boost – Climate Weekly
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Vanuatu gathers support for UN climate justice statement
Over 100 nations have backed the Pacific Island’s attempt to make it easier for govenrments to be sued over climate failures
Study: IPCC asks emerging countries to drop coal faster than rich nations did
A new study has found that most energy transition models ask nations like China, India and South Africa to cut coal use twice as fast as developed countries ever did.
Vanuatu publishes draft resolution seeking climate justice at UN court
The Pacific island nation says 100 countries back its call for the International Court of Justice to advise on states’ climate obligations
Scientists warn data gaps must not block loss and damage
A shortage of weather stations across Africa shouldn’t stop climate victims accessing critical funds, scientists say
Latin America closes ranks at Cop27 around climate finance
Debt and climate shocks, combined with political shifts, have united historically left- and rightwing countries behind common asks
Hali Hewa episode 7: Youth talk loss and damage
Four young activists explain why loss and damage is a hot topic at Cop27 climate talks and how they are fighting for climate justice
Egypt clamps down on activism and undocumented workers ahead of Cop27
Campaigners are hoping to use the global spotlight on Egypt to secure the release of political prisoners – but fear a backlash
See you in court: how climate lawsuits could sharpen Cop27 loss and damage talks
If international solidarity with climate victims falls short, litigation offers a vital but imperfect avenue for compensation
Climate finance isn’t reaching African communities – Cop27 must fix this injustice
Indigenous peoples and local communities receive less than 1% of all climate funding despite scoring wins for people and nature
Displaced by drought, climate migrants clash with Zimbabwe’s timber industry
After suffering from extreme drought, farmers have settled in timber plantations in eastern Zimbabwe, clashing with government and industry
‘Gigantic missed opportunity’: Chile rejects green constitution
The constitutional draft declared Chile an “ecological” state, recognised nature as a subject of rights and ordered the state to take actions against the climate crisis
G20 Bali meeting highlights Indonesia’s weak climate action
Campaigners are mounting a challenge against the government, arguing that insufficient climate action infringes on their human rights
Migrants on US-Mexican border suffer from extreme water scarcity
At migrant shelters in Reynosa, water is carefully rationed for thousands of people waiting for permission to pursue the American Dream
Colombia’s new president calls for debt swap to protect the Amazon
“We can turn the entire population of the Colombian Amazon into a population that cares for the forest, but we need the world’s funds to do it,” says Gustavo Petro
Hali Hewa episode 3: The indigenous experience
Cindy Kobei talks about growing up as an indigenous person in Kenya’s Mau Forest and what has changed with land rights issues and the climate crisis
Indian tribes fight to save forest homes from coal mining
In Hasdeo Aranya, indigenous people have been resisting coal mines for a decade and allege their consent for new projects has been forged
Chinese court rules bitcoin mining harms the climate
A judge in Beijing quashed a bitcoin contract on the basis it was not in the public interest, citing incompatibility with China’s carbon neutrality goal
Brazilian court world’s first to recognise Paris Agreement as human rights treaty
The Supreme Court ruling requires the Brazilian government to reactivate its climate fund and has implications for international law