Climate Justice
Displaced by drought, climate migrants clash with Zimbabwe’s timber industry - 12 September, 2022
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 - 5 September, 2022
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 - 1 September, 2022
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 - 19 August, 2022
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 - 10 August, 2022
“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 - 1 August, 2022
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 - 29 July, 2022
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 - 21 July, 2022
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 - 7 July, 2022
The Supreme Court ruling requires the Brazilian government to reactivate its climate fund and has implications for international law
An uncertain climate partner – Climate Weekly - 1 July, 2022
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The Arctic community that chose conservation over Big Oil - 1 July, 2022
In the Northwest Territories, Canada’s first indigenous protected reserve is bringing together scientific methods and traditional knowledge
My people have lived in the Amazon for 6,000 years: You need to listen to us - 1 July, 2022
As the planet warms and biodiversity collapses, those encouraging and profiting from the destruction of the Earth must be charged with ecocide
Japanese and Korean industry push gas on Vietnam amid campaigner crackdown - 21 June, 2022
An InfluenceMap report spells out foreign pro-gas lobbying in Vietnam as environmental activists face mounting threats for speaking out against the government
It’s time to put Indigenous Peoples first at the UN biodiversity talks - 21 June, 2022
As talks on a global deal to protect nature begin in Nairobi, Kenya, countries need to create a new conservation designation for Indigenous Peoples’ land
Hali Hewa episode 1: Youth and women - 15 June, 2022
Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti and Wanjira Maathai talk about attending Davos as a young African activist and the influence of professor Wangari Maathai on their lives and work
Tanzanian authorities seen opening fire on Maasai people in game reserve dispute - 10 June, 2022
Rights NGO Survival International has accused the government of “shocking violence” and evicting Maasai people from their land to make way for trophy hunting
‘Politically motivated’: Russian authorities seek to remove climate activist’s citizenship - 9 June, 2022
Arshak Makichyan has been a vocal climate and anti-war activist in Moscow. Russian authorities are accusing him of having illegally obtained his citizenship
Introducing: The Hali Hewa Podcast - 9 June, 2022
Abigael Kima interviews key African players on the reality of climate change in Africa and what can be done about it in the run-up to Cop27 in Egypt
Island states say fund for climate disaster victims must be created by Cop27 - 7 June, 2022
After three decades of frustration, vulnerable countries are determined the “Glasgow dialogue” on loss and damage must deliver more than just talk
‘Furious and disappointed’: African activists excluded from Stockholm+50 summit - 1 June, 2022
Several African climate activists have been unable to obtain Swedish visas for the major environmental conference despite spending time and money applying