Brazilian judicial authorities in two important recent rulings, affirmed the rights of small landholders and Indigenous peoples in the Brazilian Amazon and called on federal authorities to remove ille...

Philippine authorities relocating communities displaced in 2021 by Typhoon Odette have ignored the rights of residents, especially those with disabilities.

January 2026 was meant to be when the government of the Brazilian state of Pará would roll out a new system, initially announced in 2023, to ensure the traceability of all cattle across its vast herd.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on January 12 that it will no longer ascribe an economic value to saving lives and improving public health when considering whether to...

The White House says the decision was taken because those entities "no longer serve American interests".

UK authorities have severely restricted the right to protest, in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treate...

Bulgaria’s delayed decommissioning of coal-fired power plants contributes to dangerous air pollution, risks breaching new air quality standards, and is slowing down the country’s transition away from ...

In Belem, Brazil, as United Nations climate summit (COP30) convened, I marched alongside thousands of activists and Indigenous peoples calling on governments to urgently address climate change and pro...

More than 30 countries have co-signed a letter opposing Brazil's draft proposal at the UN climate conference because it fails to include a roadmap phasing out fossil fuels, the Colombian delegation to...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began this year's COP30 summit by announcing a global investment fund to pay tropical forest countries to keep trees standing.

Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect human rights defenders.

Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect human rights defenders.

On November 6, a court in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, gave the go-ahead for the trial of twelve activists, eight of whom are students.

While the city of Belém steps up to host the COP30 global climate summit in November, in another corner of Pará state, a federal government agency is planning to hand over a large area of the Amazon r...

Newly published research from PSE Healthy Energy, a US-based nonprofit research organization, highlights the hidden dangers of methane leaks, an often overlooked but serious threat to both the climate...

For the last few years, climate and energy policymakers have convinced themselves the world was inexorably moving away from fossil fuels. Breaking news: It is not.

Land and environmental defenders face extreme violence, criminalisation and lack of protection around the world, with 146 killed or disappeared in 2024

Pacific leaders preparing to gather for the Pacific Islands Forum in Solomon Islands this month have accepted a collective responsibility: to act decisively for the many Indigenous communities already...

China’s Sino-Metals Leach Zambia spilled toxic sludge into communities and rivers, an accident that could cost billions to clean up and restore. The firm got impoverished and often illiterate villager...

Across the world, women at the heart of their communities are leading the struggle to protect their culture, land and way of life

The Washington Post reports that the US government is requiring organizations receiving federal funding, including from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), not to “operate any program that...

Study analyzed health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, and found communities of color bear brunt of harm

Representatives of the Waorani people and environmental organizations arrived in Quito to demand an end to oil extraction in the Yasuní National Park, one

« Rien n’a résisté à la furie des vagues. La maison s’est écroulée en un clin d’œil. Nous assistions, impuissants, à la disparition de tout ce que nous possédions ». C’est avec une voix grave que Fato...

Human Rights Watch pidió al Gobierno acelerar el cierre de los pozos en el Yasuní, como ordenó el referéndum de 2023 y los fallos judiciales | Actualidad | Extra

Ecuador’s government should expedite the closure of the approximately 240 oil wells operating in the heart of Yasuni National Park in the Amazon rainforest.

Brazil’s agrarian federal agency should reject a proposal to downsize a sustainable settlement in a deforested area of the Amazon region, Human Rights Watch said today. If approved, the reduction woul...

Senegalese people displaced by tidal surges that climate change is making stronger and more common are suffering ongoing human rights violations, with no durable solution in sight.

No consensus was reached during talks in Geneva on the world's first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution, according to delegates on Friday.

Countries will resume negotiations in Geneva on August 5, 2025, on a global plastics treaty.

As it prepares to host the next round of UN climate talks in November, the environment – and frontline activists – are facing increasing threats.

O presidente do Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, deveria vetar o Projeto de Lei 2.159/2021, que desmantela o licenciamento ambiental e representa sérias ameaças aos direitos humanos relacionados ao ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should veto a bill that dismantles environmental licensing and poses serious threats to environment-related human rights across the country, Human Rights W...

As it prepares to host the next round of UN climate talks in November, the environment – and frontline activists – are facing increasing threats.

President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an opinion on July 3, 2025, that countries must protect the climate system as part of their human rights obligations under the American Convention on Hu...

Les cinq activistes écologistes emprisonnés injustement devraient être libérés immédiatement et sans condition.

Türkiye’s administrative court in the province of Kahramanmaraş should scrutinize whether the environmental impact assessment used to greenlight a coal power plant expansion there, adequately determin...

Five Cambodian environmental activists who have completed one year of their six to eight-year prison terms on baseless charges should be immediately and unconditionally released.