Ahead of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, which begins on 20 January, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said… Weiterlesen
Davos: Rich and powerful must uphold their responsibility to safeguard humanity
Plenty to go around: Mobilizing finance for climate justice
On the eve of the World Economic Forum in Davos and following the disastrous outcome of negotiations on a new climate finance target at COP29 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan in November 2024, this document explains how fair taxation and responsible financing can play a key role in raising a significant amount of finance that is urgently needed to address the climate crisis, particularly for lower-income countries. Rapid progress must be made in 2025 at the Fourth Financing for Development Forum and in the development of the binding UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. Weiterlesen
Philippines: Nickel mining projects approved despite inadequate consultation and serious risks to communities’ health and environment
Indigenous Peoples and rural communities in the Philippines are being subjected to numerous human rights abuses amid a rapid expansion in the mining of nickel, an essential component of lithium-ion batteries, Amnesty International said today in a new report highlighting the human cost of rising global demand for electric vehicles. Weiterlesen
COP29: Finance target is a blueprint for inequalities and violations
The derisory new climate finance target agreed at the close of COP29 in Azerbaijan will put the human rights of billions of people at risk and perpetuate global inequalities, Amnesty International said today. Following days of protracted and opaque negotiations in Baku, the conference ended yesterday with an agreement by high-income countries to mobilize USD300 billion annually by 2035, to help lower-income countries address the escalating climate crisis. Weiterlesen
COP29: Climate negotiation drafts are an affront to human rights
Reacting to this morning’s release of several draft decision texts at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Ann Harrison, Amnesty International’s Climate Justice Advisor, said: Weiterlesen
Meet Somali families who have been forced to shelter in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps due to drought and floods.
In the arid landscape of Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp, thousands of Somali families have sought shelter, fleeing conflict, drought and most recently flooding. Weiterlesen
COP29: Leaders must commit to fair climate financing and fully phasing out fossil fuels
Leaders at COP29 must listen to demands for climate justice by putting human rights at the heart of all decision making and commit to massively scaling up needs-based climate financing and a full, fast, fair, and funded phase-out of fossil fuels across all sectors, said Amnesty International ahead of the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan. Weiterlesen
Africa: Richer countries must commit to pay at COP29 as climate change forcibly displaces millions across Africa
With millions of people already displaced by climate change disasters in Africa, the richer countries most responsible for global warming must agree at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan to fully pay for the catastrophic loss of homes and damage to livelihoods taking place across the continent, Amnesty International said. Weiterlesen
COP29: What you need to know about the global climate summit
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opens next week in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The summit takes place between 11 and 22 November, and decisions made there will impact all of us. To date, the international community has failed to rein in the deadly activities of the fossil fuel industry, which continues to pollute, burn, and ransack the planet in the face of mounting human suffering. Weiterlesen
Pakistan: Flood survivors in Sindh province suffer disease and food insecurity amid government inaction – new testimony
Severe flooding in Pakistan’s Sindh province has left thousands of people suffering from disease and food insecurity amid government inaction, Amnesty International said. Weiterlesen