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
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
Climate change and health – what’s the connection?
Climate change is increasingly driving violations of the right to life and the right to health. In fact, climate change has been called “the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century”. Weiterlesen
COP29: States must press Azerbaijani authorities to end assault on civil society
In the leadup to next month’s COP29 climate summit in Baku, states must exert pressure on the Azerbaijani authorities to reverse their clampdown on civil society, release those detained solely for peacefully exercising their right to freedom of expression, and ensure participants including activists and journalists can engage freely and fully in the event, Amnesty International said today. Weiterlesen
World Habitat Day: Decisive action is needed to address climate change impacts on the right to housing
With this year’s World Habitat Day theme focusing on youth and urban futures, it is impossible to ignore one key factor – the climate crisis – and what it means for fulfilling the right to housing in both rural and urban contexts, including for young people, today and in the future. Weiterlesen
Americas: Record wildfires in South America Require an Unprecedented Response
In response to record fires across South America, with several millions of hectares burning across the Amazon basin and the entire continent, Amnesty International today published an Open Letter addressed to the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru calling for governments to ramp up action to extinguish wildfires, strengthen efforts to abandon fossil fuels, protect territories of Indigenous Peoples, and provide guarantees to environmental human rights defenders. Weiterlesen
Europe: New Amnesty briefing analyzes landmark climate judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Amnesty International has today published a briefing that analyzes three landmark climate judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), issued on 9 April 2024, on cases brought by older Swiss women, six young Portuguese people, and a former French mayor and member of the European Parliament. Weiterlesen
Ecuador: Gas flares in the Amazon threatens human rights in the present and future
Countries that are dependent on oil extraction must immediately put an end to harmful activities such as routine flaring and prioritize the urgent phase-out of fossil fuels to ensure a rapid and just energy transition. According to a new report released today by Amnesty International, eliminating flaring is one of the most immediate and critical measures to address the climate crisis, which disproportionately affects historically marginalized communities in sacrifice zones. Weiterlesen
Benin: Prisoners penned into overcrowded, dirty cells denied healthcare amid heatwave
Prisoners in Benin were subjected to filthy, overcrowded cells and denied clean water and medical treatment last year. According to information gathered from health and prison workers, several dozen prisoners died during a seven-month period last year, Amnesty International said today. Weiterlesen