Malagasy authorities have failed to protect and assist thousands of Antandroy people who have been forced to flee their homes since 2017 because of drought-induced famines in the Androy region, in southern Madagascar, Amnesty International said in a new report. Weiterlesen
The lawsuit brought by Peruvian farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya against the large corporation RWE has been running for a good 10 years now. His home town, located in the Peruvian Andes, is threatened by melting glaciers. A lake above the town could overflow and flood the town. His demand: RWE should bear a share of the costs for the necessary protective measures in line with its emissions. Weiterlesen
The next United Nations annual climate conference, COP30, will take place in Belém, Brazil between 10 and 21 November 2025. It will bring together 198 states and other parties (for example, the European Union) to address the global threat posed by climate change. A preparatory meeting will be held in Bonn, Germany, from 16 to 26 June 2025, where negotiations will begin on commitments to be adopted at COP30. In the context of the upcoming meeting in Bonn, this document provides an overview of Amnesty International’s analysis of key human rights and climate justice issues. This document accompanies Amnesty International’s pre-COP30 advocacy briefing, which provides a full set of our recommendations to the parties to the UN FrameworkConvention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to help them put human rights front and centre of all climate action and decision making at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Weiterlesen
At night in the Ecuadorian Amazon, huge flames light up the darkness. Flames from the gas flares that tower over the oil wells and that, far from being a sign of progress, are living scars on the green lungs of our planet. Not only do they burn natural gas, needlessly wasting a non-renewable resource, but they also pollute the air, destroy biodiversity and threaten the lives and rights of nearby communities. Here, environmental justice has been a distant dream for over 57 years, while human rights burn with the gas. Weiterlesen
Amnesty International welcomes the important initiative taken by the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change to report on the positive and negative human rights impacts of renewable energy development, including the extraction and re-use of critical minerals.
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Pakistan’s healthcare and disaster response systems are failing to meet the needs of children and older people who are most at risk of death and disease amid extreme weather events related to climate change, Amnesty International said in a new report. Weiterlesen
Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to provide information in response to the call for input for the upcoming report on human rights defenders working on climate change and a just transition from across the world. Weiterlesen
On 17.03.2025 and 19.03.2025, oral hearings will take place before the Hamm Higher Regional Court in the groundbreaking case brought by Peruvian farmer Saúl against the energy company RWE. These proceedings are the first to deal with possible liability issues of companies for their contribution to the climate crisis. Following the successful admission of the lawsuit to trial and the comprehensive gathering of evidence in the spring of 2022, the next significant stage in the proceedings will now follow. Weiterlesen
How mineral extraction and new energy projects without free, prior and informed consent are threatening Indigenous Sámi livelihoods and culture in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Weiterlesen
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
