Türkiye: Environmental defender on trial: Esra Işık
Esra Işık, a 26-year-old environmental human rights defender, is facing prosecution under Articles 265 and 125 of the Turkish Penal Code for allegedly ‘’preventing...
Authoritarianism is supercharging the climate crisis
The world’s slide into authoritarian practices is accelerating the climate crisis. At its core, the authoritarian goal is typically to enable resource consolidation for...
Global: Governments must use new UN General Assembly resolution to turn ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on climate change into robust action
Governments must not squander the opportunity to turn the International Court of Justice’s 2025 Advisory Opinion on states’ obligations regarding climate change into robust...
Ellinor: “While I still have power to fight for Indigenous rights in Norway, I will”
Ellinor Guttorm Utsi, 60, is a Sami reindeer herder from Norway. The Sami people are an Indigenous People with distinct culture, languages, and traditions who...
Libre: “I’ve been held in custody and prosecuted for blocking traffic”
In this story, Libre reveals what inspired her activism, and why she’s hoping her engagement will lead to changes. Weiterlesen
Canada: Sentencing of land defenders sends ‘chilling message’ about Indigenous rights
The sentencing of three land defenders criminalized by Canada sends a chilling message about the threats facing people and Nations on the front lines...
EU: New research suggests majority of Europeans favour human rights and environmental protection in face of EU rollback
New polling by Ipsos reveals that a large majority of people (75%) across 10 European countries think it is important that the European Union...
COP30 Climate Change Conference in Brazil – essential need-to-knows for human rights
The next United Nations annual climate conference, COP30, will take place in Belém, Brazil between 10 and 21 November 2025. It will bring together...
Fire in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon: girls and young women fighting for climate justice
At night in the Ecuadorian Amazon, huge flames light up the darkness. Flames from the gas flares that tower over the oil wells and...
The Amazon can wait no longer
By Warriors for the Amazon (Guerreras por la Amazonía) Weiterlesen