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November 21, 2023 News Release

UAE: Migrant Worker Abuses Linked to Broader Climate Harms

Upholding Migrant Rights Critical to Address Climate Crisis at COP28

Purna during dialysis that lasts four hours each session, with the costs covered by the Government of Nepal, Butwal, Nepal, July 20, 2023.
November 10, 2023 Dispatches

EU Foreign Ministers Should Urge UAE Rights Progress Ahead of COP28

Press for Fossil Fuel Phaseout, End to Repression of Civil Society

The Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and COP28 UAE President-Designate, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, attends a press conference at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, May 3, 2023.
November 2, 2023 News Release

Uganda: Oil Pipeline Protests Stifled

Environmental Defenders Face Harassment, Intimidation, Arbitrary Arrests

security officials detain a protester holding a placard
October 30, 2023 Q & A

United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)

Questions and Answers

The 28th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) will bring together state parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from November 30 to December 12, 2023. © 2023 Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images
October 30, 2023 News Release

COP28: Climate Action Requires Upholding Rights

Governments Should Confront UAE on Rights Record, Commit to a Fossil Fuel Phase Out

UAE Minister of State and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber talks during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week's opening ceremony, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 16, 2023. 
October 19, 2023 Dispatches

California’s Governor Should Raise Rights Along with Climate in China

Gavin Newsom Shouldn’t Ignore One Crisis for Another

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, California, September 26, 2023.
August 30, 2023 News Release

COP28: US Should Press UAE for Activist’s Release

Free Ahmed Mansoor to Set Better Tone for COP28 Climate Conference

A man in a white gutra
August 15, 2023 Statement

Joint Statement: UAE: Release all Those Unjustly Imprisoned before COP28

A man in a white gutra
July 20, 2023 News Release

Zambia: Clean Up Toxic Lead Waste at Mine Site

Kabwe Youth Activists Urge Action in Video

Activist sifts soil
June 26, 2023 Report

Spain: Inadequate Response to Heatwaves

Support People with Disabilities at Risk to Climate Change

Carlos Reina Rosales, 35, sits in his electric wheelchair, in front of a museum in central Seville (Andalusia, Spain). 
June 19, 2023 Report

Bangladesh: Protect People Most At Risk During Monsoon Season

International Funding Needed to Ensure Climate Action is Inclusive of People with Disabilities, Older People

Mohammad Abdul Gani (right) from Biswanthpur, Sylhet, 75, described the temporary shelter where he stayed for 15 days as "another nightmare."
June 5, 2023 News Release

COP28: Climate Talks Should Ensure Fossil Fuel Phaseout

In Bonn, Ahead of COP28, Confront UAE on Oil, Rights

Sultan Ahmed al Jaber, the new president of COP28, with the German federal foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, May 3, 2023.
May 31, 2023 News Release

Gulf States: Migrant Workers at Serious Risk from Dangerous Heat

Existing Protections Woefully Inadequate in Warming Climate

Workers clean the exterior of the Museum of the Future, currently under construction, in Dubai on November 19, 2020.
May 18, 2023 Dispatches

UAE Invites Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to COP28

Syrian Government Officials Should be Investigated for Crimes Against Humanity

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates meets with Bashar Al Assad, President of Syria during a reception at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
May 15, 2023 News Release

Plastics Treaty: Phase Out Fossil Fuels to End Pollution

Countries Should Commit to More Ambitious Actions at Second Negotiation

A burning flare seen at an oil extraction area located in Lakie, Lubusz Voivodeship.

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