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February 11, 2021 Dispatches

Attempt to Greenwash Bolsonaro’s Environmental Record Backfires at OECD

Human Rights Watch Letter Detailed Disastrous Policies Fueling Brazil’s Amazon Crisis

Presidente Jair Messias Bolsonaro
February 6, 2021 Letter

Letter on the Amazon and its Defenders to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

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February 5, 2021 Dispatches

US Correcting Course on Refugees, Climate Migrants

Biden Administration Orders Would Replace Prejudice with Principles

In this file photo, people protest the Trump administration's refugee policies outside the White House in Washington, January 27, 2018. 
January 27, 2021 Commentary

How Biden Can Help Canada Do Better on Climate

Weenusk First Nation member, Mike Wabano, sets up camp for caribou hunting on a frozen river near Peawanuck, December 14, 2019. As a result of warming temperatures, ice and snow cover is often thinner and more unstable.
January 14, 2021 Commentary

Addressing the Climate Crisis in Times of Pandemic

As More Climate Chaos Looms, Slashing Fossil Fuels Is Key

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January 11, 2021 Commentary

Canada Needs to Deliver to Stem Climate Change

Warming Up at Three Times Global Rate

Weenusk First Nations members packing their sleds ahead of a hunt near Peawanuck, Ontario, December 14, 2019.
December 21, 2020 Commentary

Rethinking Asylum on a Warming Planet

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December 8, 2020 Commentary

How France Can Help Brazil's Amazon Defenders

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December 3, 2020 Dispatches

US Heat Deaths Among Older People Rising

Excessive Heat Also Harms Mental Health, Pregnancy, and Birth Outcomes

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November 20, 2020 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau

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November 20, 2020 Dispatches

Canada Needs to Deliver Promised Climate Accountability

Proposed Legislation Falls Short

Weenusk First Nation member, Mike Wabano, sets up camp for caribou hunting on a frozen river near Peawanuck, December 14, 2019. As a result of warming temperatures, ice and snow cover is often thinner and more unstable.
November 17, 2020 Dispatches

Bad News for the US on World Prematurity Day

Address Climate, Environmental Impacts Along with Worsening Premature Birth Rates

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October 23, 2020 Report

US: Heat Emergency Plans Missing Pregnancy, Racial Justice

Cities, Federal Agencies, Should Broaden Responses to Climate Change

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October 21, 2020 Interview

Interview: Climate Crisis Hurts Harvest for First Nations

Canada Is Failing Indigenous Peoples Facing Threats to Food, Health, and Land

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May 28, 2020 Dispatches

People with Disabilities Needed in Fight Against Climate Change

UN Releases First Report on Disability Rights in the Context of Climate Action

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