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April 24, 2023 Dispatches

White House Issues Significant Environmental Justice Order for Earth Day

Tackling Fossil Fuel and Climate Crises Requires Even Bolder Action

On Earth Day, marchers at the Whit House hold  a banner reading, “End the Era of Fossil Fuels” Washington, DC.
April 21, 2023 Dispatches

Plantations, Ranches Are Devouring World’s Forests

An Earth Day Call to Protect Nature and Human Rights

An aerial view shows cattle on a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil.
April 19, 2023 News Release

EU: Major Step For ‘Deforestation-Free’ Trade

Companies Required to Respect Environment, Human Rights in Supply Chain

European lawmakers vote on climate change issues at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, September 13, 2022.
April 15, 2023 Commentary

Brazil Must Support Environmental Defenders

Ratifying the Escazu Agreement is key to strengthening environmental policies.

Launch of the Escazu Brazil Movement, in Brasilia on April 14, 2023.
April 12, 2023 News Release

Brazil: Recognize Indigenous Land Rights

Review Rule for Arbitrary Cutoff Date

Indigenous people call for greater protection of their land and rights at the Acampamento Terra Livre (Free Land Camp) in Brasilia.
April 12, 2023 Letter

Letter to Brazil's Solicitor General

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April 11, 2023 Report

Pakistan: Farmers Forcibly Evicted for Urban Project

Reform Colonial-Era Laws to Protect Land Rights, Environment

A farmer herds sheep through farmland in the vicinity of the Ravi River project, in Lahore, Pakistan.
April 7, 2023 Dispatches

France Moves to Shut Down Environmental Group

Latest in a String of Dangerous Curbs on Civil Society

Mobile riot gendarmes policing a protest against the construction of a new water reserve for agricultural irrigation in Sainte-Soline, France March 2023.
April 5, 2023 Dispatches

UAE Conference Attendees Warned against Criticizing Government

COP28 Success Depends on Civic Space

Abu Dhabi, UAE
April 3, 2023 Commentary

Zambia’s ‘Green Kabwe’ Plan Should Prioritize Mine Cleanup

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March 30, 2023 Dispatches

Swiss 'Senior Women' Take Government to Court over Climate Change

Failure to Reduce Emissions Threatens Human Rights

A group from the Senior Women for Climate Protection association hold banners outside the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.
March 29, 2023 News Release

UN General Assembly Seeks World Court Ruling on Climate Change

Landmark Resolution Addresses Rights, Obligations

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau speaks prior to a vote on a resolution aimed at fighting global warming, at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, March 29, 2023.
March 23, 2023 Dispatches

Black Residents of Louisiana File Landmark Lawsuit

Demand End to New Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Operations in Cancer Alley

Cancer Alley resident Myrtle Felton of Inclusive Louisiana speaks at a press conference announcing a landmark environmental justice lawsuit in New Orleans.
March 23, 2023 News Release

Brazil: Ratify Regional Environment Pact

Stand with Environmental Defenders in the Escazu Agreement

Environmentalists protesting in the streets. 
March 23, 2023 Letter

Open letter on the Escazu Agreement

To Brazil's Minister of Foreign Affairs

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