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November 30, 2023 Dispatches

Heat at COP28 Highlights Risks to Migrant Workers

As Climate Conference Opens, Ensure Occupational Heat Protections

Workers at a construction site as the UAE implements a midday work break from 12.30pm to 3.30pm for laborers to help cope with the heat, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 15, 2023.
November 30, 2023 Dispatches

Climate Inaction Not an Option for Maldives at COP28

New President Plans “Fortress-like” Walls to Counter Rising Sea Level

Maldives' President Mohamed Muizzu delivers a speech in Malé on October 2, 2023. 
November 29, 2023 News Release

As COP28 Opens, UN Should Take UAE to Task

Host Country Should Stop Rights Repression, Drop Fossil Fuel Plans

A flame burns waste gas in a refinery
November 27, 2023 Impact

A Tale of Forest and People´s Survival

Government Action Against Illegal Land-Grabbers in Brazil’s Amazon

Terra Nossa settlement, where illegal logging takes place, September 30, 2019.
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 13, 2023 Statement

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders

Regarding Child and Youth Human Rights Defenders

security officials detain a protester holding a placard
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 9, 2023 Dispatches

Latest Findings on Extreme Heat and Pregnancy in Pakistan

Climate Endangers Care, Cooking, and Other ‘Women’s Work’

A mother and child sit in front of a fan
November 8, 2023 News Release

APEC: Press China’s Xi on Human Rights

Summit Agenda Should Address Climate Change, Rights-Respecting Rule

Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok, Thailand, November 19, 2022.
November 4, 2023 Dispatches

Ugandan Authorities Should Drop Charges Against Oil Activists

Students Arrested for Criticizing Ugandan Oil Project

security officials detain a protester holding a placard
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.
October 17, 2023 News Release

Maldives: Environmental Protection Laws Bypassed

Reclamation Projects Harm Local Island Communities, Deny Climate Justice

Construction site on a beach

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