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August 9, 2021 Commentary

Supply Chain Laws to Fight Deforestation Must Back Indigenous Rights

Cláudio José da Silva at the bank of the Pindaré river, in the Brazilian Amazon.
July 27, 2021 News Release

Zambia: Tackle Lead Poisoning at Former Mine

UN Experts Urge Full Clean-Up; Candidates Should Address Kabwe Issue

Former Mine Pit in Kabwe, Zambia
July 22, 2021 News Release

Iran: Deadly Response to Water Protests

3 Protesters Reported Killed in Southwestern Khuzestan Province

Map of Iran with Khuzestan Province Highlighted
July 22, 2021 Dispatches

UK Leaves Out Pregnant People from Heat Health Warnings

Government Should Include Pregnant People in Heat Action and Climate Adaptation Plans

A woman walks under a parasol to shelter from the sun in Birmingham, U.K., on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The U.K.'s Met Office has issued its first-ever Extreme Heat weather warning, stating that continuing high temperatures will lead to public health impacts.
July 21, 2021 Dispatches

German Flood Deaths Highlight Climate Change Risks for People with Disabilities

Inclusive Climate Action and Planning Needed after 12 Perish

The “Lebenshilfe-Haus” or ‘assisted-living facility”, where twelve people with disabilities drowned in floods on July 15, 2021.
July 8, 2021 News Release

Brazil’s Amazon Governors: Deliver Results to Secure Support

International Funding Largely Depends on Reducing Deforestation, Protecting Rights

Governors and vice-governors of Brazil’s Amazon states at the 17th Forum of Governors of the Legal Amazon, March 2019
July 8, 2021 Letter

Letter to Consortium of the Governors of the Legal Amazon

July 1, 2021 Report

Germany: Inaction on Heat Plans Threatens Health

Pregnancy Risks Left Out of Climate Change Planning

A woman shields herself from the sun with an umbrella on a hot summer day in Cologne, Germany, July 25, 2019. 
June 24, 2021 Commentary

Climate Action Must Take into Account Women’s Right to Land

Climate action plans have to include measures to redress women disproportionately affected by deforestation and plantation expansion.

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June 22, 2021 News Release

Cambodia: Free Environmental Activists

End Persecution of Peaceful Campaigners

Mother Nature Cambodia activist Sun Ratha waves to her family as she is brought to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on June 19, 2021. (c) 2021 LICADHO
June 22, 2021 Dispatches

UN Rights Body Should Create New Role on Human Rights and Climate Change

Addressing Climate Crisis Requires Immediate Action

After years of very little rainfall, the lakebed of Suesca lagoon sits dry and cracked, in Suesca, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
June 8, 2021 Dispatches

UN Child Rights Body Moves to Protect Kids from Environmental Harm

Decision to Provide Authoritative Guidance to Governments is Long Overdue

A girl surrounded by land devastated by Cyclone Amphan in Satkhira
June 8, 2021 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to the Heads of States and Governments ahead of the G7 Summit

Flags of the G7 Europe, Canada, Italy, Japan, Germany, England, USA and France in Paris, France on July 4th, 2019.
June 7, 2021 Q & A

Q&A on Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Pumpjacks at an oil well site near Epping, N.D., Oct. 1, 2018. © 2018 Jim Wilson/The New York Times/GDA via AP Images
June 7, 2021 News Release

G7 Governments: End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Concrete Plans Needed to Address Climate Crisis, Protect Rights

A Uniper coal-fired power plant and a BP refinery steam beside a wind generator in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on Jan. 16, 2020. © 2020 Martin Meissner/AP Photo

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