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Yasuní National Park in the Amazon, Ecuador.

Climate Change, Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Oceans | 20 December 2023

10 positive advances for the environment in Latin America in 2023

As we close 2023, let’s celebrate the agreements, decisions, and milestones that give us hope as we continue to defend the planet and all the creatures that call it home.read more

Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Mining | 13 November 2023

"Water is worth more than lithium": Resistance against an unjust energy transition

The social resistance to constitutional reform in Jujuy is also resistance to a global trend that seeks the permanence of extractivist models that violate human rights.read more

Climate Change, Human Rights | 10 November 2023

What makes a litigation a climate litigation?

National and international law is strengthened by the use of climate litigation and it is important to keep it alive and growing.read more

| 8 November 2023

Session 3 of the 2023 GCF Watch International Webinar Series

The session was focused on key topics around the GCF, such as engaging with the GCF at the country level and the GCF's Gender and Indigenous Peoples policies.read more

Female farmers in Palacode, Tamil Nadu, India

Climate Change, Human Rights | 11 October 2023

Session 2 of the 2023 GCF Watch International Webinar Series

The session centered around the monitoring of the implementation of GCF approved projects, carried out by different civil society organizations throughout the world.read more

Capacity Building, Climate Change, Human Rights | 13 September 2023

Session 1 of the 2023 GCF Watch International Webinar Series

We will talk about the Updated Strategic Plan, the second replenishment process, the GCF Watch Platform, and the work of the civil society observer network which follows on the GCF.read more

Desertic landscape in La Guajira, Colombia.

Climate Change, Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Mining | 12 September 2023

Expanding coal mining in Colombia contravenes a just energy transition

Combating and addressing the climate crisis requires progress in replacing fossil fuels, as well as slowing down the expansion of their extraction and exploitation.read more

Human Rights, Mining, Toxic Pollution | 28 August 2023

Voices seeking justice for the community of La Oroya

The situation of the community of La Oroya in Peru, affected by decades of toxic pollution and the lack of effective government action to combat it, is not an exception in Latin America.read more

Woman and horse in the mountains of Peru

Climate Change, Human Rights | 25 August 2023

Climate finance and a gender perspective: two concepts that must be intertwined

Including a gender perspective in climate action is therefore both fair and desirable for more effective and beneficial outcomes. If they are excluded, women lose, and we all lose.read more

Climate Change, Human Rights | 7 August 2023

Climate Litigation Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean: The road traveled

We invite you to learn about and use the Platform to enter the world of climate litigation, which represents a great opportunity in the fight for climate justice and the protection of human rights.read more