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Climate Change, Human Rights, Oceans, Toxic Pollution | 24 October 2024

To defend the ocean's biodiversity is to defend human well-being

Statement by civil society organizations at COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).read more

Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Mining | 16 October 2024

COP16: To conserve biodiversity, governments must respect indigenous and local knowledge

The energy transition model of the global north implies irreversible impacts for the Andean wetlands and the communities that inhabit them, whose territories overlap with lithium reserves.read more

Capacity Building, Climate Change, Human Rights | 9 October 2024

Session 1 of the 2024 GCF Watch International Webinar Series

Relevant CSO representatives discussed the architecture of financial mechanisms under the UNFCCC, with the GCF at the center, exploring the opportunities for civil society engagement in each.read more

Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Mining | 24 September 2024

AIDA petitions Argentine court for protection of human rights in lithium mining case

We ask the Court of Justice of Catamarca to cancel the permits for two mining projects to avoid irreversible environmental impacts on the territory of the Salar del Hombre Muerto.read more

Human Rights, Indigenous Rights | 28 August 2024

Organisations demand justice in criminalization case against Rigoberto Juárez, ancestral authority and environmental and human rights defender of Guatemala

We request judicial authorities to make a decision that takes into account the specific guarantees of Rigoberto Juárez as an ancestral authority and as an environmental and human rights defender.read more

Climate Change, Human Rights | 20 August 2024

The Manaus Declaration on Human Rights in the Climate Emergency

An urgent call for the adoption of minimum standards of human rights protection in the context of the climate emergency.read more

Climate Change, Human Rights | 20 August 2024

Declaration of Manaus urges the Inter-American Court to clarify State obligations in climate emergency

The declaration calls on the Court to articulate, in its forthcoming Advisory Opinion, minimum standards for respecting and protecting human rights in the context of the climate crisis.read more

Climate Change, Human Rights | 24 July 2024

Let's talk about NDCs, countries' commitments to the climate crisis

Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) are the plans developed by each country to address the climate crisis under the Paris Agreement.read more

Climate Change, Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Mining, Public Participation | 18 July 2024

The Amazon: The complexities and challenges of its protection

An assessment of the eleventh version of the Pan-Amazonian Social Forum regarding the main agreements, the gaps for their implementation and what is missing to guarantee the protection of the Amazon.read more

Climate Change, Human Rights | 11 July 2024

Communities bring their voice on the climate crisis before the Inter-American Court

The convening of the peoples of the Americas to prepare for the Court's Advisory Opinion on climate emergency and human rights is above all a bet on hope.read more

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