Latin America

Human Rights | 15 December 2023

Right to a Healthy Environment Global Coalition awarded UN Human Rights Prize

The coalition is recognized for its vital role in advocating for the universal recognition of the right to a healthy environment by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in 2022.read more

Climate Change, Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Mining | 21 November 2023

The Alliance for the Andean Wetlands brings together organizations for the protection and conservation of wetlands

The alliance seeks to protect the water, biodiversity, territories and ways of life that depend on these ecosystems in Latin America, especially in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile.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

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

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

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, Indigenous Rights | 14 August 2023

Protecting Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park can bolster the global just energy transition

What the people of Ecuador decide in an August 20 referendum has the potential to slow oil exploitation in the Amazon and to generate a transformative impact at the national and international levels.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