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  • Ashley Thomson / Jan. 26, 2023

    Tackling global forest loss: What the US can do

    This year could see the US move to finally prioritize action on global deforestation. Trade and financial flows must be at the top of the to-do list

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  • Eduardo Mosqueda / Jan. 24, 2023

    Making good on promises: How Mexico can transform the lives of environmental defenders by implementing the Escazú Agreement

    After two years since the regional instrument entered into force in the Americas, the country continues to face enormous challenges as communities defend Mexico's land and environmental heritage

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  • Marina Comandulli & Marco Mantovani / Jan. 23, 2023

    Out with the old and in with the new: What Brazil’s new president means for forests and environmental defenders

    Newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sent a clear message about his commitment to increase environmental protections, fight deforestation and protect those who defend the environment

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  • Maxine Sackey / Jan. 23, 2023

    Berta Cáceres: New rules for banks could help stop defender killings

    Last year, the EU proposed a law that could stop companies profiting from projects linked to the repression and murder of environmental defenders

    Berta Caceras
  • Malina McLennan / Jan. 20, 2023

    New emissions data presented at Davos should be used to hold Big Oil to account

    In a presentation at the World Economic Forum, former US Vice President Al Gore claimed that the fossil fuel industry emits at least three times as many emissions as it says it does

    Al Gore at WEF Davos January 2023
  • Alexander Kirk / Jan. 16, 2023

    5 Reasons 2023 could be positive for the climate

    2023 is going to be a challenging year. But today we’re reflecting on some of the good news that 2023 might bring for the planet

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  • Veronica Oakeshott / Dec. 21, 2022

    Companies can’t just walk away from their polluting assets – they must remedy their destruction

    When companies simply sell damaging assets on, they are doing nothing to stop those practices from happening in future

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  • Shruti Suresh / Dec. 21, 2022

    Amplifying the voices of land and environmental defenders at COP27

    The climate crisis is a human rights crisis, yet there was strong pushback at COP27 to recognise a human rights approach to climate action

    Shruti at COP27 side event, 2022
  • Dec. 21, 2022

    Vietnam lands Just Energy Transition Partnership

    Vietnam lands just energy transition partnership

    Dang Dinh Bach
  • Henry Peck / Dec. 20, 2022

    Exposing social media platforms’ failures to protect their users

    Since March we’ve been testing the ability of social media companies to detect hate speech and misinformation, exposing stark differences in these platforms’ abilities to enforce their own policies

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