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Hundreds of grassroots organisations to oppose the UN Food Systems Summit
Rome, Italy. 19 July 2021. Over 300 global civil society organisations of small-scale food producers, researchers and Indigenous Peoples'...
20 July, 2021New report details Big Polluters’ next Big Con
Amsterdam, 9 June 2021 – In the midst of virtual discussions of the UN climate treaty, a new report...
09 June, 2021“How we took on one of the world’s biggest polluters and won”
In a monumental victory for our planet and climate justice, a Dutch court has held a corporation liable for causing dangerous...
02 June, 2021Historic victory: judge forces Shell to drastically reduce CO2 emissions.
The Hague, 26 May 2021 - For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable...
26 May, 2021Business interests have hijacked the UN food systems summit
The United Nations agencies are warning that 270 million more people – over four times the UK population –...
24 March, 202113 years is too long for victims of Shell’s oil spills to wait for justice.
On Friday 29th January 2021, justice prevailed for the people of the oil-soaked Niger Delta. After a thirteen-year struggle...
11 February, 2021Organisations urge Biden Administration to do more on climate than merely rejoin Paris Agreement
President Joseph Biden is expected to take the United States back into the Paris Agreement on Inauguration day (20...
20 January, 2021Shell awaits judgement as historic climate case hearings conclude in the Hague.
AMSTERDAM, 17 December 2020 - The business model of one of the world's biggest oil companies, Shell, hangs in...
17 December, 2020Five years on, the Paris Agreement is a reminder that the root causes of the climate crisis remain unaddressed.
12 December 2020 marks the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, in which 197 countries agreed...
11 December, 2020