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Occupied West Papua: A Green State Vision |
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By: Danny Chivers and Raki Ap, New internationalist |
| 04 November 2021 |
Research shows that when indigenous people have proper control of forests, biodiversity is much better protected. Danny Chivers speaks to Raki Ap about the case for supporting West Papuan statehood.
Unfortunately, West Papua does not have a seat at the table in the UN climate talks currently taking place in Glasgow, Scotland. That’s because it’s
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Occupation, Extraction Shrinking Dead Sea |
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By: Al-Haq |
| 04 November 2021 |
Shrinking Dead Sea, at the Collusion between Israel’s Intensive Exploitation, Corporate Extraction and Climate Change
This brief is part of a series on climate change, its adverse effects and the Israeli colonial-apartheid regime, published in the context of the UN Climate Change Conference CoP26.
On 1 November 2021, at the CoP26 in Glasgow, Palestinian Prime
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G20’s Mild Commitment on Coal |
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By: Boston University Global Development Policy Center |
| 31 October 2021 |
On 31 October 2021, the Group of 20 largest economies (G20) made a historic announcement by committing to end finance for coal-fired power plants overseas.
The G20 pledge caps a year of major sustainable finance pledges from national governments and their development finance institutions (DFIs) since the inaugural 2020 Finance in Common
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2021 Urban Planning and Housing Symposium |
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By: Francis Lungu, Zambia Daily Mail |
| 30 October 2021 |
Government to promote climate-resilient cities
LUSAKA—Government will not tolerate lawlessness in land allocation, but will promote smart and resilient cities to withstand shocks of changing climatic conditions.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Government Gary Nkombo says that disregard for the law with impunity as witnessed in recent years resulted in
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Canada: Mi`kmaw Stop Environmental Destruction |
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By: Haley Ryan, CBC News |
| 22 October 2021 |
Alton Gas project cancelled after years of opposition
`I think they finally just tapped,` says Mi`kmaw leader
After years of delays, court hearings and strong Mi`kmaw opposition, the Alton Gas project on the Shubenacadie River has been cancelled.
In a release Friday, Alton, a subsidiary of Calgary-based energy company AltaGas, said the project has received
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Conflict, Occupation, War amid Global Cease-fire |
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By: HIC-HLRN |
| 18 October 2021 |
HLRN has produced a new publication on the occasion of World Human Rights Habitat Day 2021 and the ensuing month of related activities. The study Conflict, Occupation and War disaggregates data from the HLRN Violation Database to focus on the gross violations of the human rights to adequate housing and
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India: Violent Eviction Drive in Assam |
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By: Niha Masih and Sadiq Naqvi, The Washington Post |
| 17 October 2021 |
Violent eviction drive in India’s Assam revives tensions over undocumented migrants
DHALPUR, India — Dozens of armed police officers surrounded the grove as tear gas filled the air. A young man wielding a long stick ran toward the officers. Within seconds, he was shot. They then beat him with sticks before
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Chile: Mapuches Retake Their Land |
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By: Associated Press |
| 12 October 2021 |
Chilean President Sebastian Piñera on Tuesday announced a state of emergency and deployed troops to two southern regions where clashes have broken out between Mapuche indigenous people and security forces.
The Mapuche are demanding the restoration of their ancestral lands and self-determination.
"We have decided to call a state of exception" in four provinces of the
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Key Messages on Human Rights and Climate Change |
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By: OHCHR |
| 08 October 2021 |
The Human Rights Council recognized this Friday, for the first time, that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right.
In resolution 48/13, the Council called on States around the world to work together, and with other partners, to implement this newly recognised right.
The text, proposed by Costa
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Humanitarian Crisis in Tigray |
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By: Inter Action |
| 08 October 2021 |
“For over 11 months, humanitarians have endeavored to provide life-saving assistance to the people of Tigray, Ethiopia, under extreme duress. 5.2 million people in the region are now in need of aid, with 400,000 living in man-made famine-like conditions. Recent reports state that as little as 10% of the needed humanitarian supplies
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UNHRC: `Environment is a Human Right` |
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By: HIC-HLRN |
| 08 October 2021 |
We can now authoritatively claim the human right to the environment, rather than only tentatively referring to “human rights and the environment,” or “the human rights dimensions of the environment.”
In its recent 48th session, the UN Human Rights Council has adopted milestone resolutions recognizing the human right to a safe
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UNHRC Creates Climate-change SR Mandate |
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By: HIC-HLRN |
| 08 October 2021 |
On 8 October, the Human Rights Council created a new mandate for a Special Rapporteur (SR) on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. The Council decided to appoint the new SR for a period of three years and requested its subsidiary Advisory Committee
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“Climate Justice IS a Human Right” |
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By: HIC President Adriana Allen |
| 04 October 2021 |
The following is the statement by HIC President Adriana Allen on the occasion of World Habitat Day, 4 October 2021.
Back in 2008, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted for the first time a resolution (Resolution 7/231) that explicitly recognised the implications of climate change for the fulfilment of human
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"Don`t Buy into Cross-border Crime" |
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By: a coalition of 25 organizations |
| 01 October 2021 |
672 European financial institutions have financial relationships with 50 companies actively involved in illegal Israeli settlements. A Belgian company, Solvay, is cited. BNP Paribas, for its part, is the largest European creditor of these companies. These are the conclusions of the Don’t buy into occupation report published by a coalition
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Corporate Retribution: Donziger Sentenced |
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By: Adam Klasfeldoct, Law & Crime |
| 01 October 2021 |
A ‘Two-by-four between the Eyes’: Judge Sentences Anti-Chevron Crusader to Jail Time — Just Days after U.N. Group Called for His Release
An environmental advocate who helped obtain a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron for oil drilling in Ecuador was sentenced to spend six months in jail after a federal judge
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EU Court Annuls Trade Deals in Occupied Sahara |
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By: WSRW |
| 29 September 2021 |
Today, the EU Court of Justice has struck a blow to the EU’s practice of applying trade and fisheries agreements with Morocco to occupied Western Sahara.
The press release from the Court today specifically states that Polisario is able to represent the Saharawi people before European courts.
The right of the Saharawi people to
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USA: Bill to Let HHS Halt Evictions |
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By: Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY |
| 29 September 2021 |
Lawmakers Cori Bush, Elizabeth Warren will introduce bill to give HHS power to impose eviction moratoriums
WASHINGTON –Liberal lawmakers will introduce legislation this week that would give the Department of Health and Human Services the authority to create federal eviction moratoriums – pushing back against a ruling by the Supreme Court that the agency does
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China`s Housing Conundrum |
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By: Kenneth Rogoff, Project Syndicate |
| 29 September 2021 |
The Chinese government may yet succeed in insulating the broader market from the financial crisis at real estate giant Evergrande. But the larger challenge is to rebalance an economy that has depended for far too long on the bloated housing market for jobs and growth.
CAMBRIDGE, UK—The impending bankruptcy of Chinese
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Donors Pledge Record $5bn to Protect Nature |
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By: Patrick Greenfield, The Guardian |
| 29 September 2021 |
Record $5bn donation to protect nature could herald new green era of giving
Philanthropists pledge to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030, as the planet’s health climbs the charity agenda
When their time comes, many of the richest people on Earth have committed to giving away the bulk of their fortunes. Education,
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Pogrom against Palestinian Village of Mufagara |
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By: Yuval Abraham and Basil al-Adraa, +972 magazine |
| 29 September 2021 |
Scenes from a Jewish pogrom
Dozens of masked Israeli settlers lead an organized assault on the Palestinian village of Mufagara, beating and stoning residents while wreaking havoc home by home.
“All of a sudden I heard glass shatter and then all the children screaming from the other room. I ran over there.
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