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Germany: Protests at Village Razing for Coal Mine |
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By :Associate Press |
| 09 January 2023 |
Climate activists dig in to defend German village from coal mine
“(We) will fight for every tree, for every house, for every meter in this village,” said Luka Scott, a spokesperson for the alliance of groups organizing protests.
Climate activists pledged Sunday to defend a tiny village in western Germany from being bulldozed for
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Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism |
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By :Al Haq |
| 29 November 2022 |
Landmark Palestinian Coalition Report: Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism
On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November 2022, Al-Haq launched its inaugural coalition report titled: Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism. It reflects the collaborative efforts of civil society and academic authors Rania Muhareb,
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Protest against TotalEnergies Displacements |
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By :Julius Barigaba The East African |
| 25 September 2022 |
TotalEnergies walks a tightrope as fresh hurdles threaten to delay pipeline project
International oil major TotalEnergies will on October 10 answer to charges of environmental and human rights abuse before the European Union parliament in Brussels in a new threat to the actualisation of its East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop)
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Earth Day Workshop: Green Transition in Sudan |
| 24 April 2022 |
The challenges of the green transition in Sudan Who should fill the gap and how? Public workshop on the occasion of Earth Day 2022, in cooperation between Housing and Land Rights Network – Habitat International Coalition and GoGreen Sudan. Sudan is going through difficult transitional conditions,
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What`s Missing in Green Policies for Durban |
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By :Richard Meissner, The Conversation |
| 21 April 2022 |
Green policies are in place for South Africa’s major port city: but a key piece is missing
The floods of April 2022 in the South African city of Durban (eThekwini municipality) placed the spotlight on the management of urban areas and their vulnerability to natural disasters. That homes had been built close to rivers
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World Bank Spring Mtgs: Billions for Fossil Fuels |
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By :Urgewald |
| 18 April 2022 |
The World Bank Drives Billions into Fossil Fuel Investments
The 2022 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) will take place from Monday, April 18, through Sunday, April 24. Most of the events, including the public events, invitation-only events, civil society organization engagements, and
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IPCC: ‘Now or Never’ to Avoid Climate Disaster |
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By :Aljazeera |
| 04 April 2022 |
Climate scientists from 195 countries have warned that actions to avoid climate catastrophe have been too little and too late. This failure is the subject of two reports from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) over the past eight month. A new, third report presents what we can
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HIC-HLRN Statement on Ukraine War |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 19 March 2022 |
Habitat International Coalition (HIC) and its Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) condemn forced evictions as a gross violation of the human right to adequate housing in every context. In the case of Russian Federation forces’ invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine, millions of civilians stand as a frontline
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Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara |
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By :WSUSA and HIC-HLRN |
| 16 March 2022 |
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Ecuador Court: FPIC for Indigenous Groups |
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By :Catrin Einhorn, The New York Times |
| 04 February 2022 |
Consistent with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, Ecuador’s Supreme Court recognizes indigenous peoples’ right to free, prior and informed consent—Ed.
Ecuador Court Gives Indigenous Groups a Boost in Mining and Drilling Disputes
The ruling, which requires the government to seek consent for new projects, could put the
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