Climate & Environment
The Court Has Spoken, and the Assembly Has Answered
On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution affirming the International Court of Justice’s landmark July 2025 advisory opinion, which found that states…
The Heat Is On
In 2025, heatwaves pushed temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius across large parts of the region, including a record 52.7 degrees in Mexico. Brazil and Paraguay…
Financing Climate Action: Justice and the Defossilisation Imperative
Fair, defossilised finance frameworks will be essential to deliver an equitable transition and protect economic and social rights worldwide.
South Africa’s Energy Shift Is as Much About Inequality as It Is About Emissions
Progress is being made. The Commission’s Just Transition Framework is guiding a decentralisation of the energy system, a scaling-up of renewables, vocational preparation of workers…
Gas Or Firewood/Poverty in Rohingya Camps
American funding cuts, accelerating through 2025 and deepening in 2026, have reversed much of that progress. UNHCR’s $255 million appeal for the Rohingya response is…
The Human Rights Case for a Fair Energy Transition
Amnesty International tells COP30 that the moral weight of the climate crisis cannot be separated from who caused it and who is suffering from it.
Oil and the Rule of Law
The Inter‑American Court found that extraction in adjacent blocks increases risks of contact, disease, displacement, and cultural extinction for the Tagaeri and Taromenane, and it…
A Looming Environmental Catastrophe
The ramifications of environmental damage extend far beyond national borders, placing immense strain on global health and collective efforts to protect our planet’s ecological integrity.
Indonesia, West Java Landslide, Search Continues
Local authorities ordered evacuations in known landslide-prone areas; ongoing rainfall complicates access and threatens further slope failures. The event is part of an increasingly frequent…
Mozambique, Flooding, and Imminent Dam Risk
The United Kingdom dispatched search-and-rescue teams on Tuesday and Thursday to support Mozambican authorities, underscoring an international response to a fast-moving humanitarian emergency.
United States, Winter Storm, Transport Paralysis and Federal Emergency Declarations
President Donald Trump approved federal emergency disaster declarations for 12 states: South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana and…
Human Rights, Floods, and the Erosion of Basic Services in Africa
Ongoing assessments aim to quantify infrastructure damage and humanitarian need; the disruptions threaten education, health access, and conservation, compounding existing vulnerabilities.
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