Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Climate & Environment

Living Planet Report

Global wildlife populations see an average decline of nearly 70% in just under 50 years.

13 October, 2022

Nigeria flooding

More than 300 people have been killed and at least 100,000 made homeless, according to the emergency services.

13 October, 2022

Environmentalists are killed in Mexico

Many activists keep working despite death threats.  

12 October, 2022

Mar Menor has the same legal rights as a person …

Mar Menor in southern Spain now has the same legal rights as a person.

10 October, 2022

UN/Heatwave report

Analysts project a 700 percent global increase in the number of urban poor people living in extreme heat conditions by the 2050s.

10 October, 2022

Sudan rains & floods

Sudan state of emergency has been declared.

29 August, 2022

Monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has asked for international help as rescuers struggled to evacuate thousands of marooned people from flood-hit areas.

28 August, 2022

Climate change hits Chad

Chad is one of the countries most affected by global climate change.

22 August, 2022

Drought affect the Rhine

Ships are forced to use smaller vessels or to split cargoes into multiple shipments.

15 August, 2022

US Congress has passed an unprecedented bill

The bill will authorise roughly $370 billion for energy and climate programs, which would be the biggest clean energy investment by the federal government in…

14 August, 2022

Climate change/Wildfires

Fires have broken out across Germany, exacerbated by the extremely hot weather seen on the continent in recent weeks.

3 August, 2022

Kenyans are looking for charcoal

Environmentalists are worried about illegal logging in protected forests.

1 August, 2022