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Nations Must Act to Face Climate Crisis, Top Regional Court Says

An advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights also concluded that governments have special obligations to protect and support environmental defenders.

By Bob Berwyn, Katie Surma

 Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, secretary of the Inter-American Court Human Right, speaks during a presentation of the court’s advisory opinion on July 2 in San José, Costa Rica. Credit: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
People, many of them young, hold signs with messages like "Get Your Act Together," "Deliver Climate Finance" and "End Fossil Fuels."

‘Systematically Failed’: Civil Society’s Latest Attempt to Reform UN Climate Talks

By Ryan Krugman
Ecuador Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso speaks during the fourth session of the U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC4) on April 23 in Ottawa, Canada. Credit: Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images

Facing an Imminent Deadline, Nations Struggle to Agree on a Global Plastics Treaty 

By James Bruggers
Aymara activists opposed to mining operations in Peru's southeastern Puno region organized on May 31, 2011 for a wave of protests against the Canada-based Bear Creek Mining Corporation plans to open a silver mine in the area. Credit: Aizar Raldes/AFP via Getty Images

The International System That Pits Foreign Investors Against Indigenous Communities

By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
Members of the Kenya Red Cross asses an area affected by floods while looking for residents trapped in their homes following torrential rain in Kitengela on May 1. Credit: Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images

Loss and Damage Meeting Shows Signs of Giving Developing Countries a Bigger Voice and Easier Access to Aid

By Bob Berwyn
National Police officers remove climate activists from trees in Spain's Madrid Río Park. The environmental group Extinction Rebellion was protesting against tree felling that began in the park on Dec. 11, 2023. Credit: Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images

United Nations Official Says State Repression of Environmental Defenders Threatens Democracy and Human Rights

By Keerti Gopal, Bob Berwyn

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