The UN Wants the World Court to Address Nations’ Climate Obligations. Here’s What Could Happen Next The rulings, while legally non-binding, could still carry significant moral and legal weight. A group of 18 climate-vulnerable nations are seeking an opinion from the “World Court,” with support from 117 other countries. By Katie Surma
A ‘Rights of Nature’ Fact-Finding Panel to Investigate Mexico’s Tren Maya Railroad for Possible Environmental Violations By Katie Surma
Nearly 200 Countries Approve a Biodiversity Accord Enshrining Human Rights and the ‘Rights of Nature’ By Katie Surma
Two Towns in Washington Take Steps Toward Recognizing the Rights of Southern Resident Orcas By Katie Surma
Celebrating Victories in Europe and South America, the Rights of Nature Movement Plots Strategy in a Time of ‘Crises’ By Katie Surma
Chilean Voters Reject a New Constitution That Would Have Provided Groundbreaking Protections for the Rights of Nature By Katie Surma
Two Lakes, Two Streams and a Marsh Filed a Lawsuit in Florida to Stop a Developer From Filling in Wetlands. A Judge Just Threw it Out of Court By Katie Surma
Fifty Years After the UN’s Stockholm Environment Conference, Leaders Struggle to Realize its Vision of ‘a Healthy Planet’ By Katie Surma
Indian Court Rules That Nature Has Legal Status on Par With Humans—and That Humans Are Required to Protect It By Katie Surma
Panama Enacts a Rights of Nature Law, Guaranteeing the Natural World’s ‘Right to Exist, Persist and Regenerate’ By Katie Surma
New Mexico Could Be the Fourth State to Add a Green Amendment to Its Constitution, But Time Is Short By Aydali Campa
In the Latest Rights of Nature Case, a Tribe Is Suing Seattle on Behalf of Salmon in the Skagit River By Katie Surma
Ecuador’s High Court Affirms Constitutional Protections for the Rights of Nature in a Landmark Decision By Katie Surma
Indigenous Women in Peru Seek to Turn the Tables on Big Oil, Asserting ‘Rights of Nature’ to Fight Epic Spills By Katie Surma