News and Analysis

Biodiversity is the foundation of life, yet our natural world is in crisis, with ecosystems collapsing as the climate crisis intensifies. Corporations push 'solutions' like carbon offsetting, which in reality allow them to keep polluting and profiting while destroying biodiversity. We need real solutions that keep carbon in the ground, conserve nature, and restore ecosystems.

To rebuild from austerity and tackle the climate crisis, the UK government must support an ambitious UN Tax Convention.

Rich Global North countries and corporations must pay their fair share to get us out of the climate crisis they did the most to cause.

Social justice activists and movement leaders from around the world gathered for a day of global solidarity, to turn crisis into justice.

We call for an end to the global reliance on fossil fuels, and a just transition to green energy systems at this year's UN climate summit.

A post-extractive approach understands that resources are finite and hold value beyond their monetary value, and that the process of extraction has costs far beyond the financial. Resource use must be justice-based, and prioritised raising living standards for the majority of people within planetary limits, rather than maximising profit for a few at any cost.

London-based mining company Anglo American claims to be a climate leader — yet its mining projects are devasting Global South communities and the environment.

It was the trade unions that won us the five-day week!

The UK and other rich industrialised Global North countries must take responsibility for fuelling the climate crisis by paying climate reparations to countries in the Global South.  

Rockhopper successfully sued Italy for £210 million over Italy’s law banning coastal oil drilling, using the ECT and ISDS.

How will Colombia’s new Pacto Historico government, headed by Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez translate their radical climate justice platform into policy?

Sri Lanka's severe political and financial crisis means millions are unable to afford food. This is a crisis driven by international debt.