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The Atacama Desert and the glacier under threat from mining. Photo: Delpixe

Green technologies for people and planet

Climate justice, supply chains and mining-industry violence in Chile

28 January 2021

Next storefront London. Credit: Pete Lynes

Next UK reports huge profits yet denies Sri Lankan garment workers their ‘bonus’

‘Bonus’ pays for basic necessities garment workers cannot afford with their poverty wages

07 January 2021

Sniper points a rifle at Palestinians at a protest. Credit: Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP / Getty Images

Defending the defenders

Standing with frontline communities struggling for justice

14 December 2020

Topshop/Topman store front. Credit: Sean Davis.

Multi-millionaire garment brand owners once again fail their workers

War on Want and Labour Behind the Label joint statement on Arcadia

11 December 2020

Women workers at a garment factory in Sri Lanka. Photo: ILO/M. Crozet CC 3.0

Garment workers on the frontline of the pandemic: outbreak in Sri Lanka

Over 1,000 Covid-19 cases at a Brandix factory in Sri Lanka

15 October 2020

An Indian family walking with masks on. Image: From BBC News Video https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-52776442

Indian workers protest draconian government measures which undermine their rights

Thousands face destitution and hunger as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic

22 May 2020

A screen at DAVOS reads: "World Economic Forum – Committed to improving the state of the world". Photo: U.S. Embassy Bern/ Eric Bridiers

Hypocrisy at the World Economic Forum 2020

Those gathered at Davos are the very people blocking ambitious climate action

21 January 2020

Campaigners at the UK– Africa Investment Summit in London 2020 with placards including "Say no to Empire 2.0", "Stop the new scramble for Africa", and "Justice for Marikana".

UK–Africa Investment Summit: put dignity of people first

Abahlali baseMjondolo statement and an open letter from UK civil society

20 January 2020

COP25: Final Declaration of the People's Summit 2019

The solutions to the crises are driven by the communities who defend their lands

20 December 2019

A power station emitting fumes.

Open Letter: Energy Charter Treaty

The ECT is incompatible with the Paris Climate Agreement, Just Transition policies, and the expected European Green Deal

09 December 2019

Kalikasan members march with signs saying "Mining plunder kills!" and "Stop the killings, stop large-scale mining". Photo: Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment.

Time for constructive engagement on UN Binding Treaty

Statement on UN Binding Treaty signed by 59 civil society organisations

14 October 2019

War on Want's Senior Programme's Officer Seb Munoz raises a fist at the front of a colourful Latin American contingent at a rally.

The crisis of inequality

The crisis of inequality can and will be overcome

11 April 2019