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COP28: everything you need to know
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.
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Explainers and analysis on Palestine, taxing the super-rich and other global justice issues shaping our world.
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Taxing extreme wealth for fairer, greener societies
The UK government must join global efforts to coordinate wealth taxes and urgently tax those with more than £10 million in assets.
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Israel’s illegal settlements destroy Palestinian homes, lives and rights
Not only is this illegal, systematically violating the rights of the Palestinian people causes devastating harm.
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Global Green New Deal: 10 interventions to transform our world
The world is in crisis. Only a just transition to societies rooted in equality and harmony with our planet – through a Global Green New Deal – can ensure dignified lives for all.
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Why we must move beyond extraction
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.
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Climate-colonialism: Anglo American's mining expansion in Chile endangers millions
London-based mining company Anglo American claims to be a climate leader — yet its mining projects are devasting Global South communities and the environment.
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The call for climate reparations
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.
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From resistance to power: Building climate justice in Colombia
How will Colombia’s new Pacto Historico government, headed by Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez translate their radical climate justice platform into policy?
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We will never stop fighting for workers' rights
Decent work and a living wage are not only basic rights, but a key route out of poverty. Through organising, the collective voice of workers has won rights and decent work for millions of people.
Maricunga: Ecosystem threatened by lithium mining
The Maricunga salt flats, in the heart of Chile’s Atacama Desert, are under threat from lithium mega-mining. Communities fighting back are on the frontline of the fight for just transition and climate justice.
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A just transition is against trade rules – let’s change them
Tackling the climate crisis requires a radical transformation of our societies and economies, but our trade rules stand in the way.
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COP26: Demanding justice for the Global South
As the UK hosts the annual United Nations climate change summit, COP26 (31 October to 12 November), we ask what negotiations that deliver real climate justice would look like.
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Why November’s UN Climate Summit matters – and what you can do
As the UK hosts world leaders in Glasgow this November, we know that moving the dial from climate inaction towards climate justice will only be possible through our collective action.
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Why the world needs a Global Green New Deal
We face a clear choice: continue tweaking the same failing global systems, or reimagine the world where the principles of protecting people and the planet come first.
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Green technologies for people and planet
Climate justice, supply chains and mining-industry violence in Chile