Green energy projects pose risks to Indigenous communities, including land grabbing and biodiversity loss. To ensure a just and equitable transition to renewables, climate justice and intersectionality must be central to a just transition.
Five Just Stop Oil campaigners have been handed record prison sentences of up to five years for planning disruptive protests in the UK.
Climate in film: Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood each address climate change differently, reflecting their unique cultural and societal contexts.
Elements of Human Mobility due to Climate Change (HMCC), such as migration and planned relocation, are increasingly being recognised as effective strategies for adaptation. Integration of HMCC into the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) will lead to a better understanding of this issue by developing quantifiable and measurable targets and indicators. HMCC can be integrated into GGA by including it as part of the iterative adaptation cycle, inviting The Taskforce on Displacement in consultations, understanding the inclusion of HMCC in existing NAPs and by broadening the scope of Adaptation Finance.
Extractivism refers to the processes, ideology, and effects of natural resource extraction. It tends to prioritise profit and economic growth.
The legal frameworks for climate-related litigation are strengthened by the ITLOS advisory opinion, which classifies greenhouse gases as marine pollutants. This decision enables Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to advocate for more stringent climate action and to access climate financing. The ruling underscores the pressing necessity for global collaboration to mitigate the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems, despite opposition from several State Parties.
Governments across the world are using harsh tactics like arbitrary arrests, excessive force, surveillance, and criminalization of protests to silence climate activists and environmental defenders. In democratic nations like France, Germany, the U.S. and India, climate protests are increasingly being met with aggressive police crackdowns, hefty fines, and the portrayal of activists as threats to public order and economic interests. Even in international climate conferences, climate activism is being met with negative responses, signaling concern to the global crackdown of eco-activism.
The once-a-decade conference sees Small Island Developing States (SIDS) meet to take stock of their development, and set goals for the next 10 years.
Developed countries contribute more to climate change but are disproportionately burdened by its impacts, and often have fewer resources to cope A Loss & Damage fund was agreed at COP28, but developed nations' failure to elect board members delays vital action for vulnerable communities. This neglect of commitments shows weak climate leadership, undermining justice for those most affected by climate change.
Green Colonialism urgently needs to be acknowledged and addressed to decolonise and de-Westernise climate change policies. Renewable energy and conservation policies around the world are curtailing and harming Indigenous land rights and communities. Climate policies need to be decolonised by addressing Green Colonialism and ensuring representation and collaboration of Indigenous Communities and the Global South.