ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

FAIRER ECONOMIES, GREENER SOCIETIES

COP27: too little, too late

Summit takes first step to make rich states pay for climate harm – but does little to stop them causing further damage

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

The Energy Charter Treaty: a barrier to climate action

European states must withdraw from rather than revise treaty that protects fossil fuel companies from environmental policy

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

The COP27 challenge: demanding climate action in a repressive state

Egypt’s hosting of summit will subdue civil society voices just when they are most needed

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Lebanon: people take on the banks

Driven to desperation by government failure, depositors resort to extreme measures to recover their money

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Court action for climate justice: a growing movement

Climate activists score breakthrough victories in holding states and companies to account

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Indonesia: fuel price protests at high-handed government

Country the latest in global wave of economic protests

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

UN: right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment recognised

Landmark resolution must now be followed by action

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Ocean Treaty: unfinished business

States need to get back to the negotiating table and commit to protect the world’s oceans

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Pakistan: the lethal impacts of climate change

Response to catastrophic floods hindered by political short-sightedness, state ineffectiveness and insufficient global funding

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Panama: after protests, will the government keep its promises?

Soaring costs have further fuelled anger at corruption and poor public services

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

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