ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

FAIRER ECONOMIES, GREENER SOCIETIES

The Escazú Agreement: from paper to reality?

Progress is being made, but several ratifications are missing and a long road to implementation lies ahead

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Tax justice: a civil society struggle

United Nations tax resolution offers crucial first step

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As difficult as it is necessary: the process towards a binding business and human rights treaty

Challenges mount as unofficial deadline for completion approaches

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Australia: still silencing the climate alarm

Government says it takes the climate crisis seriously but instead restricts the right to peaceful protest

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Global Biodiversity Framework: from words to action?

Major agreement to reverse ecosystem destruction now needs to be funded and implemented

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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

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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

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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

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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

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