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Today, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a special address on climate action, saying that “countries that cling to fossil fuels are not protecting their economies – they are sabotaging them”.
Complaints cite grave violations of Indigenous Rights violations and escalating environmental harm
The UK government decision on financing disastrous TotalEnergies-led project is believed to be imminent. The project needs UK financing to go ahead, but the project is mired in allegations of human rights abuses, corruption allegations and the linked death of a UK citizen.
“Failing the ‘Climate Test’: LNG Projects Awaiting Final Investment Decision Do Not Stand Up to U.S. Government Analysis” shows that U.S. LNG export projects displace renewable energy and drive up emissions – making them incompatible with a liveable climate.
Oil Change International welcomes the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ historic court decision on States’ obligations regarding the climate emergency and human rights. This landmark legal interpretation reinforces what science, communities, and international law have long made clear: the climate crisis is a human rights issue.
Congress has betrayed the working people of this country.
Amid a record heat wave and the worst-ever debt crisis, rich countries have blocked urgent reforms at the once-a-decade 4th Financing for Development conference (FfD4) in Seville, Spain.
We are witnessing an historic and dangerous escalation in the UK Government’s attack on the right to protest. Oil Change International urges the UK Government to stop their draconian efforts to designate Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. Peaceful protest is not terrorism, it is fundamental to democracy.
The U.S. Senate just passed a reconciliation bill that eliminates environmental protections, takes a sledgehammer to the rapidly growing clean energy economy, and distributes major giveaways to Big Oil and other corporate polluters.
It is imperative that States heed the recommendations of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies (HRTBs) as part of a rights-based approach to climate governance and fossil fuels phaseout.
