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The EU has given in to pressure from the Trump Administration to buy $750 billion worth of oil, gas and other energy products from the U.S. over the next three years in exchange for tariff relief.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the world’s highest judicial body, delivered a historic advisory opinion on States’ legal obligations to address climate change. This landmark ruling provides more clarity on the duties of governments and major polluters – including fossil fuel producers – to prevent, mitigate, and remedy climate harms that disproportionately affect the most vulnerable communities worldwide.
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.
