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...
Complaints cite grave violations of Indigenous Rights violations and escalating environmental harm
Wet’suwet’en First Nation hereditary leaders filed a formal complaint against the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for financing LNG Canada, a massive fossil gas project that depends on a pipeline built without their consent, on their unceded land. Despite these violations,...
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...
Keir Starmer has inherited a controversial decision from Boris Johnson’s government. The UK Prime Minister must decide whether USD $1.5 billion of UK taxpayer support should be used to enable one of the most controversial infrastructure projects of modern times:...
“What we found was crystal clear – any further investment in LNG is not compatible with a livable climate,” says Andres Chang, Senior Research Specialist at Greenpeace USA and lead author of the report."
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...
Congress has betrayed the working people of this country.
Congo's vital rainforest and peatlands are to face destruction from 52 new oil blocks. This plunder is likely to fuel conflict and displacement, enriching Big Oil Companies and complicit leaders. The DRC cannot be a sacrifice zone. We need to...
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.
