Travel restrictions allowed illegal deforestation to flourish in Indonesia – and government plans to cut environmental protections raise fears for the future
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Judges ruled the government’s national mitigation plan fell “well short” of what was needed to meet Ireland’s climate commitments, ordering a more ambitious strategy
While chronic drought and poor governance leave millions of Zimbabweans hungry, the women of Rumwanjiva can grow their own vegetables
Emboldened by a promised amnesty on land seizures, cattle ranchers are felling brazil nut trees, edging out families who have harvested them for generations
Sponsored content: A legal empowerment network is training ‘barefoot lawyers’ to stand up for human rights amid the coronavirus pandemic and climate crisis
Indigenous inhabitants of the region with the largest deposits of niobium in the world claim the right to decide what is done with the metal
As Brazil’s second-biggest trade partner, the EU should condemn President Bolsonaro’s assault on environmental protections and indigenous rights
As a non-white activist, I was excluded from Greenpeace publicity. This was not an isolated incident and the movement needs to change
Sponsored content: Nature-based solutions have huge potential to help communities cope with the impacts of climate change
Coronavirus, Black Lives Matter and a Chevron slip-up highlight how environmentalism has failed black communities – calling for new models of activism
Observers called for transparency and inclusion to be maintained at talks in Bonn, provisionally planned for October, when physical distancing measures could apply
Sponsored content: Thank You for the Rain, a film about a Kenyan farmer’s struggle, has helped to catalyse change nationally and internationally
Uniper is using a controversial investor dispute system to claim up to €1 billion compensation for being forced to close a coal power station early
Campaigners ask government to explain relief for coal plant manufacturer Doosan Heavy Industries, contrary to its promise to end coal financing
President Jair Bolsonaro’s opening up of the Brazilian rainforest to logging and mining makes its people vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic, experts warn
No longer able to take to the streets, activists are upping their digital game and making common cause with social justice campaigners
After losing at two lower courts, campaigners are taking the fight to ban new oil exploration licences to the top, where it will be heard by all 19 justices
Grassroots climate movements are building the resilience and self-determination of communities, making them better equipped to handle the crisis
Ethiopia wants $900 million riverside project to be a model of green development – yet one resident says shelters were demolished ‘without warning’