Environment
As the world urbanizes and industrializes, and as effects of climate change intensify, environmental crises will increasingly devastate the lives, health, and livelihoods of people around the globe. A lack of legal regulation and enforcement of industrial and artisanal mining, large-scale dams, deforestation, domestic water and sanitation systems, and heavily polluting industries can lead to host of human rights violations. Activists and ordinary citizens defending their rights to land and the environment may face intimidation, legal harassment and deadly violence. The primary victims of environmental harm are often impoverished and marginalized communities with limited opportunity to meaningfully participate in decision-making and public debate on environmental issues, and have little access to independent courts to achieve accountability and redress.
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A Dirty Investment
European Development Banks’ Link to Abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Palm Oil Industry
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News
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Brazil: Stop Harassing Environmental Defenders
Judicial Action by Environment Minister Threatens Free Speech
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Indonesia: New Law Hurts Workers, Indigenous Groups
Massive Omnibus Bill Passed With Little Public Consultation
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New US Bill Would Help People Working in Dangerous Heat
Increasing Temperatures Threaten Worker Safety
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Brazil: Amazon Fires Affect Health of Thousands
Bolsonaro Government Fuels Deforestation, Flouts Climate Commitments
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Yemen: Allow UN to Secure Oil Supertanker
Houthi Stonewalling Risks Environmental, Humanitarian Disaster
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Landmark Decision in Kenya Lead Pollution Case
Government to Pay US$12 Million in Compensation for Smelter Pollution
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United States Should Ban Use of Glyphosate on Food Crops
Bayer Agrees to US$10.9 Billion Settlement in Case Alleging Pesticide Caused Cancer
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