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Business interests have hijacked the UN food systems summit
The United Nations agencies are warning that 270 million more people – over four times the UK population –...
24 March, 2021
13 years is too long for victims of Shell’s oil spills to wait for justice.
On Friday 29th January 2021, justice prevailed for the people of the oil-soaked Niger Delta. After a thirteen-year struggle...
11 February, 2021
Shell awaits judgement as historic climate case hearings conclude in the Hague.
AMSTERDAM, 17 December 2020 - The business model of one of the world's biggest oil companies, Shell, hangs in...
17 December, 2020
Five years on, the Paris Agreement is a reminder that the root causes of the climate crisis remain unaddressed.
12 December 2020 marks the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, in which 197 countries agreed...
11 December, 2020
Taking Shell to court: groundbreaking Dutch climate litigation case begins.
AMSTERDAM, 30 November 2020 - The groundbreaking Dutch climate case against Shell reaches the courtroom this December, with public...
30 November, 2020
Despite COVID19 limitations, civil society drives momentum for historic UN binding treaty.
The sixth round of negotiations of the United Nations (UN) Open Ended Inter-governmental Working Group (OEIGWG) mandated to elaborate...
04 November, 2020
Oil company Total back in Court for human rights violations in Uganda
On Wednesday 28 October, 10:30 am, the appeal hearing against oil giant Total will start in Versailles Court of...
27 October, 2020
‘Junk agroecology’: How corporations are co-opting peoples’ solutions to the food crisis
A new report launched today exposes how agribusiness corporations like Nestle, Cargill, Unilever and Pepsico, together with the World...
13 October, 2020
Global coalition releases liability roadmap for governments to Make Big Polluters Pay
WORLDWIDE – Today, a global coalition released a “liability roadmap”: a first-of-its-kind tool outlining how local to global decision...
15 September, 2020
