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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, 2020Five 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, 2020Taking 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, 2020Despite 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, 2020Oil 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, 2020Global 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, 2020Second revised draft of UN binding treaty has “lost its soul”
The member organisations of the Global Campaign to Reclaim People's Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity take note...
02 September, 2020Stop all trade and investment treaty negotiations during COVID-19 crisis and focus on access to medical supplies and saving lives
Dear World Trade Organization Members, A new coronavirus has caused a COVID-19 pandemic that has spread across nearly all...
21 April, 2020Dutch court opens Shell climate case to public showdown
AMSTERDAM, 8 April 2020 — The spotlight will now be firmly on the Shell climate case, instigated by Friends of the...
08 April, 2020