Amnesty International welcomes the Advisory Committee’s report on the impact of new technologies intended for climate protection on the enjoyment of human rights and notes in particular its findings that: • such technologies risk delaying the rapid end to fossil fuel production and use that we need...

Six young people from Portugal will present a landmark case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) tomorrow, 27 September, arguing that countries are breaching their human rights by failing to do enough to protect them from climate change. If they are successful, the 27 EU member states,...

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In this oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Amnesty International comment on the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances...

Participants will learn about Uncle Pabai and Uncle Paul, two community leaders from the Torres Strait Islands in Australia. They are fighting against the impacts of climate change on their livelihood, community and culture and the failure of the Australian government to reduce greenhouse gas...

In this joint submission to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Amnesty International and 25 other NGOs demonstrate the important interlinkages between climate action and human rights, and especially how the first Global Stocktake has an important role in enhancing and strengthening the...

Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to submit comments on the first full draft of the Ministerial Declaration of the Sixth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 26 February to 1 March 2024.

Millions of people at protests and events being held worldwide in coming days will call for a halt to the use of fossil fuels, echoing Amnesty International’s view that this is essential to try and prevent the climate catastrophe from escalating. Amnesty International is supporting several of the...

Over 200 civil society organizations from around the globe have signed a joint open letter calling on all governments attending the annual global conference on climate change, which is being held in Dubai this year, to address the UAE’s human rights record and destructive policies on climate change

World leaders attending the G20 summit in New Delhi which starts tomorrow must substantially increase international assistance and provide debt relief to vulnerable states to help deliver urgently needed climate justice and avoid a potentially catastrophic failure to safeguard human rights, Amnesty...

Reacting to a report today from the World Meteorological Organization, which shows that the increased frequency and intensity of heatwaves are significantly lowering air quality worldwide, threatening people’s health and their right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, Ann Harrison,...