April 25
South Africa: Global - Loss and Damage Fund for Climate Change Must Not Restrict the Role of Civil Society
Speaking ahead of the inaugural board meeting of the new international Loss and Damage Fund for climate change next week, Amnesty International's Climate Advisor Ann Harrison said: Read more »
December 13, 2023
Africa: COP28 Agreement to Move Away From Fossil Fuels Sets Precedent but Falls Short of Safeguarding Human Rights
COP28 in Dubai has agreed on the need to move away from fossil fuels for the first time, at the end of a climate summit marred by restrictions on civil society, and the United Arab… Read more »
December 08, 2023
Africa: COP28 - Governments Must Urgently Phase Out Fossil Fuels and Take Rapid Action to Ensure Right to Water in Mena
Governments taking part in COP28, including the fossil-fuel producing conference host, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), must take concrete and bold steps to avert the worst harms of… Read more »
December 05, 2023
Africa: COP28 - Record Number of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists At Critical Climate Talks 'Warped'
Lobbyists working on behalf of the fossil fuel industry at COP28 rises to at least 2,456, compared to 636 at last year's summit Read more »
November 29, 2023
Africa: Leaders' Unified Voice At COP28 Must Prioritise Human Rights and Climate Justice - Amnesty International
African leaders attending this year's Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UNFCCC must avoid mistakes made during the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, where leaders adopted the… Read more »
November 27, 2023
Africa: COP28 - President Using Summit to Arrange Oil Deals Proves 'Fox Is Guarding Hen House'
Reacting to a BBC report that Sultan Al Jaber, the president-designate of COP28, who is also the chief executive of the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), was briefed to… Read more »
November 08, 2023
Africa: Global - Fossil Fuel Production Will Be Double the Level Needed to Limit Global Warming to 1.5°c
Reacting to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report today, showing that production of fossil fuels by 2030 will be more than double the limit required to keep global… Read more »
August 16, 2023
Africa: Ruling in Favour of Activists in US Climate Lawsuit Sets Historic Human Rights-Based Precedent #AfricaClimateHope
Responding to a court ruling in favor of a group of young activists who accused officials in the US state of Montana of violating their rights under the state constitution to a… Read more »
July 20, 2023
Africa: Campaign for the Right to a Healthy Environment, Including Amnesty International, Wins Prestigious Human Rights Prize #AfricaClimateHope
Responding to the announcement that a global civil society and Indigenous peoples' coalition, which includes Amnesty International, has won the prestigious United Nations Human… Read more »
June 21, 2023
Africa: Global - Paris Finance Summit Must Deliver Urgent Assistance to States Struggling With Debt and Climate Crises
World leaders attending a summit in Paris tomorrow must ensure that wealthier nations commit to comprehensive debt relief for lower-income nations, including the cancellation of… Read more »
May 31, 2023
Gambia: Devastating Impact of Overfishing On Local Communities #AfricaClimateCrisis
The Gambian government must take all necessary steps to eliminate illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing (IUUF), combat overfishing, and increase the transparency of fishing… Read more »
March 20, 2023
Africa: IPCC Report Warning That Global Warming Will Exceed 1.5°C Limit Must Hasten Phasing Out of Fossil Fuels #AfricaClimateCrisis
An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report issued today, which warns that global warming this century is on course to exceed an agreed 1.5°C limit without… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Egypt: Statement of Solidarity With Human Rights Defenders, Climate Justice Advocates, and Persecuted Civil Society Organizations
We the undersigned organizations advocating for climate justice, understand the importance of peaceful dissent, participation, and advocacy to demand climate action and to ensure… Read more »
Africa: COP15 - Biodiversity Conference 'Fails' to Protect Indigenous People's Rights
COP15 aims to preserve biodiversity by calling on countries to commit to declaring 30% of the earth protected for conservation by 2030 Yet '30 x 30 agreement' falls short of… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Egypt: UAE - Egyptian-American Dissident At Risk of Torture After COP27 Criticism
Sherif Osman has been in detention in Dubai for more than a month and is at risk of multiple human rights violations if extradited to Egypt UAE, which will host COP28 next year,… Read more »
December 06, 2022
Africa: Biodiversity COP15, Montreal - Warning of 'Grave' Risk to Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Proposal to protect 30% of all land and sea must put Indigenous peoples' rights at its heart Read more »
February 02, 2021
South Sudan: Rampant Abusive Surveillance By NSS Instils Climate of Fear
South Sudan's National Security Service (NSS) is using abusive surveillance to terrorize journalists, activists and critics, leading to a climate of intense fear and… Read more »