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‘Disturbing’ rise in just transition lawsuits threatens to derail energy transition

‘Disturbing’ rise in just transition lawsuits threatens to derail energy transition

Mining bauxite is a lucrative industry in Jamaica, as is refining it into aluminium. Demand for the light, flexible metal has grown to satisfy an insatiable global demand for everything from aircraft and building materials to technologies essential for a transition to clean energy such as solar panels, wind turbines

Right to a healthy environment plays ‘key role’ in safeguarding climate

Right to a healthy environment plays ‘key role’ in safeguarding climate

I first heard of David R Boyd as the Optimistic Environmentalist, a book I was gifted by my father at a particularly low point where I needed to hear from someone who was honest about the environmental crises the world faces but sought to celebrate the victories along the way

Inglorious bustards: How an endangered bird could reshape climate justice in India

Inglorious bustards: How an endangered bird could reshape climate justice in India

The Great Indian Bustard is an unassuming bird despite its size, dressing like a dowdy office worker and holding its long neck with a permanently alert-looking tilt. It once roamed across most of north-western and west-central India, but is now critically endangered and can only be found in the states

States urge Inter-American Court to address climate compensation during landmark hearing

States urge Inter-American Court to address climate compensation during landmark hearing

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has been asked to clearly address the issue of compensation in order to avoid issuing a “rich person’s” charter on climate change. During the start of a landmark hearing yesterday at the University of the West Indies, near Barbados’ capital of Bridgetown, a

'The exoticised narrative takes away from the truth': Leghari nine years on

'The exoticised narrative takes away from the truth': Leghari nine years on

Asghar Leghari’s family owns a 500-acre farm that grows sugarcane, mangos and other crops in the Rahim Yar Khan district of Pakistan’s Punjab province. Sugarcane is a thirsty crop, and the area is already water scarce, so rising temperatures and increasingly unpredictable rainfall - as well as illegal

How money laundering rules could be used to tackle deforestation

How money laundering rules could be used to tackle deforestation

I spent the last month binging on money laundering TV to research this feature. I ran away to Ozark, took a spin in the Laundromat and watched aghast at the excellent and terrifying documentary Dirty Money. But nothing prepared me to write about money laundering in relation to environmental destruction,

The unique character of African climate litigation

The unique character of African climate litigation

Jonah Gbemre and his family have farmed and fished in Delta State, Nigeria, for generations. It is also where Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary (SPDC) has long been extracting oil and burning off the methane by-products, a practice known as flaring. In 2005, acting for himself and on behalf of his