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Waters of March: Action for rivers in the Philippines

Waters of March: Action for rivers in the Philippines

The Philippines has 421 principal rivers spread across 119 proclaimed watersheds. Aside from providing water to drink for 110 million Filipinos, these are also the source of irrigation for almost a million hectares of agricultural lands across the nation, and a...

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NEW REPORT: Building on what works

NEW REPORT: Building on what works

A new report has found that PNG can both improve energy access while also meeting its commitments to the Paris Climate Agreement to reduce carbon emissions in the energy sector. Building on What Works, a collaboration between Papua New Guinean environmental group...

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Four Indonesians file climate litigation against Holcim

Four Indonesians file climate litigation against Holcim

Swiss Church Aid HEKS/EPER, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and Friends of the Earth Indonesia (WALHI) are supporting the climate litigation against Holcim initiated by the people on the island of Pari with the campaign Call for Climate...

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What’s at stake at the CBD COP15

What’s at stake at the CBD COP15

The second part of the United Nations (UN) Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) will begin from 07 December 2022 until 19 December 2022 to negotiate and finalise the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (post-2020 GBF) that...

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Reflections on COP27

Reflections on COP27

For the first time since the start of the United Nations climate negotiations, a victory in the form of the creation of a loss and damage fund was won. This fund, decades in the making, has long been the call of grassroots movements everywhere, who demand the creation...

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Solidarity with the People of Palestine

Solidarity with the People of Palestine

On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Friends of Earth Asia Pacific reminds the Member States of the United Nations that they have a moral and legal obligation to implement the recognition of Palestine as an independent state and end the...

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Climate activists demand end to public finance for fossil fuels

Climate activists demand end to public finance for fossil fuels

Activists speak out against harm caused by Japanese-financed fossil fuel projects at the COP27 summit. November 9, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt — A global coalition of civil society groups organised a demonstration at the COP27 climate negotiations in Egypt on “Finance Day”...

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