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T’boli-Manobo community leapfrogs to renewable energy

T’boli-Manobo community leapfrogs to renewable energy

The climate crisis requires the overhauling of the world’s energy systems. Poor countries like the Philippines, which have the least responsibility for the crisis but will bear the brunt of its impacts, are nevertheless enjoined if obligated to transform their energy...

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Rest in Power Vimal Bhai

Rest in Power Vimal Bhai

'Adieu to a True Friend of The Earth' On 15 August 2022, Vimal Bhai, a leading environment and peace activist in India who worked with marginalised communities and fought to protect the environment, sadly passed away.  Vimalbhai's early days with the environmental...

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New Video: Food Sovereignty: Growing Good Food

New Video: Food Sovereignty: Growing Good Food

On the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, LRC shines a light on how indigenous practices can fix the broken food system. Large-scale agriculture is responsible for leveling many of the country’s forests. LRC believes that a food sovereignty framework...

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“Draining the Ocean, Drowning the Ocean People”

“Draining the Ocean, Drowning the Ocean People”

Friends of the Earth India - PRESS RELEASE  Day two of the Conference of Ocean People (C-OP) to counter the UNOC 2022. The Second day of the Conference of the Ocean People (C-OP) delved deeper on the issues of the Blue Economy, Corporatisation of the Ocean and the...

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“We are the ocean. We are the ocean people”

“We are the ocean. We are the ocean people”

Friends of the Earth India - PRESS RELEASE Day one of the Conference of Ocean People (C-OP) to counter the UNOC 2022. The Conference of the Ocean People (C-OP) commenced on 26th June 2022 brought forward  the diverse historical claims/testimonies uniting the ocean...

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Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework underway

Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework underway

Between 21 and 26 June 2022, the United Nations (UN) Open Ended Working Group 4 (OEWG4) is meeting in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss the draft of a new framework for biodiversity under the the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). More than 1300 registered participants...

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Climb for climate justice

Climb for climate justice

On May 16, 2022, Bishnu Bhusal, at 62 years of age, became the first lawyer to climb Mount Everest, raising his voice for environmental justice, on the same day as Buddha Jayanti, the most sacred day on the Buddhist calendar.  Advocate Bhusal set out on April 15 to...

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