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Withdrawing United States from Paris Agreement is Reckless and Short-Sighted

Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement will cause harm to communities across the globe.

January 20, 2025

23 November 2024, Azerbaijan, Baku: Climate activists demonstrate on the grounds of the UN climate summit COP29. Photo: Torsten Holtz/dpa (Photo by Torsten Holtz/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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On Human Rights, COP29 was Doomed from the Start

Without adequate protections for civil society organizations and human rights defenders at COP29, key voices were left out of the…

December 12, 2024

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COP29: Finance Target Is a Blueprint for Deepening Inequalities and Violating Human Rights

The derisory new climate finance target agreed at the close of COP29 in Azerbaijan will put the human rights of…

November 26, 2024

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COP29: Climate Negotiation Drafts Are an Affront to Human Rights

Amnesty reiterates our call for high-income countries to commit to provide at least USD 1 trillion in grant-equivalent finance per…

November 21, 2024

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Global: Alarming Footage Reinforces Dangers of Hosting COP29 in a Country with Close Links to Fossil Fuel Companies

Just as we saw with the UAE last year, the event’s hosts have an agenda that is at serious odds…

November 8, 2024

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COP29: Leaders Must Commit to Fair Climate Financing and Fully Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

The global climate crisis represents the single greatest threat to humanity. If we do not take bold, decisive and collective…

November 7, 2024

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COP29: What You Need to Know About the Global Climate Summit

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opens next week in Baku, Azerbaijan. Here's what you need to know.

November 4, 2024

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Africa: Richer Countries Must Commit To Pay At COP29 As Climate Change Forcibly Displaces Millions Across Africa

It’s time for the countries who caused all this devastation to pay up so African people can adapt to the…

November 4, 2024

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Pakistan: Flood Survivors in Sindh Province Suffer Disease and Food Insecurity Amid Government Inaction - New Testimony

Climate change is not a tentative threat; lives are being lost today to global inaction and inadequate humanitarian response.

October 31, 2024

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COP16: States Must Reinforce Human Rights Protections in Global Biodiversity Framework

The Global Biodiversity Framework includes many human rights safeguards, but it will only prove effective if states agree on a…

October 17, 2024

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Recharge for Rights: Ranking the Human Rights Due Diligence Reporting of Leading Electric Vehicle Makers

This Amnesty International report assesses electric vehicle makers that aren’t meeting international human rights standards or putting policies into action.

October 14, 2024

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COP29: States Must Press Azerbaijani Authorities to End Assault on Civil Society

Azerbaijan is hosting an international conference on climate justice while actively undermining the main pillars of climate activism – repressing…

October 8, 2024