Climate guardians under threat Published: 11 September 2023 Interview The peatlands of Africa's Cuvette Centrale in the Congo Basin store more carbon than the rainforest that overhangs it. But peat is only valuable as a carbon store if it remains water-saturated and untouched in the soil. An interview with Irene Wabiwa Betoko, International Project Leader, Congo Basin Forest of Greenpeace Africa.
A New Common Framework Toward Guaranteeing Sustainable Development Published: 3 May 2023 Report A new report from the DRGR project analyzes new data on the level and composition of public and private external sovereign debt for emerging markets and developing economies and how this relates to climate vulnerability. By Rebecca Ray and Luma Ramos
"Human rights should be the starting and the ending point" Published: 13 July 2022 Interview Emilia Reyes is an international advocate for women's rights and expert on gender responsive public policies and budgets and sustainable development, including comprehensive disaster risk management and climate change. She highlights the necessity of degrowth and the issues of our global neoliberal system. By Emilia Reyes
"An Education Based on Strengthening Dignity and Respect for Others Has Become Indispensable" Published: 6 July 2022 Interview Tarcila Rivera Zea from the Quechua-Chanka Nation of Peru has been an important indigenous activist and recognized defender of the rights of indigenous girls, women, youth and peoples for more than 40 years. She provides wisdom on how to educate young people to value Mother Earth. By Tarcila Rivera Zea
"Find a Way to Help your Community Using that Joy" Published: 6 July 2022 Interview Keya Chatterjee is the Executive Director of US Climate Action Network (USCAN) and author of the book The Zero Footprint Baby: How to Save the Planet While Raising a Healthy Baby. She lays out how to defend democracy and fight the climate crisis. By Keya Chatterjee
"We Need to Focus and Embrace our Similarities" Published: 6 July 2022 Interview Hilda Flavia Nakabuye is a Climate, Gender and Environmental Rights Activist, Public Speaker, Writer and Founder of Fridays For Future - Uganda. She exlains how climate justice necessarily means social justice. By Hilda Flavia Nakabuye
"Human rights and gender equality are key to making production sustainable" Published: 6 July 2022 Interview Anna Cavazzini has been a member a Member of the European Parliament for The Greens/EFA since 2019. She gives her thoughts on what needs to be done to secure a circular economy and a just transition. By Anna Cavazzini
“Net Gain” is a lose-lose for rights, gender justice and social equity in biodiversity policy Published: 17 March 2022 Recommendation A new policy paper by the Global Forest Coalition addresses offsets to biodiversity. It shows that offsets mostly do not contribute to biodiversity conservation and also have significant negative impacts on women and indigenous peoples.
War in Ukraine: The effects are dramatic Published: 31 March 2022 Interview How the war in Ukraine threatens global food security – an interview with Dr Martin Frick, head of the Berlin office of the UN World Food Programme (WFP). By Inka Dewitz
Net Zero Is Not Zero Published: 8 November 2021 Analysis Recent carbon-neutrality pledges may seem ambitious, but merely serve to promote a new set of false climate solutions under a different guise. Such pledges may persuade many people, but the climate isn’t buying it. By Linda Schneider and Maureen Santos