The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suspended its enforcement of environmental laws during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, signaling to companies they will not face any sanction for polluting the air or water of Americans. Polluters will be able to ignore environmental laws as long as they can claim in some way these violations were caused by […]
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Global Canopy Programme has a Forest 500 index which assesses the conduct and policy of 500 of the main “powerbrokers” in the global deforestation. This could be useful if you want to hold investors and financial institutions accountable for their connections with illegal deforestation.
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CIEL and the Rainforest Foundation have useful information on how to use the REDD+ complaints mechanism if you think REDD projects are negatively impacting your rights. This could be useful if there’s a REDD program impact the rights of people who live in forests.
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ClientEarth is a charity that uses the power of the law to protect the planet and the people who live on it. We are lawyers and environmental experts who are fighting against climate change and to protect nature and the environment. They use legal action to fight climate change, protect forests, oceans, rivers and other natural […]
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This provides information about your rights and what they mean in practice
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A helpful and practical guide from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office that gives tips and advice on how to access information from a public body. Though it is UK-focused, the principles are applicable more generally.
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A guide which explains tactics for demanding information held by UK public authorities. This is primarily intended for use by journalists, but it contains some useful tips which are of more general application.
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A suit was filed on 9 January 2018 in New York by the City of New York against a number of major oil companies. It seeks to hold them liable in respect of the cost of sea level rise/flood defences for the city, based on their conduct is causing or encouraging large scale emissions. This is not […]
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A UK-focused website resource by the Constitution Unit at University College London. Research, articles and surveys about the efficacy of FoI laws and procedures in the UK and internationally.
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LANDESA Rural Development Institute is a non-profit organisation that partners with governments, NGOs and local organisations to secure land rights for the world’s poorest families with a particular focus on women’s land rights. They do this by working side by side with governments and other organisations to strengthen land rights for the landless poor – […]
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Action4Justice is a group of NGO’s united to support public interest litigation worldwide as a means to advance social justice.
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