Big Give Christmas Challenge
A massive thank you to everyone who’s donated for The Big Give! Thanks to you, we’re so much closer to funding next year’s campaign for a just transition from fossil fuels.
We’d love to get as close as we can to £50k to fund this campaign in 2025. If you haven’t donated yet, will you help us get there?
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Democracy at risk in Davos: new report exposes big tech lobbying and political interference15 January 2025
Davos, Switzerland Just five partners of the World Economic Forum control 11 percent of global GDP amounting to €11.91 trillion, more than 168 countries’ national incomes combined, and what they […]
Gaza ceasefire: “Moment must be seized as starting point in seeking true justice for the Palestinian people”, campaigners say15 January 2025
Responding to news of the Gaza ceasefire deal, Tim Bierley, Gaza campaign manager said: There are finally signs of respite for the people of Gaza, who have lived under the […]
Pacific trade deal: Campaigners warn of environmental threat15 December 2024
Responding to the UK joining the Trans-Pacific trade agreement today, Cleodie Rickard, trade campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: Earlier this year the UK left the Energy Charter Treaty […]
COP29 REACTION: Forced-through COP29 text “detached from reality”, campaigners say23 November 2024
Izzie McIntosh, climate campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: After teetering on the brink of no deal at all, the forced-through COP29 text remains so detached from reality it’s […]
Glasgow City Council joins global coalition calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation treaty21 November 2024
Glasgow City Council has voted to endorse a global treaty that would map a much-needed path to a fast, fair and funded end to fossil fuels. The council joins a growing global coalition […]
UK-India FTA: Trade deal could “jeopardise access to affordable medicine”, campaigners say19 November 2024
Responding to news that the UK-India trade talks are to re-launch in the new year, Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now said: Leaked documents have shown Britain to be […]
Scots Makar Kathleen Jamie, A.L. Kennedy and Sara Sheridan call for Scottish Government to back end to fossil fuels14 November 2024
Scotland’s Makar Kathleen Jamie, and writers A.L. Kennedy and Sara Sheridan have joined figures across Scotland in signing an open letter which urges First Minister John Swinney to back calls […]
COP29: “End corporate courts to help defang corporations’ power to prevent climate action”, campaigners say14 November 2024
As COP29 turns its focus to finance, investment and trade, Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now said: Negotiators can’t credibly discuss trade at COP29, without committing to bring an […]
COP29: “Mega-polluting corporations driving forward crisis must pay up”, campaigners say14 November 2024
Responding to the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance’s report, which finds that poorer nations need $1 trillion a year by 2023 in climate finance, Izzie McIntosh, climate campaign […]
Global Justice Now
Thank you for supporting our Big Give Christmas Challenge!
Thanks to the incredible generosity of our supporters, we passed our initial goal of £35,000 to fund key work for a just transition away from fossil fuels. But we’re not […]
Victor Anderson
Targets and lies: Global summits are hiding the reality of the environmental crisis
The 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro set in motion two main processes responding to the global environmental crisis. Both began with treaties – on climate change and biodiversity […]
Cleodie Rickard
If the UK is serious about climate action, it must end the UK-Colombia investment deal
In October, the UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty quietly rolled over from its initial 10-year term. And with it, the dangers of a contentious mechanism at its core. The UK-Colombia treaty […]
Sushovan Dhar
After Bangladesh’s uprising, we must seize the moment for real change
Mass protests this summer sparked the resignation of Bangladesh’s prime minister, and a change of government. But this is only the beginning, says SUSHOVAN DHAR. This August, a month-long student […]
Anita Bhadani
“The poorest are the most poisoned” – inside the fight for justice against Shell
Shell’s destructive legacy has left the Niger Delta one of the most polluted places on Earth. Today, affected communities continue to fight back for justice and compensation, writes ANITA BHADANI. […]
Tim Bierley
The UK must stop fuelling Israel’s war on Gaza
One year into Israel’s assault on Gaza, a ceasefire seems further away than ever. From the arms trade to security ties, the UK must stop aiding and abetting, writes TIM […]
Liz Murray
The end of coal power in the UK proves the strength of people power – we can win a globally just transition
When the news came through on 7 October 2009 that plans for a new coal fired power plant at Kingsnorth in Kent had been shelved we knew we’d won something […]
Cleodie Rickard
The UN’s new set of principles on critical minerals fudges the issue of trade
This year, the UN Secretary-General convened a panel on critical energy transition minerals to address issues relating to equity, transparency, investment, sustainability and human rights in critical mineral supply chains. […]
Nick Dearden
Why we need an OPEC for critical mineral producing countries
Ketakandriana Rafitoson, Executive Director of Publish What You Pay and Nick Dearden, Director of Global Justice Now, comment on the UN Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals meeting in […]
