Blogs
What will a Biden administration mean for the climate?
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 14 November 2020
Campaigns: Climate
Many celebrated the electoral defeat of Donald Trump, danced in the streets and cried with tears of joy. For those from the progressive movements, it was a hard-earned victory born […]
Read moreThe glass is still half full: the second revised draft of the negotiation text for the UN treaty on transnational corporations and human rights
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 28 August 2020
The United Nations’ (UN) process of creating a Legally Binding Instrument (LBI) to regulate the activities of transnational corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises reached another stage on 6 August […]
Read moreThe G20 continues to ignore calls to cancel the debts of the world’s poorest countries and stop funding fossil fuels
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 22 July 2020
When the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 a global pandemic in March, it meant understanding that no one is safe unless everyone is safe. To fight against its spread, […]
Read moreSouth African movements are building a Climate Justice Charter from below
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 23 June 2020
Campaigns: Climate
Despite a temporary dip in carbon emissions due to the coronavirus pandemic, scientific calculations shows that it is highly likely that 2020 will still be the world’s hottest year on […]
Read moreThe impact of Covid-19 on Bangladesh
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 5 May 2020
Campaigns: Pharma
This article is part of our interview series, Southern Perspectives on the Coronavirus Pandemic,
In recent weeks I have interviewed several social movements activists and NGO campaigners in Bangladesh about the impact of coronavirus on their country. Many are fearful to speak publicly, especially to members of the foreign media and NGOs, about their concerns and views over their government’s approach to the pandemic.
Read moreClimate actions should not be postponed due to Covid-19, both crises are threats to us all
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 16 April 2020
Campaigns: Climate
The novel coronavirus or Covid-19 has shown us how interconnected we are and how fragile the global economic system is. Since its first identification in Wuhan, China in mid-December last […]
Read moreWomen’s activism in the time of climate and other emergencies
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 25 March 2020
Campaigns: Climate
We are facing a climate emergency, a possible economic recession, and now a global pandemic that will test the limits of our health systems and expose the short-sightedness of our […]
Read moreWe are nearing a climate ‘point of no return’ – climate activists are not terrorists!
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 17 January 2020
Campaigns: Climate
Many know by now that another two-weeks long United Nations negotiation on climate change ended with the world’s richest countries and biggest emitters of greenhouse gasses blocking agreements on mitigation, […]
Read moreElection 2019: Where the parties stand on climate justice
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 9 December 2019
Campaigns: Climate
We have a few more days before the 2019 elections. Rival parties are promising a raft of tougher policies, higher budgets and commitments to protect our environment and address the […]
Read moreElection 2019: For the first time, climate change is a key issue
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 18 November 2019
Campaigns: Climate
The sustained climate mobilisations since last year have brought the climate crisis to the fore, not just in daily conversation, but crucially in government policy circles as well. The UK parliament declared a climate change emergency last May following big protests from Extinction Rebellion and the School Strikes for Climate.
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