Blogs
Fossil Fuel Treaty trade union model motion
Type: Other
Date: 6 January 2025
Campaigns: Climate
The support of trade unions at branch, regional and national level, is a vital part of building the momentum across the country for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (further info […]
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Thank you for supporting our Big Give Christmas Challenge!
By: Global Justice Now
Date: 6 December 2024
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
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 […]
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Targets and lies: Global summits are hiding the reality of the environmental crisis
By: Victor Anderson
Date: 5 December 2024
Campaigns: Climate
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 […]
Read moreCOP29 REACTION: Forced-through COP29 text “detached from reality”, campaigners say
Date: 23 November 2024
Campaigns: Climate
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 […]
Read moreGlasgow City Council joins global coalition calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation treaty
Date: 21 November 2024
Campaigns: Climate
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 […]
Read moreScots Makar Kathleen Jamie, A.L. Kennedy and Sara Sheridan call for Scottish Government to back end to fossil fuels
Date: 14 November 2024
Campaigns: Climate
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 […]
Read moreCOP29: “End corporate courts to help defang corporations’ power to prevent climate action”, campaigners say
Date: 14 November 2024
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
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 […]
Read moreCOP29: “Mega-polluting corporations driving forward crisis must pay up”, campaigners say
Date: 14 November 2024
Campaigns: Climate
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 […]
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If the UK is serious about climate action, it must end the UK-Colombia investment deal
By: Cleodie Rickard
Date: 14 November 2024
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
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 […]
Read moreCOP29: “Government needs to move further and faster to tackle root cause of emissions – fossil fuels”, campaigners say
Date: 12 November 2024
Campaigns: Climate
Responding to the PM’s remarks at COP29, Izzie McIntosh, climate campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: Making our emission reduction targets more ambitious is a step in the right […]
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