Blogs
COP29: “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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“The poorest are the most poisoned” – inside the fight for justice against Shell
By: Anita Bhadani
Date: 3 November 2024
Campaigns: Climate
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. […]
Read moreBP and Shell’s profits over the last year larger than combined GDP of the five most climate vulnerable countries
Date: 31 October 2024
Campaigns: Climate
As COP approaches, campaigners demand fossil fuel profits be used to fund loss and damage payments to climate vulnerable regions BP and Shell’s combined profits between 1 October 2023 – […]
Read moreBP Q3 profits: “Tax these shameless profiteers”, campaigners say
Date: 29 October 2024
Campaigns: Climate
Responding to BP’s Q3 profits out today, Izzie McIntosh, climate campaigner at Global Justice Now said: With another quarter comes another galling influx of profits for BP. The fossil fuel […]
Read moreUK paying reparations to Commonwealth nations is a “non-negotiable”, campaigners say
Date: 24 October 2024
Campaigns: Climate, General
Commenting on the UK Government’s response to calls for reparations at the Commonwealth summit, Izzie McIntosh, climate campaigner at Global Justice Now said: The idea that formerly colonised countries in […]
Read moreUK’s past green light to Mozambique gas project “beyond egregious”, campaigners say
Date: 9 October 2024
Campaigns: Climate
Responding to news that the previous government pushed through funding for TotalEnergies Mozambique gas project, Izzie McIntosh, climate campaigner at Global Justice Now said: Handing out billions in taxpayers’ money […]
Read moreBille and Ogale case could help build world where corporations no longer act with impunity, campaigners say
Date: 8 October 2024
Campaigns: Climate
Commenting on the Ogale and Bille hearing returning to court today (8 Oct) Izzie McIntosh, climate campaigner at Global Justice Now, said: Today’s case is part of an ongoing battle […]
Read moreFossil Fuel Treaty: Resources for councillors
Type: Campaign briefings, MP briefings, Other
Date: 4 October 2024
Campaigns: Climate
The global call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty is gaining momentum across the world, but a rising tide of support is needed to make negotiations for such a treaty […]
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