Why My Organization Has Chosen to Defy Israeli Military Orders My organization, Al-Haq, was among 7 raided by Israel and ordered closed in August, but we do not believe in following illegal orders—and so we will
Published : 21 November 2022The recent CoP27 decision to establish a loss-and-damage is a monumental gain toward survival of the communities most-vulnerable to climate change and its effects. However, this hopeful statement comes with several caveats: Perhaps primary among
Published : 20 November 2022Webinar: Major outcomes of CoP27 negotiations on Resilience and Adaptation Moderator: Diam Bou Diab, Senior Program and Research Officer at ANND Speakers: Sarine Karajerjian, Program Director at Arab Reform Initiative Joseph Schechla, Coordinator of the Habitat International Coalition’s Housing and Land Rights
Published : 13 November 2022Food Chain Global Youth Champion 2022: Samuel Ikua We are pleased to announce that this year’s winner of BBC’s Food Chain Global Youth Champion Award is Samuel Ikua, of HIC Member Mazingira Institute in Nairobi, Kenya. Samuel teaches
Published : 10 November 2022CoP27, Day 1: Loss and damage funding introduced as an agenda item Yeb Saño, Greenpeace’s CoP27 head of delegation, says: “It is a significant moment that loss and damage finance has been agreed as an agenda
Published : 07 November 2022Stig Enemark explains the concept of land governance and importance in supporting the 2030 global agenda. The term “land governance” is relatively new. It appeared in the early 2000s as an extension of the concept of
Published : 02 November 2022There can be no meaningful solution to the global climate and ecological crisis without addressing systemic racism, and particularly the historic and contemporary racial legacies of colonialism and slavery, a UN human rights expert warned. “Climate
Published : 31 October 2022Climate crisis: UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place’ Failure to cut carbon emissions means ‘rapid transformation of societies’ is only option to limit impacts, report says There is “no credible pathway to 1.5°C in
Published : 27 October 2022Since inter-communal violence reignited in Blue Nile`s Wad Al Mahi locality on 13 October, fighting continues to be reported in the Dam towns and the situation remains tense. Since mid-July, at least 70,000 people have reportedly
Published : 24 October 2022