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Global Witness’ new report, Collective Power: The Struggle for Protection for Land and Environmental Defenders, documents the continued violence faced by people and communities defending land, territories and the environment. Published on 16 September 2026, the report records 124 land and environmental defenders killed in […]

Argentina is currently debating a series of reforms that, while presented under a supposed veil of technicality, raise significant concerns regarding the extent of real power society will have to exercise over its land, water, and energy in the coming decades. The combination of the […]

Across Asia and the Pacific, women environmental human rights defenders are protecting forests, rivers, coastlines, and Indigenous territories while standing up for the rights of their communities. Their work places them at the intersection of environmental protection, human rights, and climate justice, but it also […]

As global leaders gather at the 2026 Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC), discussions will inevitably focus on strengthening international cooperation, mobilizing finance, and accelerating progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. These conversations are essential. Yet for many organizations and communities across the Global South, another question […]

As climate action accelerates globally, a critical group remains largely overlooked in formal decision-making: environmental human rights defenders. A recent report by the World Resources Institute (WRI), Connecting Climate Action and Environmental Human Rights Defense, brings renewed attention to the essential, yet underrecognized, role these […]

As global climate negotiations move forward, the question of how to transition away from fossil fuels has become increasingly urgent, and contested. In response to the COP30 Presidency’s call for inputs, KALLIED (the Knowledge Alliance for Environmental Defenders) has submitted a collective contribution grounded in […]