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On July 3, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) issued its Advisory Opinion 32/25, a historic and unprecedented milestone for environmental and human rights law. For the first time, a regional human rights court has explicitly recognized the autonomous right to a healthy […]

As climate change accelerates and its impacts intensify, the urgency of an energy transition becomes increasingly clear. But not all regions face this transition from the same starting point. In the Global South, communities are not only disproportionately affected by the climate crisis—they are also […]

In 2025, Honduras ranks as the third most climate-vulnerable country in the world, following only Dominica and China. This small Central American nation finds itself at the crossroads of escalating environmental threats and a mounting urgency to protect civic space and promote climate justice. Through […]

Environmental justice depends not only on addressing climate change but also on tackling how land is governed—especially in the Global South. The project that The Policy Initiative (TPI) is carrying out titled “Climate, Land, and Rights: The Quest for Social and Environmental Justice in the […]

As the world accelerates its efforts to transition away from fossil fuels, bioenergy has emerged as a key pillar of decarbonization strategies. The International Energy Agency’s Outlook for Biogas and Biomethane paints a promising picture: biogas and biomethane have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas […]

In the span of just five days during the month of May, Guatemala mourned the loss of two more land and environmental defenders. On May 9, Marco Antonio Zuleta Quevedo—a forest firefighter and ranger at the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve—was shot and killed […]