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The DRC’s Green Corridor could become a major climate initiative, or a major missed opportunity. If implemented properly, the Corridor could protect nature, attract investment, and drive economic growth.

But to achieve this, the project must overcome some major inconsistencies and risks.

Mining projects within the Corridor threaten people and ecosystems in a sector plagued by corruption, human rights abuses, and armed groups. Communities also face forced evictions and land dispossession, while environmental defenders face violence, threats, and SLAPPs.

Despite €78.6 million in EU funding, clear benchmarks and effective independent oversight remain lacking. We call on the Congolese government and its partners to ban oil, gas and destructive mining; permanently ban new logging concessions; protect land rights and ensure FPIC; protect environmental defenders and hold perpetrators accountable; and establish independent oversight with community and civil society participation.

Full report: https://t.co/aCbQKbORFX

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Climate action cannot be effective without human rights.

Together with 14 civil society organizations, we are calling on the Turkish government, the UNFCCC, and the international community to protect human rights and ensure meaningful civil society participation at COP31.

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Climate Rights International and 34 organizations urge the European Commission to reject further amendments that weaken the EU Methane Regulation.

"Every responsible government, every lawmaker and the Commission should be acting to stop that harm, not buying the industry more time," said Lotte Leicht, Advocacy Director at Climate Rights International.

https://t.co/TCyNcHwxdn

Joint letter: https://t.co/3PHATrTlXk

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The DRC’s proposed Green Corridor could help protect vital forests and support local communities—but only if human rights and environmental protections are guaranteed.

In a new report, Climate Rights International calls on the Congolese government to protect land rights, safeguard environmental defenders, make the moratorium on new logging concessions permanent, and prohibit oil and gas extraction and destructive mining within the Green Corridor.

Spanning 2,400 km from North Kivu to Kinshasa and home to 25 million people, the initiative carries both significant opportunities and serious risks.

Read our report:
https://t.co/aCbQKbPpvv

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For decades, Diana supported her family by fishing near Tapunggaya, Indonesia. Before nickel mining damaged local fisheries, she could catch several kilos of fish a day and earn enough to feed her family.

Today, collapsed fish stocks have made that way of life increasingly difficult to sustain. Like many women across Southeast and Central Sulawesi, Diana has struggled to secure enough food for her family. In its report, "Busy Surviving: Women on Indonesia’s Nickel Frontier," Climate Rights International documents how nickel mining is disrupting women’s livelihoods, food security, and traditional ways of life.

https://t.co/bDtmMcUc5B

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Join Climate Rights International's webinar on our new report "The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Green Corridor: Opportunities and Risks for People and the Environment in One of the World’s Most Important Ecosystems."

Speakers will discuss what is at stake for the communities living in the Corridor and what is needed to ensure the project delivers on its promises.

Speakers include Fabien Offner, Researcher at Climate Rights International; Blaise Mudodosi, National Coordinator at Actions pour la Promotion et Protection des Peuples et Espèces Menacés (APEM); Pascal Mirindi, Co-founder at Green Solution; and Emmanuel Musuyu, Executive Director at Coalition des Organisations de la Société Civile pour le Suivi des Réformes et de l'Action Publique (CORAP).

Register here: https://t.co/9nFH0JzcTS

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Extreme heat intensified by climate change is creating dangerous conditions for factory workers in Pakistan.

In a new AP article, CRI researcher Cara Schulte discusses how global brands have the responsibility to ensure safe working conditions throughout their supply chains.

Read the AP story here: https://t.co/XGBqpHEr0E

Full CRI Report: https://t.co/4bOSj0UBL3

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What’s at stake in Brazil’s presidential election?

On October 25, Brazilians return to the polls to choose between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.

Climate Rights International (CRI) is publishing a series of explainers examining what the election could mean for Brazil’s human rights and environmental policies.

Follow along for more explainers next week 🇧🇷

https://t.co/WWLrgL6kw3

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Can China lead the clean energy revolution while denying fundamental human rights?

In World Politics Review, Climate Rights International’s Sophie Richardson challenges the narrative surrounding China’s green energy ambitions and asks what the world risks overlooking in the rush toward a cleaner future.

https://t.co/ixsNXHJDUY

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As global temperatures rise, little is known about how hormonal contraceptives might interact with the body’s response to extreme heat.

We urge both policymakers and academics to pay more attention to the experiences of contraceptive users in hot, low- and middle-income countries, where heat exposure may be greater, and to better integrate climate-related risks into sexual and reproductive health research and care.

As the world warms, can women truly make informed decisions about contraceptive use and exercise their right to health?

https://t.co/mz8lXmbj3S

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What if the world’s two largest emitters competed to cut greenhouse gas emissions instead of expanding fossil fuels?

At last week’s Trump–Xi summit, climate change was barely part of the conversation. Meanwhile, the U.S. is relaxing restrictions on methane, China remains heavily reliant on coal, and both countries continue expanding fossil fuel production.

Who benefits when climate change stays off the agenda? And who pays the price?

https://t.co/IeOFgXaABn

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Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of nickel.

For women living near Indonesia’s nickel mines and processing facilities, the clean-energy boom is changing everyday life—often in harmful ways.

“Women living near or downstream from Indonesia’s massive, polluting nickel industry are facing some of the greatest burdens to their health, well-being, and livelihoods, all while receiving few, if any, benefits from the multi-billion-dollar industry powering the renewable energy transition,” said Krista Shennum, senior researcher at Climate Rights International.

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Our new multimedia report and short film, “Busy Surviving: Women on Indonesia’s Nickel Frontier,” show how women on the frontlines of the nickel industry face serious, unequal harm to their health, livelihoods, and cultural traditions.

Their stories lay bare the human cost of nickel expansion: polluted water, dwindling fish, lost income, and the growing burden of caring for families amid environmental damage.

https://t.co/bDtmMcUJV9

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A Guardian investigation has found that at least a dozen authors of the IPCC's upcoming report are linked to Saudi Aramco, the biggest emissions-producing company in history.

In a world of massive climate disinformation funded by the fossil fuel industry, the IPCC should urgently prioritize a comprehensive review of all possible conflicts of interest, act to address them, and include only truly independent researchers in its work.
https://t.co/CgZEgldPPI

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How is Indonesia’s nickel industry impacting women’s rights?

Join Climate Rights International and speakers from Indonesian human rights institutions and civil society groups for a conversation about the impacts of the nickel industry on women’s rights and what can be done to advance justice for local communities. We’ll share an exclusive first-look at CRI’s new multimedia report and short film on nickel and women’s rights, which focuses on the disproportionate impacts of Indonesia’s nickel industry on women, including fisherwomen, Indigenous Bajau women, mothers, and small-business owners.

Speakers will shine a light on the human and environmental costs of Indonesia's rapidly expanding nickel industry on the rights of women, who are experiencing severe harms to their health, cultural traditions, and livelihoods.

Register here: https://t.co/ZIKYKHXZOt

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Europe's proposed Climate Insurance Alliance risks shifting climate costs onto taxpayers instead of the fossil fuel companies driving the crisis. A European Climate Fund should be built on the polluter-pays principle, with proportionate contributions from the biggest historical emitters.

https://t.co/UXr5C9xmI5

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Join us tomorrow at #ClimateWeekNYC

Brazil's next presidential election comes just months after hosting COP30, and the outcome could shape climate policy, the future of the Amazon, and the rights of Indigenous peoples and traditional communities for years to come.

Join Climate Rights International for a conversation with leading Brazilian experts, including our newly announced speaker, Daniela Campello, Senior Lecturer in International and Public Affairs at @Columbia.

📍 Civic Hall, 124 East 14th St, New York, NY

Register: https://t.co/c7IO6nOPhs