Tag: #ClimateJustice

Today, on International Human Rights Day 2024, we environmental human rights defenders and concerned civil society have come together to firmly call: STAND WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS! FIGHT JUDICIAL HARASSMENT AND MILITARIZATION!

As we move past the mid-year mark, 2024 has proven to be a tough year for environmental human rights defenders across the Asia-Pacific. Despite these challenges, our collection action and commitment remain strong. In this edition, you’ll find the latest news, campaign achievements, engagements, and resources.

The Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders denounces the results of the climate conference for both its outcomes, which fall short of the needs of developing countries most affected by the climate crisis, and its processes, which have limited space for civil society engagement. Environmental human rights defenders, along with civil society from developing countries, deserve a seat at the table to ensure that world leaders deliver justice to the historical polluters responsible for the climate crisis. It is high time that the climate conference becomes a space for the people and not for fossil fuel lobbyists and corporations that peddle false solutions.

There is no climate justice if there is no accountability on wealthy nations that fuel wars and allow militarization that continues to threaten the welfare of vulnerable groups, displace communities, and affect the biodiversity of the planet. It is high time that we expose corporations who continue to promote greenwashing and rich nations who protect their profit-driven interests. We must strengthen our global alliance and join in solidarity with workers, farmers, fisherfolk, indigenous groups, women, youth, and environmental defenders who stand at the forefront of this struggle.

The Asia Pacific Network for Environmental Defenders (APNED) stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine in their continuous struggle for liberation and ending the Israeli occupation. APNED joins in global calls for an ultimate ceasefire and an end to the illegal occupation. We environmental defenders must join the Palestinian people’s fight in the struggle for justice and liberation, for both the people and the planet.

This Global Climate Strike, may we take inspiration from the youth who bravely use their voices to demand for climate justice and forward social progress. The collective action from the largest generation of youth in history plays a significant role in forwarding calls to governments and corporations, and may we stand with them.

March 14 is the International Day of Action for Rivers. We stand in solidarity with all environmental defenders fighting for their rights to their rivers and life, and demand a stop to the construction of destructive mega-dams.

Entitled Funding Oppression, this new working paper dives into the harmful and irresponsible impacts that the direct and indirect investments of the International Financial Corporation have caused in South and Southeast Asia.

This publication aims to shed light on the relationship between the drivers of environmental degradation, climate crisis, and human rights violations against environmental and climate defenders. It will analyze the situation of EHRDs in Southeast Asia and illustrate their pivotal role in protecting environmental and human rights. It examines trends in attacks on EHRDs within the last ten years (2012–2022), specifically those relating to climate change, through aggregate data of individual cases gathered from secondary sources. The countries included in this study are Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand, some of the most climate-vulnerable countries and countries with the highest number of killings of EHRDs. It also highlights stories from these countries for in-depth discussion and analysis. Finally, it concludes that addressing the climate crisis in Southeast Asia entails urgent and comprehensive efforts to protect environmental defenders.

Our network attended the side events and demonstrations at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP26 in SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. APNED and Center for Environmental Concerns – Philippines joined London Mining Network at the #COP26 on November 11, 2021, calling to […]