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Greenpeace activists together with survivors of climate disasters carry banners during a protest beside the Marikina River flood level marker. The groups called on the government to stand for climate justice, ahead of the May 2022 national elections and after the #LetTheEarthBreathe movement made rounds online. Marikina is one of the hardest hit cities in the metro during typhoon season in the Philippines, where calamities have worsened resulting in heavy rains and severe flooding in various parts of the country. © Basilio H. Sepe / Greenpeace

Historic inquiry holds the Carbon Majors accountable for the impacts of climate change in the Philippines

By Annalisa Savaresi, Associate Professor of International Environmental Law and Margaretha Wewerinke Singh, Assistant Professor of Public International Law. First published in the GNHRE blog on 10 May 2022. On 6… Read More »Historic inquiry holds the Carbon Majors accountable for the impacts of climate change in the Philippines

Friends of the Earth (Netherlands) v Royal Dutch Shell: Human rights and the obligations of corporations in the Hague District Court decision

By Annalisa Savaresi and Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh. First published in The Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) blog on 31 May 2021. Photo by Lawrence Makoona on Unsplash. After its landmark… Read More »Friends of the Earth (Netherlands) v Royal Dutch Shell: Human rights and the obligations of corporations in the Hague District Court decision