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Members of the Yaaku Indigenous community and the East Africa Indigenous Women-led Assembly An Indigenous community in Kenya’s Mukogodo Forest faces violence, forced displacement

The plight of the Yaaku Indigenous community echoes a similar script in Kenyan history wherein communities are framed as obstacles to security, conservation, or development, only to be forcibly removed in favor of more powerful political and economic interests.

Global Climate March MST COP30 Converging crises: climate, poverty and the failure of green capitalism

The climate hazards faced by the global poor, carefully described in the UNDP report, are not a coincidental injustice. They are the direct result of the core logic of capital accumulation pursued by the ruling classes of the Global North and South.

boat parade with 200 vessels navigating the waters of the Guajará Bay 30,000 people from 62 countries participating in COP30 People’s Summit in Belém

At the opening of the event, 1,300 landless peasants marched towards a boat parade with 200 vessels navigating the waters of the Guajará Bay.

COP30 COP30 takes place in Brazil, seeking to prevent “climate collapse”

The meeting has been filled with warnings and urgent calls to action from more than 50 heads of state.

Protestors in Brazil dance and make music holding farm tools and raising placards against corporate land ownership National sovereignty is at the root of the environmental struggle in Brazil

The environmental struggle is inseparable from the struggle for national sovereignty, as it questions who has the power to make decisions about our territories and common goods.

Inflection point: Renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels Punto de inflexión: la energía renovable es más barata que los combustibles fósiles

Por primera vez, la energía solar y eólica son ahora más baratas que el carbón, el gas natural o el petróleo, y son las opciones más rápidas para instalar nueva generación de electricidad.

Inflection point: Renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels Inflection point: Renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels

For the first time, solar and wind energy are now cheaper than coal, natural gas, or oil, and are the quickest options for installing new electricity generation.

“If we don't stand firm, these companies will sweep us away”- A new chapter in Ecuador’s anti-mining struggle “If we don’t stand firm, these companies will sweep us away”: a new chapter in Ecuador’s anti-mining struggle

In June, the police harshly repressed demonstrators opposing the third-largest mining project in the country. Several social movements have denounced links between the mining company and the president’s family.

In the fight against desertification, Burkina Faso mobilizes to plant 5 million trees in one hour

The seventh edition of the National Tree Day in Burkina Faso is inspired by Thomas Sankara’s legacy of environmentalism

Why is the state sending bulldozers and police to an Indian university?

Students protest against state bulldozer actions at the University of Hyderabad, highlighting ecological and democratic implications for the city and India as a whole.

Ecosocialism is the answer to environmental catastrophes

Marxist philosopher Michael Löwy said that capitalism is solely responsible for environmental destruction.

Making Erhai Lake bloom again: A story of China’s ecological transformation

The remarkable transformation of Erhai Lake in China’s Yunnan province turned decades of pollution into a model of ecological restoration.