Recent Media Releases

CLARA LAUNCHES THE NET ZERO FILES Earth is finite, nature is finite, and the carbon-holding capacity of nature is finite. The Net Zero Files, 18 concise briefings which call out…

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Today, thousands of rural peoples, people’s organizations, CSOs, and advocates kicked off The Global People’s Summit (GPS) on Food Systems through various online and on-ground activities to challenge the corporate…

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FOR RELEASE: Wednesday 8 September CLARA Members Call for Postponing COP26 COP26 climate change talks should be delayed, say CLARA organizations. The COP26 climate change conference scheduled for October 31…

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UN Food Systems Pre-Summit falls short on climate, hunger crisis, COVID-19, and food systems transformation, say counter-mobilization participants, totalling almost 9,000 people. 3 August 2021. Rome, Italy. Between 25-28 July 2021,…

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[Português abaixo] The first delivery of eucalyptus trees to Aveiro in Portugal from the port of Beira in Mozambique has been received with strong criticism by Mozambican and Portuguese groups…

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21 June 2021 — A coal power plant in Portugal that was supposed to be shut down could instead be converted into a biomass burning facility at great public expense,…

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Exposé of “net-zero” pledges uncovers grossly insufficient plans and the strategies polluting industries have used to lock in the ineffective schemes Press release, for immediate use – In the midst…

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PRESS RELEASE June 5, 2021 People’s movements to counter UN summit; call to reclaim food systems from corporate control On the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5, people’s movements…

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20 May 2021–World Bank urged to drop a $50 million loan for factory farm expansion in Ecuador because of health, social and environmental impacts The World Bank is being urged to drop a…

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19 May 2021–The ICCA Consortium is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of its first-ever local-to-global report on the state of territories of life. Territories of Life: 2021 Report shines a spotlight on 17…

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