NAIROBI: The year 2017 has been a tough year for women environment activists and environmental defenders, protecting their indigenous land and resources as they face increased crackdowns, violence, threats, intimidation and murder by state and non-state actors. At the UN environment assembly in Nairobi the women’s rights organisations held a tribute ceremony on Monday. They highlighted the important role of women human rights defenders for a pollution-free future.
“Green steel”, “sustainable charcoal”, and the criminalisation of rural communities in Brazil
This blog was a collaboration between the Environmental Paper Network, Fórum Carajás, and the Global Forest Coalition. The promise of “green steel” has become an attractive narrative in global efforts to decarbonize heavy industry. After all, the steel industry is...
