All Articles on Shaping a Just World

In Chile, for decades, what are known as »sacrifice zones«—areas marked by intense industrial activity mainly using coal-fired power plants—have been at the heart of socio-environmental conflicts.
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Members of Costa Rican indigenous communities arrived in Egypt with specific requests: listen to indigenous voices and pay for the damages caused.
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Young people attending the COP27 climate summit in Egypt are calling for loss and damage compensation to cope with the irreversible impacts of climate change.
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African women demand action at COP27 amid flood and drought. Their main criticism centres on the fact, that funds do not reach the grassroots, and women in particular are affected.
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Interview with Marlese von Broembsen, head of legal affairs at the international organization WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing)
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A GeoPoll study in June 2022 confirmed that most Caribbean people are not talking about climate change in their communities. That has to change, says Climate Tracker journalist Kelesha Williams.
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Weak early warning systems in the Global South increase climate injustice. Loss and Damage financing can improve the situation. A story by Climate Tracker journalist Hadeer Elhadary.
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While Paraguay is relatively small globally, it is one of the countries with the highest absolute rates of deforestation. The impact for the Indigenous peoples eyplains Climate Tracker journalist Maximiliano Manzoni.
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We are now facing not just a climate crisis, but also an inequality crisis. COP27 must address both challenges by financing a just climate transition.
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For small island countries, loss and damage support is about as close as they can get to climate justice, at least from a diplomatic perspective.
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