United Nations member states unanimously adopted the sustainable development agenda in 2015. It aims to ensure development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of ...

Global warming, rapid biodiversity loss, and ecosystem degradation do not stop at national borders because environmental crises are global in nature. They require unified, global solutions.

Independent experts with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday publicly called on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil to veto parts of a new law that would carve giant loopholes ...

(Belém) – Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today. Instead, it ...

Indonesia’s controversial Job Creation Law is facing new legal challenges from civil society groups who say it weakens environmental protections and human rights. One lawsuit targets provisions that ...

A new norm is emerging at the intersection of business, human rights, and environmental standards, increasingly endorsed by social groups, corporations, investors, and governments. Traditional free ...