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The global transition towards clean energy and decarbonization has spurred increased demand for battery technologies and electric mobility services. Investments on critical mineral resources are scaling up as continents and countries race to secure these raw material inputs needed to manufacture battery-powered products. Africa’s abundant natural resource endowments makes it a central figure in this new context, with its extensive reserves of minerals essential to ‘energy transition’ and industrialization.

IBON Africa held a hybrid webinar titled, “Reclaim Our Land, Forests And Rivers: A CSO Review Of Kenya’s Amended Climate Change Act” last October 6, 2023, ahead of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Global Consultations on Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). The CSO Review raised awareness on the implications of the Amended Climate Change Act, which accommodates market-based mechanisms for NBS. Sixty-four activists from social justice movements and civil society organisations (CSOs) participated in the webinar.

This year’s APEHRD Forum’s theme gave focus on data collection and the importance of reporting incidents of the different types of attacks to environmental defenders. Lack of evidence for a lot of cases were brought up as a large factor in the continuing impunity that many in the Asia Pacific region experience.

In May 2016, former President Uhuru Kenyatta introduced the Climate Change Act, the first of its kind in Africa. It was designed not only to establish mechanisms and strategies for supposedly achieving low-carbon climate development, but also to mainstream climate change as a central agenda in the development process. The legislation was enacted as a…

This side event is co-organised by Serikat Perempuan Indonesia and IBON International at the ASEAN Civil Society Conference / ASEAN Peoples’ Forum 2023 (ACSC/APF 2023) convergence space on climate and environmental justice Indonesia is one of the world’s largest palm oil producers, and its oil palm plantations have expanded significantly over the years. The expansion…

Nairobi, Kenya – IBON Africa, a regional organisation advocating for climate justice and sustainable consumption and production, conducted the virtual side event “Towards a more inclusive and sustainable climate financing” ahead of the 2023 Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The Side Event was held on May 18, 2023. The webinar unpacked the…

contributed article by Youth Advocates for Climate Action PH, an alliance of individuals & youth formations that advocates for climate justice. #FridaysForFuture PH For World Environment Day, we joined the People’s Summit Against Reclamation and protested in front of Manila Bay last Saturday and at Mendiola Peace Arch today  We joined coastal communities and small…

La traducción al Español y el formulario se encuentran aquí We, the movements and civil society organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and beyond, advocating for the rights of communities and peoples, strongly denounce the rampant corporate exploitation of our land and natural resources such as the extension of monocultures, megaprojects and extractivism,…

IBON Africa is organising a virtual side event on May 18, 2023 (15:00 EAT / 12:00 UTC), ahead of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Annual Ministerial Meeting. The webinar titled “Towards a more Inclusive and Sustainable Climate Financing” will be an informative session on the implications of the Public-Private Partnership model of financing promoted by…