The biggest victims of climate change have no voice - in fact they are not even born yet - but the argument for giving them legal rights is not so far fetched
… Climate justice: should the unborn have legal rights? … | 8th December 2009 News Intergenerational Justice Copenhagen Philippines think2050.jpg … of future generations. Is intergenerational justice making a comeback? 20 years after the …
Climate Radio gets the lowdown on the climate rally taking place in central London this weekend, 'The Wave' and also hears from a Climate Justice hunger striker
… The 300-350 Show: Civil Society for Climate Justice Phil England | 2nd December 2009 Other … 'The Wave' and also hears from a Climate Justice hunger striker Just before the start … the programme with a reflection from Climate Justice hunger striker, Anna Keenan, on the …
Climate Radio reports on a hunger protest started in response to the lack of progress at recent climate talks
… The 300-350 Show: Climate Justice Fast Phil England | 18th November 2009 … have started a hunger strike for Climate Justice . The second half of this week's show … Svenson announced the start of the Climate Justice Fast in Barcelona on 6 November. It …
Climate radio meets the activists who will be attempting to set a different agenda at the climate summit in Copenhagen
… 300-350 Show: Civil disobedience for climate justice Phil England | 26th November 2009 … agenda based on the principles of Climate Justice We speak to Chris Kitchen who has been … the mass mobilisations with the Climate Justice Action coalition about the week of …
Pesticides campaigner Georgina Downs has seen her high court victory against the Government overturned by a court of appeal, but vows to take her campaign to the House of Lords
… the UK. Speaking outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday, Downs said the ruling ‘may … the judgement, court of appeal judge Lord Justice Sullivan said that although Downs … toxic spraying. The judge in that case, Mr Justice Collins, said Downs had presented …
Concerns arise over 'Fairwashing' and the need for increased vigilence from the Fairtrade Labelling Organisation in order to acheive trade justice.
… Organisation in order to acheive trade justice. Just one week after coffee giant … ‘diluted’ the marque’s commitment to trade justice. In a speech to a conference hosted by … in a way that put a central emphasis on trade justice and nurtured the smallholder farmers …
Cincinnati has passed a new law introducing 'environmental justice permits', and will use police powers to force polluting businesses to clean up their acts or get out of town
… Health Society Cincinnati Environmental Justice EPA Air Business Economic … passed a new law introducing 'environmental justice permits', and will use police powers … polluting businesses. The Environmental Justice Ordinance will mean that any …
Investigation into the dangers faced by lawyers who champion human rights and environmental justice.
… Politics And Economics Lawyers Environmental Justice Human Rights Columbia Bolivia China … who champion human rights and environmental justice. You could be forgiven for thinking … and prestige that comes with bringing to justice those guilty of serious wrongdoing (or …
How can we be healthy on a sick planet? Especially when many still believe that health is unaffected by what is in the environment. These organisations could save your life
… Environmental Network Mast Sanity Natural Justice Association For Improvements In The … phone masts. www.mastsanity.org Natural Justice Over 20 years, Natural Justice has overseen extensive research into …
Food Ethics Council policy director Sean Roberts explains why a debate on fairness in food and farming is long overdue
… because we believe that concerns about social justice must take centre stage in debates … about responsibilities for tackling social injustice. To make sure that we have the … sources on all aspects of social justice in food and farming. What is fair …
Taking responsibility for our actions, fighting for justice and living in harmony with the rest of creation are among the founding principles of every religion. So why is there is no interfaith, or even inter-Christian statement on climate change?
… responsibility for our actions, fighting for justice and living in harmony with the rest of … and to each other. 'It is about securing justice for each other and for the generations … responsibility for our actions, fighting for justice and living in harmony with the rest of …
Illegally caught 'dirty' fish threatens local fishermen, consumer health and the future of the world's fisheries. The EJF's Pirate Fishing Campaign is tackling the problem head on
… Campaigns Save The Seas Environmental Justice Foundation EJF Pirate Fishing Illegal … Fishing Campaign run by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) investigates and …
Ruling would allow NGOs and individuals to challenge environmental damage in courts without prohibitive financial risks
… The Ecologist | 23rd September 2009 News Law Justice Society Protest pollution.jpg Ruling … to accept Aarhus Convention on access to justice. In a case being heard by the UN in …
A report by the NEF details what a reformed welfare state would look like.
… welfare system has failed to deliver social justice in the long years of plenty, there will be no hope for social justice in the face of new economic and …
This budget season, and so a short perambulation around the vexed question of the national debt seems in order. As a nation we've been living with debt for more the 300 years now, since 1694 to be precise, when Scottish privateer William Paterson persuaded the government of the time that creating £1.2 million of IOUs would get them out of their spending difficulties.
… Borrowing Green Economics Waste UK Economics Justice Economics Environment Free Trade … and is it sustainable? On the question of justice one could do worse than consult Percy …
The sheer number of different measurements used to show evidence of climate change is dizzying. Now, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme has boiled them down to one, simple graph
… other marine organisms NEWS ANALYSIS Climate justice: should the unborn have legal rights? …
Shell's $15.5 million settlement provides hard cash to to the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta but while activists claim 'victory' they vow to fight on to end toxic gas flares
… kind of line can be drawn under his fight for justice for his father. Writing in the … more must be addressed before there can be justice for the people of the Niger Delta. But …
Pirates ruled Somalia’s waves last year, but a greater crime is still being perpetrated by the multinational companies using the mainland as a toxic dumping ground. Chris Milton reports
… the University of Minnesota and Environmental Justice Advocate, has brought to light a whole … and those responsible should be brought to justice.’ EcoTerra, an NGO with strong … Bringing those responsible for the dumping to justice may be hard. Under EU regulations …
Protests. A political free-for-all or a new collective activism around social and environmental problems? Sylvia Rowley and Rachel Straus find out.
… issues they had come to campaign on – jobs, justice, climate – were greed and profit. Here … bearing in mind ecological limits and social justice.' - Alex Towler, 25, an architecture …
Recent abductions and threats against activists trying to prevent logging in South-East Asia are part of a worrying trend of violence against those exposing environmental issues
… TAKE ACTION On the frontline: Environmental justice Investigation into the dangers faced … who champion human rights and environmental justice. TAKE ACTION On the Frontline: Ocean …
The disappearance of Lohachara beneath the waters of the Bay of Bengal created the world’s first environmental refugees. Dan McDougall reports on other islanders in the Sundarbans delta who have no escape from the rising ocean. Photography by Robin Hammond