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We are thrilled to announce that ELAW partners at the Environmental Defenders Office in New South Wales (EDO NSW) have won an enormous victory for communities and the climate.
 

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"Environmental Policy and Human Rights," was hosted by the Ombudsman for Human Rights of the People of Oaxaca, in collaboration with civil society groups, including the Mexican Council for Sustainable Forestry and Environmental Law and Policy.

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Dolphins are traumatized for entertainment and profit at dolphinariums around the world. ELAW partners at Ukraine's Environment People Law (EPL) have won a big victory for these charismatic mammals.

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Tackling coal-fired power plants and other polluters in India is a serious challenge. According to recent rankings, nine of the 10 most polluted cities in the world are in India.

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ELAW is expanding its work protecting the environment through law in Francophone Africa by reaching out to new, promising grassroots advocates. ELAW is pleased to introduce Bernard Ngalim, a lawyer from Cameroon, and Issiaga Keita, a lawyer with Memes Droits pour Tous in Guinea. Issiaga and Bernard arrived this week for ELAW Fellowships.
 

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The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report issued the sternest warnings yet about climate change, with the world's leading climate scientists forecasting that we only have 12 years to keep global warming in check or suffer increased risks of drought, floods, extreme heat, and poverty for hundreds of millions of people.

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Plastic waste is a global menace, fouling waterways and poisoning wildlife. All over the world, people are looking for ways to turn the tide on plastics, and we're making progress.

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As the world turns its attention to Katowice, Poland, for the annual United Nations climate change conference, COP 24, ELAW partners in Poland are working diligently to challenge proposed coal-fired power plants and coal mines.

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India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has mandated that new coal-fired power plants must comply with "Human Health and Environment" criteria as part of the environmental clearance process. This includes baseline community health assessments and periodic health monitoring.

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In honor of Giving Tuesday, I hope you will support ELAW's fight to secure climate justice and defend human rights around the world.

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As we approach #GivingTuesday on November 27, I hope you will support ELAW in our fight to secure climate justice and defend human rights around the world.

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Last week, a High Court in Gauteng, South Africa, refused permission for a large new coal mine in the Mabola Protected Environment in the Mpumalanga grasslands.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo proposes an enormous hydropower scheme, known as the Grand Inga, for the Congo River.

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We are thrilled to announce that, last week, former Irish President Mary Robinson presented Honduran attorney Laura Palmese-Henandez with a 2018 Climate Justice Award at the One Young World Summit in The Hague.

Thanks to everyone who participated in this community conversation on climate change!

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Last week, ELAW partner Lottie Cunningham Wren was detained in the Managua International Airport for questioning by government agents in Managua, Nicaragua.

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Air pollution in Poland is among the worst in Europe. "People use coal for home heating, and dangerous particulate matter contaminates the air," says  ELAW Fellow Milosz Jakubowski.
Milosz arrived this week from  the Poland office of Frank Bold, where grassroots attorneys are taking the lead to keep coal in the ground in Central Europe.

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Today, a Dutch Court of Appeal ruled that the Dutch government must do more to protect the climate. The Court, finding in favor of the Dutch NGO Urgenda, recognized the "grave danger" of climate change and called for the government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to at least 25% lower than 1990 levels, by 2020.
 

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The damage that humans are doing to the global climate may be one of the gravest injustices of all time. ELAW is working with partners around the world to fight for climate justice.

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Please extend a warm welcome to ELAW Fellow Hanna Khomechko who arrived from Lviv on Tuesday.

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Advocates for indigenous communities are using new mapping tools, including geographic information science (GIS), to protect indigenous lands.

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Sea level rise from climate change threatens to inundate Vietnam, while new coal-fired power plants and ill-advised coastal development also jeopardize fragile coastlines.

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India's National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered quick remediation of 25,000 cubic meters of asbestos waste in a towering pile in the village of Roro in the State of Jharkhand. 

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In honor of International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we are pleased to share our recent work with the Lawyers' Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP).

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Advocates challenging environmental and human rights abuses often face threats, intimidation, and harassment.  According to Global Witness, at least 207 land and environmental defenders were killed last year, making 2017 the deadliest year on record for environmental advocates.

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The world is responding to the scourge of single-use plastics: Seattle banned plastic straws as of July 1, Vanuatu announced plans to ban single-use plastics this year, Starbucks will phase out plastic straws worldwide by 2020, and Costa Rica seeks a ban on most single-use plastics by 2021.

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Please extend a warm welcome to ELAW Fellow Brice Severin Pongui who arrived from Congo-Brazzaville on Thursday.

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This month, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni called on the country's security chiefs to enforce a ban on "kaveera" - the single-use plastic bags that flutter in trees, clog waterways, and endanger animals.

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ELAW Fellow Damaris Santanta returned to Guadalajara on Saturday and  immediately returned to the front lines, defending urban forests and indigenous rights with the legal team at Instituto de Derecho Ambiental (IDEA).