Posts Tagged ‘Amazonía’
Workshop on creative activism Days of Hope is coming to Caquetá on the 21st of September
Dejusticia, PID Amazonía, the Red Cross Bogotá and Tell are getting together in Florencia to hold the first event of this international initiative that combines art and social mobilization.
Read More25 Voices against Deforestation: Finalists for the Children’s Climate Prize
The prize, which was awarded this 20th of November in Stockholm (Sweden), sought to highlight youth-led initiatives across the globe aimed at confronting the challenge of climate change.
Read MoreClimate change lawsuit: from theory to action
Dejusticia and the Ministry of Environment met with government agencies, academia, and civil society to build together a path forward to comply with the Court’s orders to stop deforestation in the Amazon.
Read MoreHere is how litigation for the planet won in Colombia
The lawyer for the 25 children and youth who won the lawsuit on deforestation and climate change in the Amazon narrates the case and analyzes the subsequent steps to implement the historic ruling of the Supreme Court.
Read MoreHelp us build the Intergenerational Pact for the Amazon
The government and the 25 children and young people who filed a lawsuit to stop deforestation in the Amazon and tackle climate change must now create a plan to achieve this goal. Everyone can join the effort to protect this ecosystem.
Read MoreColumbia University climate scientist supports climate change litigation case in Colombia
Scientist Dr. James E. Hansen, a global expert on climate change, submitted an amicus brief supporting the climate change case Dejusticia filed alongside 25 children and young people who are suing the Colombian government for failing to stop deforestation in the Amazon region.
Read MoreThe Inspector General’s Office intervened to support our legal action on climate change
The delegate for environmental issues supports the legal action by 25 young people and claims that the Government does not have a clear policy to stop deforestation, the main cause behind the warming of the country’s average temperatures.
Read MoreFirst Climate Change Lawsuit in Latin America
Twenty-five young Colombians want to defend their environmental heritage, which is why they demand that authorities stop the deforestation in the Amazon rainforest and comply with the Paris Agreements.
Read MoreCosigo, the Amazon and Prior Consultations
“To see a world in a grain of sand” wrote William Blake. And in a grain of gold – of the mine that Cosigo Resources is planning to build in the natural park Yaigoié – Apaporis- we can see the future of mining and the environment in Colombia.
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