Introduction On 7 October 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law landmark legislation mandating corporate climate and climate-related financial risk disclosures. Together, SB 253 and SB 261 apply to public and private companies with annual revenues above certain thresholds and will impose Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions […]

Sámiid Riikkasearvi/Swedish Sámi Association and the SIRGE Coalition Joint Statement on CRMA Country Global agnes Thu, 11/09/2023 – 08:46 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image As the EU moves toward a consensus on the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), we stand together as Indigenous Leaders to call for the […]

The Quest for Green Energy Filled My Community with Violence Country Mexico agnes Tue, 11/07/2023 – 14:22 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Bia’ni Madsa’ Juárez López (Ayuuk and Binnizá)  The Tehuantepec Isthmus in Oaxaca, Mexico, is a territory shared among the Binnizá, Ikoots, Angpøn, and Ayuuk Peoples […]

On 31 October 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL) unveiled its proposed “Retirement Security Rule” (Proposed Rule)1 redefining who is an investment advice fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The determination of who is a fiduciary is of central importance because many of the protections, duties, and […]

If you think more people are hospitalized for respiratory illnesses in the winter months, you’d be right. But according to new research from Spain, those illnesses are actually more lethal in the summer heat and they’re potentially more likely due to rising temperatures in a changing climate. The study, published […]

Steve Linscombe, director of The Rice Foundation, in an opinion piece published by Agri-Pulse, refers to the IFPRI analysis on export restrictions. 

Country: Mexico Source: Save the Children Up to 1 million people were impacted in the province of Guerrero, with bridges and roads destroyed, and more than 1,000 schools damaged, according to government figures.