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Latin America approves plan for protecting environmental defenders
Latin American and Caribbean countries approved a new action plan to protect environmental defenders in April.
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Can climate lawsuits help to stop global warming?
A growing number of lawsuits against companies and states could spur greater action to tackle climate change.
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Philippine government split on joining coalition to cut plastic production: UN treaty participants
The Philippines’ environment agency wants to be part of a group that supports plastic production cuts, but the bureau of investments is likely opposing it due to links to the plastics industry, say Filipino participants attending the negotiations in Ottawa.
Filipinos want efforts to tackle ocean pollution to focus on plastic production cuts, a survey by Greenpeace found ahead of the penultimate meeting for the first ever pact on plastic trash. But environmentalists fret that negotiators are prioritising waste recovery instead.
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