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G20 climate action plans: lost, not found, in Bonn
1 Jul 2025
The just wrapped up SB62 climate talks in Bonn missed the opportunity to raise the bar of Nationally Determined Contributions, due to the G20’s lack of political ambition. The NDCs are crucial as they are the cornerstone of the Paris Agreement, reflecting countries’ commitments to protect people, livelihoods and ecosystems to the best of their […]
Breakthrough for Justice at Bonn climate talks amid a system in crisis
26 Jun 2025
After two tense weeks of negotiations, one breakthrough emerged in the SB 62 climate talks: civil society’s Just Transition priorities were officially tabled in the UN climate process, thanks to relentless pressure from social movements, workers, and frontline communities. This vital step opens the door in the fight for transitions that put people first – […]
UNFCCC Parties must help protect civic space in climate talks, says Civil Society
24 Jun 2025
Civil society constituencies participating in the UNFCCC climate negotiations have today shared an open letter with all Parties to the Convention, raising urgent concerns over the UNFCCC Secretariat’s arbitrary and escalating censorship of peaceful expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian people. The letter – signed by the Women and Gender Constituency, YOUNGO, and Environmental Non-Governmental […]
UNFCCC Censorship of Palestine Solidarity: NGOs at Bonn SB 62 call out moral crisis within the UN climate process
21 Jun 2025
Civil society organisations participating in the United Nations climate negotiations have condemned what they describe as the UNFCCC Secretariat’s ongoing and arbitrary censorship of expressions of solidarity with Palestine. On Friday, CAN International distributed a special edition of its ECO newsletter at the Bonn venue, focusing on the UNFCCC Secretariat’s demand for the removal of the phrase “End the […]
Break the Gaza siege: Climate Action Network supports activists’ brave aid efforts
9 Jun 2025
Peaceful activists will not be cowed by Israeli aggression. Climate Action Network condemns the interception by Israel’s military of the Madleen, a boat with twelve activists on board who were attempting to deliver desperately needed food and medicines to Palestinians in Gaza in the early hours of June 9th 2025. Climate campaigner, Greta Thunberg, one […]
CAN on Nakba 2025: stop the genocide, end the occupation and allow aid into Gaza
15 May 2025
Over two million Palestinians in Gaza are living in a forced famine, while the death toll has surpassed 52,000, due to Israel’s ongoing and ruthless actions since October 2023. Israel’s weaponisation, politicisation and militarisation of humanitarian aid is as unjust as its bombardment and illegal settlements of Palestinian lands, its vicious killings of aid workers […]
Gaza-Israel: Ceasefires must never be political bargaining chips
20 Mar 2025
In response to Israel’s brutal and unjustifiable breach of the Gaza ceasefire, Climate Action Network (CAN) has expressed outrage, urging global leaders to pressure Israel to comply with international humanitarian law and to stop the genocide against the Palestinian population. Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of Climate Action Network International, said: ”Israel’s flagrant violation of the […]
Energy Transfer: Sinister attack on Greenpeace, Climate Action Network member
20 Mar 2025
Climate Action Network, of which Greenpeace is a long-standing member, expresses solidarity with the environmental organisation in response to the deeply troubling outcome of Energy Transfer’s meritless lawsuit. Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of Climate Action Network International, said: “The lawsuit by Energy Transfer in the US against Greenpeace is a sinister attack by Big Oil […]
CAN renews call for release of Egyptian-British prisoner of conscience Alaa Abdel el-Fattah
27 Feb 2025
Alaa Abdel el-Fattah, the Egyptian-British blogger, writer and political activist, remains unjustly detained in Egypt despite serving his unjust five year prison term, after a trial that was described as marred by numerous fair trial and due process violations. Alaa went on hunger strike in 2022 during the United Nations climate talks in Egypt, COP27, and […]
Over 90% of countries fail to submit new NDCs by deadline
11 Feb 2025
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: As the official deadline passes for countries to submit their revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, only 13 of the 195 parties have done so. Alarmingly, this group includes just five developed countries, which are required to lead the way on climate action. Under the Paris Agreement, every […]