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Human rights are intimately linked to the climate crisis.

Global warming harmfully impacts our rights, including the rights to life, health, food, water, housing and livelihoods.

People created this crisis, and we have the power to fix it – but we need to start acting now.

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Activists and speakers - including King Okabi of the Ogale community - call for an end to Shell's pollution of the Niger Delta and compensation outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, on day one of the Ogale and Bille communities vs Shell trial, 13

Urgent Action: Protect the Bille residents in the Niger Delta

Date: May 20 2026

Aerial view of residents wading through floodwater to cross a road in Mozambique.

Global: Governments ‘must not squander opportunity’ to show they stand on side of climate justice

Date: February 13 2026

An Amnesty International staff member stands outside the Royal Courts of Justice delivering a speech demanding Shell pay to clean up their oil spill in the Niger Delta.

Climate justice

Date: December 04 2025

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Global: The fossil fuel industry is endangering a quarter of humanity - new report

Date: November 13 2025

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