Recommendations for advancing climate justice through increased recognition and protection of land and environmental defenders

The document calls for the recognition of the link between the climate crisis and violence against environmental defenders. It proposes specific actions within the Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) plan and the Global Stocktake to protect defenders' rights to information and participation, while urging COP host governments to guarantee freedom of assembly for civil society observers.

• Policymakers are urged to acknowledge the connection between the climate crisis and the increase in repression and violence targeting land and environmental defenders to better protect their role in climate action.
• The briefing recommends enhancing the Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) plan by holding a dialogue on environmental human rights defenders and consulting with Indigenous peoples and frontline communities to identify obstacles to their rights of access to information, education, and public participation.
• The document argues that the Global Stocktake should include human rights experts and representatives from frontline communities in its technical dialogues and that its outcomes must provide specific guidance on fulfilling human rights obligations and protecting defenders.

APA

Natural Justice (2022). Recommendations for advancing climate justice through increased recognition and protection of land and environmental defenders. https://naturaljustice.org/publication/joint-ng0-briefing-at-cop27/

Chicago

Natural Justice. Recommendations for advancing climate justice through increased recognition and protection of land and environmental defenders. 2022. https://naturaljustice.org/publication/joint-ng0-briefing-at-cop27/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Natural Justice |title=Recommendations for advancing climate justice through increased recognition and protection of land and environmental defenders |date=3 November 2022 |url=https://naturaljustice.org/publication/joint-ng0-briefing-at-cop27/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{naturaljustice2022recommendations, author = {{Natural Justice}}, title = {{Recommendations for advancing climate justice through increased recognition and protection of land and environmental defenders}}, institution = {Natural Justice}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/publication/joint-ng0-briefing-at-cop27/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }