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The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) sent a letter to the South African National Treasury on 16 November 2018 seeking clarification on a partial response to a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) request. The request concerned financial guarantees and agreements related to the Thabametsi and Khanyisa coal-fired power station projects under the Coal Baseload Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (CBIPPP).

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), representing Earthlife Africa and groundWork, issued a statement to the IPP Office of the Department of Energy on 16 November 2018. The letter seeks clarity on the status of the Thabametsi and Khanyisa coal-fired power stations, the preferred bidders under the Coal Baseload Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (CBIPPPP), specifically regarding their commercial and financial close deadlines and the signing of power purchase agreements (PPAs).

A letter dated November 15, 2018, signed by representatives from various environmental and health organizations, urges Premier Doug Ford to maintain the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO) as an independent office and to reject proposed revisions in Bill 57 that would eliminate it.

This report, authored by consultant Dr. Ranajit Sahu, analyzes emissions monitoring data from Eskom power stations between April 2016 and December 2017. The analysis identifies thousands of exceedances of Atmospheric Emission License (AEL) limits for particulate matter (PM), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and oxides of nitrogen (NOx), while highlighting significant deficiencies in Eskom's reporting practices.

This report details research conducted by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) as part of a project led by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS). The study examines how a water-energy-food security nexus approach can support climate-resilient decision-making and actions within three landscapes in the Akagera Basin of Rwanda.

This report by the NewClimate Institute evaluates the progress of G20 countries in transitioning from fossil-fuel-based economies to low-carbon, climate-resilient ones, highlighting a significant gap between current national commitments and the goals of the Paris Agreement.

This document contains the heads of argument submitted by ACWA Power to the Appeal Authority of the Nkangala District Municipality. ACWA argues that an appeal brought by the non-profit organization GroundWork against the transfer of a Provisional Atmospheric Emission Licence (PAEL) should be dismissed because GroundWork, as a third party, lacks the legal standing to appeal under section 62 of the Local Government Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000.

An open statement by Friends of the Earth International and the World Rainforest Movement, signed by over 100 organizations, denouncing the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for failing to eliminate violence and environmental destruction in the industrial palm oil sector over 14 years.

A statement by Friends of the Earth International and the World Rainforest Movement, signed by over 100 organizations, denouncing the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for failing to eliminate violence and environmental destruction over 14 years of operation.

A statement signed by over 100 organizations criticizing the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for failing to eliminate violence and environmental destruction over 14 years. The document argues that the RSPO serves as a 'greenwashing' tool for the industrial palm oil sector, masking human rights violations and deforestation while facilitating the industry's expansion.

The Pretoria High Court set aside a decision by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and the Minister of Mineral Resources to allow Atha-Africa Ventures 16 (Pty) Ltd to mine in the Mabola Protected Environment, citing procedural unfairness, lack of transparency, and failure to apply environmental management principles.

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), acting on behalf of several environmental campaigns and alliances, requested that the South African Department of Environmental Affairs urgently withdraw a provision in the amended List of Activities published on 31 October 2018. The CER argues that this provision improperly weakens the sulphur dioxide (SO2) minimum emission standards (MES) for existing solid-fuel combustion plants without public consultation.

This case study describes South Africa's Working for Water (WfW) scheme, a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) project launched in 1995 to combat invasive alien plants while providing employment and social support to marginalized communities.

A case study on the Bolsa Floresta ("Forest Allowance") Programme in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, a payment for ecosystems services (PES) scheme that combines community investments and cash payments to conserve rainforests and improve local livelihoods.

This research paper proposes a typology and design options for limits on the international transfer of "hot air"—emissions reductions that occur because a country's mitigation targets are higher than its projected emissions—to protect the environmental integrity of the Paris Agreement.

A statement by Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean expressing solidarity with the Brazilian people following the election of Jair Bolsonaro, whom the organization characterizes as a representative of fascist far-right neoliberalism.

A statement by Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean (ATALC) expressing solidarity with the Brazilian people following the election of Jair Bolsonaro, whom the organization characterizes as a representative of fascist ultra-right and neoliberal interests.

Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean issued a statement expressing solidarity with the Brazilian people following the election of Jair Bolsonaro, whom they characterize as a representative of the fascist far right and neoliberalism.

A letter from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) to the Ontario Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, urging the development of an ambitious climate plan to protect public health and the economy.

This document is a petition submitted on November 2, 2018, by three Romanian non-governmental organizations—Alburnus Maior, Greenpeace Romania, and the Independent Center for the Development of Environmental Resources (ICDER)—requesting non-disputing party (amicus curiae) status in the ICSID arbitration case Gabriel Resources Ltd. and Gabriel Resources (Jersey) v. Romania. The petitioners seek to provide the Tribunal with evidence and perspectives on the environmental, cultural, and social impacts of a proposed open-pit gold mine in Roşia Montană, as well as details regarding domestic legal challenges to the project.