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CIEL supports the OHCHR report on climate change's impact on vulnerable populations, arguing that States must regulate fossil fuel corporations and their financiers to address the root causes of the crisis. The statement emphasizes the need for an urgent transition from fossil fuels, increased grants-based climate finance, and the protection of environmental defenders.

CIEL supports the Special Rapporteur's findings that the triple planetary crisis disproportionately affects women and girls due to intersecting structural inequalities. The statement argues that protecting these rights requires States to rapidly phase out fossil fuel extraction, consumption, and trade, and to implement moratoriums on new petrochemical facilities. It specifically highlights the health risks of microplastics for women and calls for a human rights-based approach in the negotiations of a plastics treaty.

CIEL endorses the Special Rapporteur's findings that the climate crisis negatively impacts the right to housing, particularly for marginalized communities, and supports calls for international loss and damage compensation and debt suspension for vulnerable countries. The statement warns against 'green grabbing' and climate gentrification resulting from misguided mitigation and adaptation policies, urging that climate finance and national plans include safeguards to prevent forced evictions and arbitrary displacement.

The We Mean Business Coalition calls for a massive increase in climate finance, specifically $3 trillion per year, to achieve net zero and address nature loss. The text references 'The Breakthrough Effect' report, which identifies electric vehicles, green ammonia, and plant-based diets as positive tipping points for emissions reduction. It emphasizes the role of the Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA) initiative in leveraging philanthropy to unlock public and private funding. Additionally, it notes that 92% of organizations surveyed in the 'Corporate Minds of Climate' report prioritize long-term decarbonization, and highlights the impact of the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), SME Climate Hub, and RE100 in driving corporate climate commitments.

The author contends that inflation in the Eurozone is caused by vulnerability to global shocks—such as the energy crisis and supply chain disruptions—rather than a 'wage-price spiral'. The text criticizes the use of restrictive monetary policies (raising interest rates) as harmful and suggests that companies are maintaining or increasing margins by passing costs to consumers. To counter the decline in the wage share of GDP, the document proposes indexing wages to inflation, taxing superprofits, and investing in domestic transport, housing insulation, and agriculture to reduce reliance on imported inputs.

The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) describes the National Ignition Facility's achievement of net fusion energy gain as a major milestone that validates fusion science and provides a potential 24/7 clean energy option. While acknowledging that commercial viability requires further development, CATF suggests that new approaches, such as magneto inertial fusion, could reduce the high capital and energy costs associated with large-scale projects like the NIF and ITER.

The European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles for the Digital Decade outlines a human-centric approach to digital transformation in the EU. It commits to ensuring that technology serves all citizens through principles of solidarity, inclusion, and the protection of fundamental rights. Key focus areas include universal high-speed connectivity, digital skills, transparency in AI and algorithms, the protection of the digital public space from disinformation, and the requirement for digital products to minimize environmental impact and support climate action.

The Windhoek+30 Declaration, issued following a 2021 UNESCO conference in Namibia, asserts that information is a public good essential for human rights, democratic governance, and addressing global emergencies. It identifies critical threats to this good, including the economic crisis facing independent media, the proliferation of digital disinformation, and physical and legal attacks on journalists. The document outlines a series of calls to action: governments are urged to create enabling environments for free press and universal internet access; technology companies are asked to increase transparency in their automated systems and conduct human rights risk assessments; and intergovernmental bodies are encouraged to develop joint funding instruments to support media viability.

The Private Equity Stakeholder Project urges KCERA to halt a proposed $40 million investment in Landmark Real Estate Partners Fund IX, citing systemic issues with Progress Residential, a Landmark investee. The document highlights allegations of unsafe housing conditions in Minneapolis and Charlotte, as well as a U.S. House of Representatives committee finding that Progress Residential used abusive eviction tactics during the pandemic.

The Declaration of the Conference for Democratic Renewal and Change, adopted on 2 July 2022, asserts that South Africa's constitutional democracy is under threat from corruption and state capture. It proposes a 'new politics' based on social and climate justice and outlines a programme of action focusing on electoral reform, public service professionalisation, and the implementation of the Zondo Commission's recommendations. The document resolves to transform the 'Defend our Democracy Campaign' into a popular movement to oversee these goals.

GreenLatinos uses the occasion of Juneteenth to highlight the link between systemic racism and environmental injustice, asserting that fossil fuel-based energy sources cause disproportionate harm to Black and Brown communities.

GreenLatinos supports the White House's designation of June as National Immigrant Heritage Month, noting it is the first time the federal government has honored immigrant contributions via proclamation. The organization emphasizes that immigrant justice is essential to achieving "liberación ambiental" (environmental liberation) and calls for Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform to protect migrants and provide a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients, who contribute nearly $10B in annual taxes.

The Lagos Declaration on Community Justice outlines a series of pledges by West African organisations to strengthen legal empowerment for the poor. Key commitments include training paralegals to address climate change and land rights, increasing the participation of women in legal work, and advocating for the formal recognition of community paralegals across the region. The participating organisations, forming the West Africa Legal Empowerment Network, aim to co-create participatory action research to tackle environmental and land justice challenges in both rural and urban settings.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) issued a statement condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, highlighting the resulting humanitarian crisis and the risk that the conflict will disrupt global energy and food systems. WRI President & CEO Ani Dasgupta expressed concern that the war could divert the political will and resources necessary to address global challenges, specifically climate change, poverty, and hunger.

The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) addresses the Russian invasion of Ukraine, emphasizing the convergence of the conflict with existing ecological, nuclear, and biological security crises. The organization highlights specific risks such as the seizure of the Chernobyl site, the potential for offensive biological weapons, and the geopolitical implications of a melting Arctic and dependence on Russian wheat.

Nigeria's Adaptation Communication (AdCom) was developed through a participatory, gender-responsive process involving stakeholders from government, civil society, the private sector, and academia. The document aims to increase the visibility of adaptation relative to mitigation, provide input for the global stocktake, and assess progress toward the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA). The preparation was supported by the NAP Global Network Secretariat and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), with funding from the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO).

The statement condemns the Israeli government's decision to label six Palestinian civil society organizations as terrorists and 'unauthorized,' arguing that this is an escalation of the criminalization of human rights defenders. It highlights the role of these organizations in protecting land, water, and human rights under occupation, specifically mentioning the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) and its work in the West Bank. The signatories call on the international community to pressure Israel to end the occupation and respect international law.

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is employing four pathways to accelerate climate innovation and investment in developing countries: fostering supportive regulatory environments, funding accelerators and incubators, de-risking first-mover investments, and strengthening domestic financial institutions. These efforts aim to address the gap in achieving Paris Agreement goals, with GCF managing a portfolio of USD 10 billion and assets totaling USD 37.2 billion across 127 developing countries.

The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, including leaders from 16 nations, advocates for a transition to a sustainable ocean economy to close the emissions gap. The Panel identifies six key action areas—nature-based solutions, renewable energy, industry decarbonisation, sustainable food, carbon capture and storage, and research—noting that these actions could provide up to 21% of the annual emissions cuts required to limit global warming to 1.5°C by 2050. Member nations commit to developing Sustainable Ocean Plans to manage 100% of their national waters sustainably within five years.

Natural Justice and the Inclusive Green Economy Network (IGEN-East Africa) condemn the arrest of six staff members from the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) in Uganda. The organization asserts that these arrests are part of a trend of harassment against environmental defenders challenging the East Africa Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which they describe as the longest heated oil pipeline in the world. The statement calls for global solidarity and urges the Ugandan government to operate within the law to protect human rights and environmental activists.