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The Digital Justice Manifesto advocates for a human-centric approach to digital technology, emphasizing equal access to information, data privacy, and the protection of cultural and linguistic identities. It calls for democratic control of media infrastructure and the provision of sustainable energy, such as solar and wind power, to ensure the functionality of digital tools.

The Harare Declaration 2021, adopted during the inaugural African Conference on Debt and Development (AfCoDD), argues that the current global financial architecture is broken and fails African citizens. It highlights how the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated debt vulnerabilities, potentially pushing 39 million Africans into extreme poverty in 2021 and burdening future generations. The document criticizes the IMF's debt sustainability frameworks and private credit rating agencies for prioritizing creditor interests over social and environmental justice. It identifies systemic issues such as illicit financial flows, aggressive corporate tax planning, and the use of Resource Backed Loans as drivers of unsustainable debt. To address these, the Declaration advocates for the reform of global debt architecture, the creation of an African Accountability Mechanism, and the establishment of regional institutions including an African Monetary Fund, an African Development Bank, and an African Investment Bank. It further urges African governments to consider debt cancellation and collective default to break the cycle of dependency on the global north.

The Clean Air Task Force views the House's approval of the $3.5 trillion Budget Resolution and the rule for the $1 trillion infrastructure bill as positive steps toward investing in the clean energy economy and addressing climate change.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) welcomed the decision of the Climate Leadership Council (CLC) to separate from Exxon. WRI emphasized that carbon pricing is essential for an effective climate response and called on CLC member companies to ensure their lobbying and political spending align with their public climate commitments. Additionally, WRI urged these companies to support carbon pricing within the upcoming reconciliation package and future legislation due to the urgency of the climate crisis.

The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) welcomes the EPA's rescission of a Trump-era cost-benefit rule, which CATF claims was designed to "impair efforts to protect public health and the environment" by discounting the benefits of Clean Air Act requirements. CATF urges the EPA to consider all relevant costs and benefits, including non-monetizable ones, to effectively address climate change, clean air, and environmental justice.

The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) supports the CLEAN Future Act, describing it as a blueprint for economy-wide decarbonization. CATF highlights the bill's focus on transmission planning, community assistance for clean energy transitions, the reduction of methane 'Super Pollutants', and the deployment of clean energy technologies. Additionally, the organization notes that the bill's Clean Electricity Standard is designed to accelerate power sector decarbonization while ensuring affordability and fairness.

The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) has published an Equality Manifesto to establish an institutional commitment to eradicating harassment and violence and fostering a fairer work environment. This initiative follows a participatory process starting in 2019 to create an Equality Plan for 2020-2023 and the development of a protocol to prevent and address sexual, gender, and identity-based harassment.

GreenLatinos supports the nominations of Pete Buttigieg (DOT) and Jennifer Granholm (DOE), citing Granholm's history of promoting electric vehicles and renewable energy in Michigan and Buttigieg's infrastructure plans. The organization advocates for a federal transition away from fossil fuels and gasoline vehicles toward net-zero electricity and equitable, sustainable infrastructure.

The BC3 Equality Manifesto outlines a framework for the 2020-2023 period focused on two primary goals: eradicating harassment and violence, and committing to workplace equality. The centre implements a 'ZERO Tolerance Policy' regarding harassment and has established specific reporting channels and a contact person for complaints. To promote equality, BC3 focuses on reducing gender bias in hiring across all scientific and administrative roles, encouraging the use of inclusive language in publications and daily speech, and supporting work-life conciliation for family duties. The manifesto specifically aims to support junior women on temporary contracts in pursuing long-term research careers and encourages all staff to undergo gender equality training to move beyond symbolic 'purple washing' efforts.

The document denounces the murder of Mama Fikile Ntshangase, a member of the Somkhele community and vice-president of a sub-commission of the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation (MCEJO). Ntshangase was killed on October 22, 2020, after refusing a bribe from Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd to drop legal actions against the expansion of the Tendele coal mine, which would have displaced 21 families. The statement highlights a broader trend of human rights violations against environmental and land defenders across Africa, driven by the expansion of mining, oil, and gas activities by multinationals. It demands that South African authorities, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, conduct impartial investigations and calls for a binding international instrument to regulate states and end the impunity of multinational corporations.

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) emphasizes the critical role of coral reefs in climate resilience and mitigation, noting that 1.5°C of warming could cause a 70-90% decline in reefs. The GCF highlights the 'widening financing gap' for these ecosystems and supports the Global Fund for Coral Reefs' goal of using blended finance to catalyze private investment for vulnerable countries, including SIDS and LDCs. The GCF cites its Blue Action Fund project in the Western Indian Ocean as an example of its current investment in marine ecosystems.

RMI and several major oil and gas companies, including BP, Equinor, Exxon, and Shell, have condemned the US EPA's decision to stop methane emissions monitoring. RMI argues that monitoring and abatement are essential for natural gas to have any future role in the energy system, as methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with 28-36x the warming potential of carbon dioxide over 100 years. The document asserts that affordable detection technologies, such as optical gas imaging cameras, are available and that regulation is necessary to ensure all operators meet performance standards.

The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) identifies systemic racism, xenophobia, and rising authoritarianism as drivers of dangerous human security consequences in the U.S. The organization commits to integrating the experiences of vulnerable groups into its analysis of systemic risks, asserting that justice is a prerequisite for peace and security.

Friends of the Earth International and JA! denounce the impact of the gas industry in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, citing the displacement of 550 families, the destruction of biodiversity in the Quirimbas Archipelago, and the exacerbation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement highlights a climate of violence where the Mozambican army is accused of protecting transnational companies like Total and ExxonMobil rather than civilians, while journalists and community members disappear. It demands that the government shift toward people-owned renewable energy and that international bodies hold corporations accountable for their actions.

The We Mean Business coalition expresses solidarity with the Black community following police violence in the United States, arguing that a transition to a net-zero economy cannot be inclusive without addressing structural racism and inequality. The coalition acknowledges that the climate crisis disproportionately affects communities of color and commits to improving its internal practices and leadership diversity to better address the links between climate change and racial injustice.

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) asserts that climate change cannot be effectively addressed without first tackling systemic inequality and injustice. The organization emphasizes that the costs of climate action must not fall unfairly on marginalized groups, and the benefits of a clean energy economy must be shared broadly. EESI highlights its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through initiatives such as supporting on-bill financing for low-income rural families and focusing on the resilience of marginalized coastal communities affected by pollution and environmental disasters.

The manifesto argues that the economic stimulus packages designed to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic should be aligned with sustainability and biodiversity policies. It advocates for a 'Green Recovery' based on the European Green Deal's pillars of digitalization, decarbonization, and resilience. The signatories, representing a broad coalition of politicians, academics, business leaders, and NGOs, urge the Spanish government and the Congressional Commission for the Reconstruction of Spain to adopt a sustainable recovery model, noting that Spain is well-positioned for this transition due to its renewable energy potential and industrial capacity.

The statement by Friends of the Earth International asserts that systemic crises in climate and biodiversity are driven by a model that privileges transnational corporate profits over human rights and the environment. It advocates for a legally binding international instrument to hold these corporations accountable, proposing seven specific demands including the creation of an International Court for transnational corporations and the legal primacy of human rights over investment agreements.

The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) supports the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019, which aims for the decarbonization of the U.S. electric power sector by mid-century. The legislation is described as technology-inclusive, supporting carbon capture and storage, nuclear energy, hydroelectric generation, and renewables. It proposes incentives for always-available zero-carbon electricity via a credit multiplier and a new Department of Energy RDD&D program. CATF notes that this federal effort aligns with existing state-level legislation in California, New Mexico, Nevada, and Washington, as well as targets set by major utilities covering 37.9% of US electricity sales.

The Doha Declaration on Climate, Health and Wellbeing, drafted by the Global Climate and Health Alliance in December 2012, asserts that health should be central to climate action. It highlights that climate change impacts health through direct means, such as extreme weather and infectious diseases, and indirect means, such as migration and conflict, disproportionately affecting children, women, and poorer populations. The declaration argues that climate mitigation—specifically reducing fossil fuel consumption and shifting to low-carbon energy—provides significant health co-benefits, including improved air quality and increased physical activity. The signatories call for health impacts to be fully evaluated and costed in climate decisions, the cessation of global fossil fuel subsidies, increased funding for health programs in vulnerable countries, and the inclusion of the health sector in designing mitigation and adaptation strategies.