Legal status and protection for climate refugees as a key part of climate justice
Explicit legal recognition that people are being forcibly displaced from their homes by the climate crisis is urgently needed.
Explicit legal recognition that people are being forcibly displaced from their homes by the climate crisis is urgently needed.
EJF's view of environmental justice, and why it has never been more important.
EJF Climate Manifesto
This manifesto is designed to point the way and highlight what can and should be done to achieve a sustainable, survivable future, providing a framework for the system change we urgently need to tackle climate breakdown.
Climate Manifesto Policy Summary: The climate crisis is here now. This policy summary details the whole-of-society transformation needed to avoid its worst impacts, delivering a more sustainable global economy and a safer planet.
คู่มือการเข้าร่วมโครงการทะเลปลอดอวน (Net Free Seas) สำหรับชุมชนประมงพื้นบ้าน: คู่มือเล่มนี้รวบรวมข้อมูลที่สำคัญสำหรับชุมชนที่ต้องการเข้าร่วมโครงการ Net Free Seas (ทะเลปลอดอวน)ในประเทศไทย ไม่ว่าจะเป็นวัตถุประสงค์ของโครงการ วิธีการเข้าร่วมโครงการ และภาพตัวอย่างผลิตภัณฑ์ที่ทำมาจากเศษอวน
Summary: A human rights lens on the impacts of industrial illegal fishing and overfishing on the socio-economic rights of small-scale fishing communities in Ghana: This is a summary of EJF's report "A human rights lens on the impacts of industrial illegal fishing and overfishing on the socio-economic rights of small-scale fishing communities in Ghana", showing that the basic human rights of Ghana’s fishing communities, including the right to adequate food, adequate standard of living and just working conditions, are under threat.
This is a summary of EJF's report "A human rights lens on the impacts of industrial illegal fishing and overfishing on the socio-economic rights of small-scale fishing communities in Ghana", showing that the basic human rights of Ghana’s fishing communities, including the right to adequate food, adequate standard of living and just working conditions, are under threat.
A human rights lens on the impacts of industrial illegal fishing and overfishing on the socio-economic rights of small-scale fishing communities in Ghana: The basic human rights of Ghana’s fishing communities, including the right to adequate food, adequate standard of living and just working conditions, are under threat.
Net Free Seas Handbook 2021 - For Fishers: This handbook provides important information for communities wanting to join the Net Free Seas program in Thailand.
This handbook provides important information for communities wanting to join the Net Free Seas program in Thailand. It also explains the objectives behind the project, the NFS supply chain and showcases some of the products that EJF and its recycling partners have been making from recycled fishing nets.
Our blue beating heart: Blue carbon solutions in the fight against the climate crisis: More than half of biological carbon is captured by marine life, yet this ‘blue carbon’ is currently neglected in climate policy.
Powerless bystanders: Ghana’s fisheries observers struggle to curb crimes and ensure their own safety at sea: This briefing reveals that Ghanaian fisheries observers are bribed and threatened at sea, conditions that have enabled rampant illegal fishing in Ghana’s waters.
EJF's recommendations for a just European Union carbon border adjustment mechanism: A carbon border adjustment mechanism, if implemented correctly, could be a positive force for decarbonising European consumption and driving emissions reductions worldwide.
Joint Statement - 52 organisations worldwide urge EU Member States to combat illegal and unsustainable fishing practices: “Require cameras also on vessels below 24 metres”: This statement from NGOs, retailers and academics urges EU states to vote for mandating cameras on all vessels to prevent illegal fishing.
This statement concerns proposals by EU ministers which could be adopted at the end of June 2021 during the AGRIFISH meeting in the context of the revision of the Control regulation. This statement can also be found at transparentfisheries.org
Joint letter: Proposed Thailand law threatens civil society organizations combatting trafficking: A new law proposed in Thailand includes clear violations of the right to freedom of association. We urge the US State Department to advocate for the Thai government to withdraw the bill.