On 10 July, the Cundinamarca Administrative Court evidenced the breach of a series of climate obligations contained in national legislation...
Category: Extractives
Urgent Action to protect the environment and the Paimadó community
ABColombia expresses its profound concern regarding the situation in Paimadó, Chocó, Colombia. Our partners inform us that an illegal mining...
International Water Day 2023
Leading environmental laws in Colombia still far from implementation “This World Water Day is about accelerating change to solve the...
Renewable energy: How does it differ from fossil fuel extractives when it comes to respecting the rights of communities and the environment?
There is an urgent need to mitigate the climate crisis, but this has to be done as a just transition...
UK and Irish Government Must Hold MNC operating in their Jurisdiction to Account
ABColombia is increasingly seeing the investor-State dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) mechanisms in Investment and Trading Agreements used by multinational companies...
Communities resist the La Colosa Mine open-pit gold mine proposed in the Paramos of Tolima
La Colosa is AngloGold Ashanti’s proposed project for an open-pit gold mine spanning several rural municipalities in the department of...
Delegation of Parliamentarians to Colombia 2022
ABColombia’s delegation report on: Business, Environment and Human Rights, Justice and Sustainable Peace, and Women and Conflict related sexual violence....
The Wayúu Indigenous Peoples continue their Struggle for the rights of the Arroyo Bruno
“..the circular insanity of allowing the destruction of one of the most beautiful bio diverse places on this planet, to...
Proposed new Best Coal Company (BCC) open pit mine at Cañaverales
The village of Cañaverales is in the municipality of San Juan del Cesar in the south of the department of...
