Stories and advocacy
Newsletter – July 2026
Welcome to the our quarterly newsletter, where we share updates from our members and partners, their inspiring stories, and plenty of useful resources!
Women who refused silence:feminist leadership on Kenya’s geothermal frontier
Penina Nailantei Koilel and Agnes Koilel are both Kenyan Maasai women leaders in territories threatened by geothermal expansion.
No accountability, no peace: The World Bank cannot be trusted in Gaza
By Siddharth Akali (Director, Coalition for Human Rights in Development) and Basma Eid (Campaign and Membership Director, ...
Transforming Challenges into Strategies: Â Lessons from the WEHRD Summit in Bali
In this blog, our CRE partner Nukila Evanty shares her reflections about the 2026 Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders Summit in Bali, ...
UN experts raise alarm over reprisals against Lifeline Nehemiah Projects (LNP) linked to a UNDP-funded project in Sierra Leone
United Nations human rights experts have formally raised concerns with the Government of Sierra Leone over the arbitrary detention, judicial ...
From community-led land stewardship to Indigenous water systems: stories of community-led development in Kenya’s geothermal sites
From community-led land stewardship to Indigenous water systems: in this blog, Charlize Tomaselli shares a series stories of community-led ...
The EIB should think twice before funding the Rogun dam in Tajikistan
The Rogun Hydropower Project could displace 60,000 people and harm biodiversity and water security in Central Asia. The EIB should think twice ...
Reflections from the EBRD Annual Meetings:what does the Bank’s commitment to civil society really mean?
Refection from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)’s 2026 Annual Meeting in Riga, Latvia.
Lost in Translation: Reflections from the AfDB CSO Working Group Engagements at the Bank’s 61st Annual Meetings
Dozens of CSOs joined the AfDB’s 61st Annual Meetings in May to demand accountability, stronger safeguards and meaningful participation. Once ...
‘Latin America is already green’: Crafting collective responses in the face of an expandinghydrogen industry
The Community of Action Group on Hydrogen, an initiative of the CRE, met in Santiago, Chile, to strengthen joint strategies to address the ...
Uganda: the community struggle that stopped a forest from becoming a city
In January 2026, the communities living near the Kitubulu Central Forest Reserve in Uganda celebrated a victory: after months of mobilization, ...
New report out: Financing the Transition, Silencing Defenders
Across Asia communities and human rights defenders who are resisting energy transition projects funded by development banks are facing growing ...
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Newsletters and annual reports
Every few months, we provide updates about our members’ and partners’ work, spotlight their successes, and offer a list of useful resources. We thank everyone who contributes to these newsletters and reports, and we hope that they can continue to be an interactive space where communities and allies can learn from each other. If you want to collaborate in a future edition of our newsletter with an update or resource, please email us!
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