International Rivers

A just energy transition cannot come at the expense of human rights. We endorse the new report "Financing the Transition, Silencing Defenders" from the Coalition on Human Rights in Development, which documents what's at stake when communities and human rights defenders are shut out of decisions over their lands, livelihoods and rights.

Across Asia, people on the frontlines of the climate crisis are facing reprisals for raising concerns about energy transition projects — including large hydropower, a false climate solution that too often displaces and silences the very communities it claims to serve.

When civic space closes and defenders are excluded and criminalized, the energy transition itself is at risk. Meaningful public participation is critical in building a transition that meets the needs of frontline communities over the interests of business as usual, and development banks must ensure their voice is heard.

Read the report and help us to share this information: http://bit.ly/silencing-HRDs