Ten Years After the Paris Agreement

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Today marks 10 years since the Paris climate agreement. Over the last decade we have seen more corporate obstruction, more militarism, more missed opportunities and more intransigence from the countries of the global north. Today is also Human Rights Day. In this special newsletter we highlight some of our recent resources and commentaries on the climate emergency and on human rights.

The 2025 global climate negotiations in Brazil concluded with a final agreement that made no mention to phase out fossil fuels. As Friends of the Earth International noted, COP30 “welcomed transnational corporations with open arms,” with over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists pushing false solutions under the banner of a ‘green transition’. Ten years after the Paris Agreement, governments continue to trade in vague commitments while the climate emergency accelerates and the 1.5°C target slips further out of reach.

This year was also shaped by the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a brutal reminder that systems of domination and dispossession are inseparable from the global forces driving ecological collapse. Climate chaos strips people of land, water, safety, culture and dignity. To defend the planet is to defend human rights. It also means insisting on rules for corporations, rights for communities, and justice for those long exploited by colonial and extractive systems.

Despite the information pollution of transnational corporations, what must change is abundantly clear: the escalating arms race, the renewed scramble for critical minerals, and extractive energy transitions dressed up as green progress. COP once again avoided the structural questions that matter most. But movements across the world are putting forward real solutions built on solidarity, public power, decolonisation and democracy.

Hope lies in clarity: knowing what does not work, defending what does, and expanding the transformative ideas and real world examples that point the way to a livable, just future. Here we share a selection of TNI’s work, offering insights into the struggles, ideas, and solutions shaping climate justice today, grouped by the kind of knowledge they offer and the communities they serve.

Movement Grounded Analysis
Insights from organised resistance, frontline communities and liberation struggles

Illustration by Fourate Chahal El Rekaby

Digging Deeper (2024)

As demand for critical minerals grows, this series examines whether a just transition can avoid repeating the destructive history of mining. It highlights how social movements are confronting extraction, climate injustice and questions of sovereignty.

From the Favelas and Rural Brazil to Gaza (2025)

By Andressa Oliveira Soares

Brazil’s solidarity movements have long supported Palestine, yet the country’s economic and military ties with Israel continue to deepen. As Brazil prepares to host COP30, grassroots organisers are exposing how Israeli militarism intersects with domestic inequality, agribusiness interests and state violence.

Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation (2025)

By Hamza Hamouchene

The devastation in Gaza is not only genocide, it is also ecocide: the deliberate destruction of soil, water, ecosystems and the social fabric that sustains life. This piece shows how settler colonial violence and environmental destruction are intertwined, and why climate justice is impossible without Palestinian liberation.

Dismantling Green Colonialism (2023)

This book analyses what a just transition could look like across the Arab region. It asks whether climate action can emerge from below, in ways that confront imperialism, build democracy, and challenge extractivism, offering a grounded, bottom-up vision of emancipation and climate justice.

Militarism, Security and the Climate Crisis
Tools for climate organisations and peace movements confronting militarisation

Climate Collateral (2025)

Why the military’s impact on climate change can no longer be ignored

Military spending has reached unprecedented levels at a time when the climate emergency demands cooperation and investment in real solutions. This briefing reveals how the arms race fuels emissions, drains public resources and deepens global tensions.

What does the global arms race mean for climate action? (2025)

Briefing for climate organisations that explores how the global arms race fuels climate instability, and suggests ways to communicate on the issues that does not further legitimise military greenwashing.

NATO’S 3.5% Spending Goal (2025)

As scientists warn of dangerous climate tipping points, NATO plans to increase military expenditure rather than confront the crisis that threatens global safety. This analysis shows why these priorities are unsustainable and why security must be redefined.

Systemic Frameworks and Transformative Public Alternatives
Policy blueprints for democratic, public, and decolonial land and energy systems

Illustration by Federico ‘Boy’ Dominguez

Reforming Land Use and Property Systems (2025)

Land, climate change and inequality are deeply connected. As COP30 and ICARRD+20 approach, this reflection argues that democratising land control rather than relying on market driven “green” fixes is essential to confronting the ecological and social harms of capitalist land regimes. It calls for community rooted systems of access and stewardship as the basis for a just, regenerative future.

Reclaiming Energy (2024)

This report imagines energy as a global public good rather than a commodity. It offers systemic pathways grounded in democratic governance, public community partnerships and decolonial justice to break the fossil fuel cycle.

Country Case Studies (2024)

From Tunisia, South Africa, UK, Costa Rica and Mexico, these case studies showcase local struggles for publicly owned energy. They highlight how communities are reclaiming energy systems, reducing emissions, and advancing a just transition that serves people’s needs locally while contributing to global climate solutions.

IIllustrations by Matt Rota

Energy Power and Transition, State of Power (2024)

An examination of the corporate and financial structures shaping the current energy system, the dangers of an unjust transition, and the possibilities emerging from movements fighting for transformative change.

Energy Transition Mythbusters (2023)

A challenge to six common myths that dominate energy policy debates. These myths promote private markets and intellectual property regimes as climate solutions, while blocking the public systems needed for fair and rapid decarbonisation.

Exposing Green Colonialism and Extractive Transitions
Research for movements, journalists and communities resisting new forms of plunder

Green Multinationals Exposed (2023)

This investigation into fifteen major energy companies reveals how many corporations use green branding to mask harmful practices. It shows that profit, not decarbonisation or justice, continues to drive their decisions, and argues for a fully public and democratic energy sector.

Egypt’s Green Hydrogen Policy (2025)

Egypt is racing to become a leading exporter of green hydrogen to Europe, but who really benefits? Our new report explores the geopolitics, economics, and social implications of Egypt’s hydrogen push, highlighting the risks for local energy security, workers, and climate justice.

Tunisia and the ELMED Project (2025)

This investigation into the Tunisia Italy electricity link reveals who gains from the project and who carries the burden. It considers the implications for energy sovereignty and offers democratic alternatives for a fair and people centred transition.

Critical Raw Minerals in Morocco (2025)

Morocco has become central in the global race for critical minerals. This report asks whether green industrialisation can truly transform the country or whether it risks deepening long standing extractivist and geopolitical patterns.

Green Hydrogen in Tunisia (2024)

Tunisia’s hydrogen strategy prioritises European energy needs over local water, land and economic rights. This piece shows how green hydrogen can become another mechanism of exploitation if left to corporate and external interests.

We recognize our work is nourished not only by research and movements, but also by the artists whose imagination expands our political horizons. Their vision has shaped our projects over the past year. Special thanks to Fourate Chahal El Rekaby, whose contributions gave our work its colour, grief and courage.

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