Op-Eds
Toxic Coal
English translation of article published in Zeit Online. In the op-ed, UN Special Rapporteur Marcos Orellana warns about the dangers of continuing coal and nuclear power amid Germany's energy crisis and the need to invest in renewable energy instead.
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Article in Spanish describing the need for Latin American countries to ratify the Escazú Agreement to ensure ecological justice, informed participation in decision-making and the protection of environmental defenders.
Dr. Marcos Orellana warns of the imminent risk of humanitarian disaster the FSO Safer oil tanker could cause off Yemen's coast and stressing that the international community must take action now.
Interview with Special Rapporteur Marcos Orellana on the significance of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, better known as the Escazú Agreement.
The piece written by Marcos Orellana and David Boyd, Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, discusses the failings regarding managing the risks of pollutions and toxic wastes and how it harms the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
Interview in Spanish reflecting on the Special Rapporteur's academic trip to Peru and the situation of a right to a healthy environment in the country.
Along with UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Marcos Orellana submitted a letter to the Bolivian government calling out inaction on regulation, use, and trade of mercury as evidence mounts that mercury contamination is causing illness in Bolivian fishing communities.
