Cape Town, South Africa – An estimated 640,000 tonnes of abandoned or lost fishing equipment, or ‘ghost gear’, enter the ocean every year, equivalent in weight to more than 50 thousand double-decker buses. In total,
Read MoreGENÈVE (OIT Infos) – L’OIT va accueillir une conférence d’une journée sur la protection de la maternité afin de marquer les 100 ans écoulés depuis l’adoption de la première norme internationale du travail sur la
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In the same week that Brazil saw a major win against fossil fuel extraction, it also experienced the nightmarish side effects of the oil industry. The Northeast coast of Brazil suffered a vast oil spill
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Oslo, Norway – Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth in Norway are today again taking the Norwegian government to Oslo’s Court of Appeal for opening up new oil drilling in the Arctic. “Right now climate
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© Monty Rakusen / Cultura CreativeGENÈVE (OIT Infos) – Le Département de statistique de l’OIT a lancé un nouveau portail de statistiques qui facilite l’accès à des données, par pays ou par sujet, sur un
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Bangkok, Thailand – Consumer goods companies Unilever, Mondelez, Nestle, and Procter & Gamble (P&G), and top palm oil traders including Wilmar are buying palm oil from producers linked to thousands of fire hotspots in Indonesia
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Last week, more than 22,000 signatures were submitted to Japan’s major banking groups: Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho, Sumitomo Mitsui and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust. Japan’s banks are facing heightened reputational risks as stakeholders worldwide pressurize them to
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Le Giving Tuesday, une journée pour célébrer et encourager le don Apparu aux Etats-Unis en 2012 à l’initiative d’un centre culturel d’un quartier de New-York (92nd Street Y), Giving Tuesday a été lancé en réponse
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Amsterdam, Netherlands – In reaction to President Piñera stating that the UNFCCC (COP25) will not occur in Santiago, International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan said: “The government of Chile saying it cannot host COP 25 must
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Nicole Leonard October 30, 2019 COP 25 in Chile has been suspended The climate talks must now move forward with a new focus on public participation and human rights
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