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Home > Archives for Rights, democracy, development

Rights, democracy, development

Baca-Pogorzelska: Polska węglem nie stoi. Polska na węglu leży

December 14, 2018

– COP24 w Katowicach i dyskusje wokół niego pokazały, że polskie społeczeństwo jest gotowe do poważnej rozmowy o klimacie, chociaż zupełnie nie są do niej przygotowani nasi rządzący. Ważne pytania o sprawiedliwą transformację, implikacje raportu IPCC c

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Aktivista: Slovensko patrí k najpokročilejším, ale chýba mu plán pre úplný útlm uhlia

December 13, 2018

Deklaráciu o spravodlivej uhoľnej transformácii, ktorú v Katoviciach predstavilo poľské predsedníctvo COP24, podpísala aj slovenská vláda. Pre ALEXANDRA MUSTATU je len pózou. Source: Aktivista: Slovensko patrí k najpokročilejším, ale chýba mu plán pre

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Shuakhevi Compliance Review

December 12, 2018

In view of the considerable public resources invested in the Shuakhevi HPP project and in view of the negative impacts on local people’s safety and livelihoods, as well on local resources needed for sustainable development of the Adjara region and Geor

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Proteste gegen Transadriatische Pipeline: Griechische Bauern gegen Erdgas

December 11, 2018

Ganz Europa will diese Pipeline. Wirklich ganz Europa? Wie 70 griechische Bauern gegen die Energiepolitik der EU rebellieren. Source: Proteste gegen Transadriatische Pipeline: Griechische Bauern gegen Erdgas

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As human rights declaration turns 70, development banks have a ways to go to respect and protect rights defenders

December 10, 2018

Today 10 December marks the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To coincide with this milestone, Bankwatch together with more than 200 organisations globally has called on international financiers [1] to ensure that these institutions support the realisation of human rights, avoid causing or contributing to rights abuses, promote an enabling environment for public participation, and safeguard rights defenders.

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COP 24 : Andrzej Duda plaide pour un appui social des politiques environnementales

December 7, 2018

Invité à s’exprimer devant l’assemblée des 196 Etats liés par l’accord de Paris, le président polonais,Andrzej Duda, a insisté sur l’importance du consensus social comme condition de la réussite des politiques environnementales. La Pologne, qui supervi

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Príklad prípravy transformácie uhoľného regiónu prezentovali na konferencii v Katowiciach

December 7, 2018

24hod.sk – Príklad prípravy transformácie uhoľného regiónu prezentovali na konferencii v Katowiciach – Alojz Vlčko, zastupujúci mesto Prievidza, ktorý vystúpil v stredu 5. decembra 2018 na konferencii UNFCCC o klimatických zmenách v Katowiciach v Poľsk

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Submission to the EBRD strategy for Turkmenistan

December 7, 2018

Developments in Turkmenistan do not demonstrate commitments of the authorities to apply the political principles of the Article 1 of the Agreement Establishing the Bank. Intergovernmental organisations and CSO sources describe situation in Turkmenistan

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As coal mines shutter, Polish miners seek a way to adjust

December 6, 2018

Poland has pledged to keep burning coal, flying in the face of climate change science. Activists say the country needs to phase out coal for the climate and the economy, while protecting miners’ livelihoods. Video: Katowice Climate Change Conference So

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European Parliament warns Balkan countries to stop destructive hydropower

December 6, 2018

The European Parliament urged the EBRD and EIB to review their support for hydropower plant projects in its last week’s resolutions on the European Commission’s 2018 reports on Albania and Montenegro. The votes come as a clear sign that the European institutions are starting to reconsider their support for hydropower as green energy.

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