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A photo of an oil tower, above it are drawn wind turbines, bike paths, trees
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Analyzing the Requirements of a Sustainable, Worker-Involved Just Transition

Marilena Joyce Pickett holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This article is an excerpt from the master thesis discussed, in October ...

Last update 7 Oct 2024
Climate Justice Peace
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The triple planetary crisis: Global Foresight Report reveals global shifts

“Polycrisis” is the term used by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the opening of its latest report, produced in collaboration with the International Science Council, to ...

Last update 26 Aug 2024
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The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg made a significant climate ruling

In the case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland, the European Court of Human Rights, the top human-rights court in Europe based in Strasbourg, said the Swiss government had ...

Last update 21 May 2024
Logo Change Environment
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Popoli Insieme: Paths of Change - Climate Change and Forced Migrations, 25 May 2024

The Association Popoli Insieme ODV, with the support of the Human Rights Center, organizes the event “Paths of Change - Climate Change and Forced Migrations”. The event aims to be a ...

Last update 14 May 2024
report FRA: exploited migrant workers
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ILO: Workers’ health at risk due to climate change

Climate change is probably the most imminent challenge that humanity is going to be facing. Its impact is already visible in many areas, such as the working sector.  The new report of the ...

Last update 14 May 2024
A family sitting on their front doorstep looks towards the lens
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"Leaving no one behind": An empty promise for climate-induced internally displaced populations? - Local integration challenges and solutions in Bangladesh

Laurien Quirós holds a bachelor's degree in International and Latin American Studies from the University of Leiden (Netherlands) and a master’s degree in Human Rights and ...

Last update 23 May 2024
 African child holds desert's sand in his hands. A village in the background.
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UNICEF: new report on the effects of climate change on children in Africa

A new UNICEF report entitled “Time to act: African Children in the Climate Change Spotlight” found that children living in Africa are more impacted by climate change’s risks and ...

Last update 1 Nov 2023
Leaders of states, business and civil society gathered in New York for the Climate Ambition Summit
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UN Climate Ambition Summit: “Humanity has opened the gates to hell”

On September 20, the UN Climate Ambition Summit was held in New York, within the High-Level Week 2023 meetings, where national leaders, as well as business, finance, local authorities and civil ...

Last update 4 Oct 2023
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2023 Global Report on Food Crises: latest figures on world hunger

The Food Security Information Network released the seventh edition of the annual Global Report on Food Crises, with the main affirmation that achieving the Sustainable Development Goal n°2 (zero ...

Last update 26 Jun 2023
Illustration of people cooperating for environmental protection and sustainability.
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Climate Change Education. An analysis of the secondary schools curriculum in Nepal

Irina Samson holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. She is currently co-leading the Arqus Student Agora action of the Arqus ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
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Workshop: P.H.D. Peace Human Rights Development in the new global world

The PhD students of the Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca’’ of the University of Padua are pleased to announce the first P.H.D. - Peace Human Rights Development workshop. The ...

Last update 6 Jun 2023
Civil Society holding the line in contested times: 2022 CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report
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CIVICUS: State of Civil Society Report 2022

The State of Civil Society Report 2022, published by CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists, shows a period of immense upheaval and contestation. Russia's war of ...

Last update 1 Feb 2023
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University of Padova International Conference Keynote Speaker: UN Special Rapporteur on the promotions and protection of rights in the context of climate change

Mr. Ian Fry was appointed Special Rapporteur on the promotions and protection of rights in the context of climate change by the HUman Rights Council in March 2022. The Mandate of the SR consists in ...

Last update 10 Nov 2022
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Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions: Annual Report

GANHRI, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, has published its 2021 Annual Report. National human rights institutions are State bodies with a constitutional and/or ...

Last update 7 Oct 2022
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SR on Climate Change – NHRIs Roundtable Consultation, registration deadline 21 June

The UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change, in partnership with The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), is inviting National Human Rights Institutions to a roundtable ...

Last update 28 Jun 2022