Greenwashing: Dutch Airline KLM’s Ads ‘Misleading’, Court Rules

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 22Mar
The lawsuit was filed in 2022 by environmental group Fossil Free, which accused KLM of greenwashing over a campaign to celebrate the airline’s 100th anniversary. By Martina Igini.
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Global Witness: Standing firm

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 22Mar
The Land and Environmental Defenders on the frontlines of the climate crisis. This report, and our campaign, is dedicated to all those individuals, communities and organisations that are bravely taking a stand to defend human rights, their land, and our environment
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Shaping the agenda: Youth engagement and empowerment at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 21Mar
After an invigorating three-day assembly, the CSW68 Youth Forum, held on 15–17 March 2024, closed with renewed commitments and actionable insights.
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Death Penalty Politics: The Fragility of Abolition in Asia and the Pacific

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 21Mar
This special collection of articles on the death penalty and the politics of abolition in Asia and the Pacific is published to coincide with the centenary of one of the world’s earliest statutory abolitions, in the Australian state of Queensland, in August 1922
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Climate change indicators reached record levels in 2023: WMO

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 21Mar
19 March 2024 The state of the climate in 2023 gave ominous new significance to the phrase “off the charts.” Key messages State of Global Climate report confirms 2023 as hottest year on record by clear margin Records broken for ocean heat, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice loss and glacier retreat
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C40: The cost of fossil gas: The health, economic and environmental implications for cities

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 21Mar
Fossil gas, or natural gas, is often touted as a ‘clean’ alternative to coal and a bridge fuel to renewables. It is, however, a key part of the fossil fuel problem.
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Rich countries attain record human development, but half of the poorest have gone backwards, finds UN Development Programme

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 20Mar
New York - Uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating inequality, and stoking political polarization on a global scale. The result is a dangerous gridlock that must be urgently tackled through collective action, according to a new report released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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World Happiness Report 2024

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 20Mar
In this issue of the World Happiness Report we focus on the happiness of people at different stages of life. In the seven ages of man in Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the later stages of life are portrayed as deeply depressing.
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Annual profits from forced labour amount to US$ 236 billion, ILO report finds

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 20Mar
The new study on forced labour in the private sector reveals a 37 per cent rise in illegal profits from forced labour since 2014.
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Binaifer Nowrojee Appointed New President of Open Society Foundations; Mark Malloch-Brown to Step Down

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 19Mar
NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations today announced Binaifer Nowrojee has been appointed the new president with Mark Malloch-Brown stepping down from his role in June 2024.
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