RSF urges governments to defend right to information in the proposed Global Digital Compact

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 02May
United Nations member states are currently negotiating a proposed Global Digital Compact for adoption at the Summit of the Future planned by the UN secretary-general for September 2024. This ambitious initiative must not become a missed opportunity for regulating the global information space, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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Brazil: Vale, BHP, and Samarco propose $25 billion settlement for 2015 Mariana dam disaster reparations

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Apr
"Vale, BHP propose $25 billion settlement for Mariana disaster reparations", 29 Apr 2024
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HI: Flore, a driver’s assistant with HI: portrait of a woman who sets herself no limits!

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Apr
Flore is responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of humanitarian supplies in Burkina Faso in a complicated security context. Portrait of a woman of commitment, passionate about her job.
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Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Outnumber National Delegations, Scientists, and Indigenous Peoples at Plastics Treaty Negotiations

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Apr
OTTAWA, April 25, 2024 — 196 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have registered for the critical fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) to advance a global plastics treaty.
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PEOPLE POWERED: Say hello to 39 of our newest members in 2024!

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Apr
The People Powered community is growing stronger! So far this year, we have welcomed 39 new members from more than 20 countries and six continents. People Powered members are the world’s leading organizations, practitioners, policymakers, civil servants, researchers, and advocates building participatory democracy.
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160 financial institutions call for investment in ending plastic pollution

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Apr
The purpose of this statement is to demonstrate support from the financial sector for an ambitious international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution and to set out what a robust agreement would include from the perspective of the financial sector
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The 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 29Apr
Celebrating grassroots leaders who prove that ordinary people can have an extraordinary impact on the environment
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Oxfam reaction to the Global Report on Food Crises 2024

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 29Apr
Published: 24th April 2024 Learn more HUNGER IN A HEATING WORLD Today’s "Global Report on Food Crises” (GRFC), led by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN), says that 281.6 million people across 59 countries are now experiencing acute hunger – 24 million additional people over last year.
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International Idea: A Global Digital Compact for Democracy

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 29Apr
29 April 2024 Time 11:00-12:30 EDT Location United Nations Headquarters, New York. The United Nations Global Digital Compact (GDC) has emerged as a key process in negotiating the future of technology and the improvement in digital cooperation among countries.
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THE CLIMATE DAMAGES TAX

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 29Apr
The Climate Damages Tax (CDT) proposal, underpinned by the Polluter Pays principle, makes the case that it is high time for the producers to bear a substantial proportion of the costs for losses and damages that result from the burning of fossil fuels. The CDT is a fee on the extraction of each tonne of coal, barrel of oil, or cubic meter of gas.
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