WORLD RESTORATION FLAGSHIPS

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 07Feb
On 13 February - in the lead-up to the sixth UN Environment Assembly - the UN will announce seven new World Restoration Flagships. Stay tuned! Countries have already promised to restore 1 billion hectares – an area larger than China – as part of international climate, nature, and land goals. However, little is known about the progress or quality of this restoration.
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The Garment Me Too campaign is a transformative vision of work that centers the dignity and economic security of women workers.

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 07Feb
The purpose of the campaign is to target the supply chains of garment apparel brands in order to bring brands and their suppliers to the table with supplier unions to bargain and create changes on production lines at the industrial level as well as along global supply chains.
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SEN. CARDIN INTRODUCES LANDMARK HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS LEGISLATION THAT WILL HELP COUNTER AUTHORITARIANISM AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 07Feb
January 31, Washington, D.C.–Today, Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the “Human Rights Defenders Protection Act of 2024.” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) also introduced the bill in the House of Representatives. If passed, this legislation would strengthen the U.S. government’s ability to protect civil society activists, community leaders, journalists
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THREE YEARS AFTER MYANMAR’S MILITARY COUP BEGAN, CHEVRON CONTINUES TO FUND THE ILLEGAL JUNTA

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 06Feb
February 1, 2024, Washington, D.C.–Today marks three years since the Myanmar (Burma) military junta launched its brutal coup, committing well-documented war crimes and crimes against humanity and shattering the country’s fragile democratic transition. The coup has not been successful.
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Apply now: PRIO Peace Research Course at the International Summer School

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 06Feb
PRIO's International Summer School (ISS) is now opening for applications with deadline 15 February (scholarship application) and 1 March (self-financed).
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Strider Education Foundation Launches Inclusive Biking Program

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 06Feb
A South Dakota, US-based nonprofit aspires to revolutionize the way society approaches inclusivity in physical activity and health equity. With a belief that everyone regardless of age, physical fitness or intellectual background should be able to access physical activity, the Strider Education Foundation is a national movement to ensure that “All Kids Bike.”
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JFM WELCOMES NEW SANCTIONS ON THE ILLEGAL MYANMAR JUNTA AND BUSINESSES ON THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF FAILED COUP ATTEMPT

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 06Feb
Justice For Myanmar welcomes the latest sanctions on the illegal Myanmar junta and its business associates, three years after the military launched a coup attempt that has failed because of the courageous mass resistance of Myanmar people.
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When genocide is reduced to a war of emotions

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 05Feb
Posted on ISS blog BlISS by Dina Zbeidy
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The search for the next UNEP Young Champions of the Earth starts soon!

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 05Feb
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will be inviting young changemakers aged 18-30 with outstanding ideas on how to protect and restore the environment to apply for a new round of Young Champions of the Earth awards.
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IOM Chief: Nearly 100 Disappeared or Dead in Mediterranean in 2024 Underscoring Need for Regular Pathways

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 02Feb
Geneva / Rome, 29 January – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has revealed today that nearly 100 people have died or disappeared in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean since the beginning of 2024. The toll is over twice as high as the figure for the same period of 2023, the deadliest year for migrants at sea in Europe since 2016.
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