By UN On 10 May, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued, in advance, the unedited 2018 edition of the annual report on progress towards the SDGs. The report is based on selected SDG indicators for which data is available, using the latest data as of 10 May 2018. The report titled, ‘Progress towards the Sustainable Development […]
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By Spanish Green MEP Florent Marcellesi’s and philosopher and author Corine Pelluchon Animal exploitation on a mass scale remains a grotesque reality today. But a cultural shift is underway, and animal-rights awareness and activism is on the rise. The Green European Journal sat down with Spanish Green MEP Florent Marcellesi and philosopher and author Corine […]
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By Tim Jackson Ten years after the financial crisis, inequality in advanced economies is still rising. Tim Jackson presents the findings of a new CUSP working paper to explore potential solutions. The idea of a citizen’s income originated with Thomas More, who in his work, Utopia (1516), suggested that it could be a means to […]
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By Solidar, World Vision and the EEB Last week on 6 June, the global Fight Inequalities campaign was launched at the European Development Days. The campaign was organised by civil society organisations from 15 EU countries who are working to increase awareness and push for the policy and social change needed to tackle inequality and […]
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By ALDA When you were a child, have you ever been told to act like a girl (or a boy)? In the European Union, women earn on average 16% less than men. For the same job. Why? Working women in the EU spend on average 26 hours/week on unpaid care and housework. Working men… 9 […]
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By the European Commission On Europe Day, 9 May 2018, the European Commission launched an online public consultation addressed to all Europeans, asking them what direction they want the European Union to take in the future. This unique consultation, part of the broader Future of Europe debate launched with the Commission’s White Paper on 1 […]
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By European Minimum Income Network (EMIN) 2 Buses, 32 Countries, 64 days, over 120 events and over a thousand volunteers for Guaranteed Minimum Income Schemes. On 24 April the EMIN partners, together with experts by experience, Commissioner Marianne Thyssen, Mairead McGuinness, (Vice President European Parliament), more than 20 civil society organisations, members of the […]
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By: Alexandra Hiniker, Strategic Relationships Manager, NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs New York City will become the first city in the world to report directly to the United Nations on the status of its implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during the High-Level Political Forum this July. The publication will be called a […]
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By Samuel Moyn Published April 23, 2018 in the New York Times The human rights movement, like the world it monitors, is in crisis: After decades of gains, nearly every country seems to be backsliding. Viktor Orban in Hungary, Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines and other populist leaders routinely express contempt for human rights and […]
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By People’s Budget campaign European decision-makers, civil society organisations, academics and other stakeholders from all over Europe call on the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission to integrate sustainability into the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) of the EU. The EU budget is not an accounting tool, but a means to achieve common political […]
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