Join us for these events organized by SDG Watch Europe, GCAP and our partners! We also will have two coordination and exchange meetings of SDG Watch Europe: 1) Thursday, 11.7., 14:00-15:00 in the Qatar Lounge in the UN 2) Tuesday, 16.7., 9:00-10:00 in the Qatar Lounge in the UN Wednesday, 10 July Leave No One Behind: the […]
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By Tanja Gohlert, Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) Join SDG Watch Europe and others for the global launch of EU SDG10 report on inequalities – Falling through the cracks: Exposing inequalities in Europe and beyond – at the HLPF on Thursday, 11 July from 10:30 – 12:00 at the Church Centre (2nd Floor). Despite the European […]
Read moreBy Nick Meynen, EEB In recent years, the concept of green economic growth, i.e. the expansion of the economy without an accompanying increase in environmental harm, has gained political acceptance. However, the idea that this policy alone is enough to deal with the environmental challenges we face appears to be founded on little to no […]
Read moreBy Marie-Amélie Brun, EEB Inequalities are everywhere and they are growing. Activists organised a guerrilla action at the European Development Days to ask for political actions! META followed them around and here’s what happened. On 18 June 2019, activists fighting for equality in the EU and around the world gathered at the European Development Days […]
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By Khaled Diab, EEB Despite the European Union’s commitment to ‘leave no one behind’, millions of people in Europe are falling victim to widening inequalities, a newly released EU-wide report concludes. Meanwhile, European governments are not doing enough to bridge the chasm. On Tuesday 18 June, ‘Falling through the cracks: Exposing inequalities in the European Union and beyond’, […]
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By the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Fossil-fuel subsidies are environmentally harmful, costly, and distortive. After a 3 years downward trend between 2013 and 2016, government support for fossil fuel production and use has risen again, in a threat to efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, and the transition to cleaner […]
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By Khaled Diab, EEB Civil society organisations from across Europe are urging European Union leaders to make sustainable development the golden thread running through all EU policies. European Union leaders are due to hold a summit in Brussels on 20-21 June 2019 where they will hammer out the EU’s strategic agenda for the coming five […]
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See our full newsletter here. EDITORIAL: Towards a sustainable future: Time for bold and courageous political leadership Statement on the European Elections 2019 Europe’s failure to stamp out inequalities – by EEB & GCAP The Spring 2019 Climate Alliance South America Tour – Supporting climate justice with indigenous partners – by Climate Alliance Do you want to learn more […]
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By Khaled Diab, EEB & Tanja Gohlert, GCAP Despite the European Union’s commitment to leave no one behind, millions of people in Europe are falling victim to widening inequalities, according to a new major EU-wide report – ‘Falling through the cracks: Exposing inequalities in Europe and beyond’. The report will be launched on 18 June […]
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Small Towns facing global challenges of Agenda 2030 & Petition to create European Day of Memory and Welcome (3 October). By Snapshots From The Borders Migration is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon and a political issue which needs concrete actions taken by all levels of society. The project promotes a more effective policy coherence through a […]
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