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April 2008
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04/30/2008
The UK Competition Commission’s recommendation for a food chain ombudsman has been welcomed as a way of preventing big supermarkets from imposing unfair terms and conditions on producers in developing countries.
Read moreFrom: ActionAid International USA Related: [United Kingdom] |
04/30/2008
Ensi viikolla se käynnistyy: Reilun kaupan kaupunki -kampanja. Jos kaikki menee hyvin, jokin suomalaiskaupunki saa heti kampanjan aloituspäivänä 9.5. Suomen ensimmäisen reilun kaupungin arvonimen.
Read moreFrom: Reilun kaupan edistämisyhdistys Related: [Finland] [Trade] [Cities] |
04/30/2008
Raaseporin kaupunki on ottanut vastaan haasteen ryhtyä Suomen Unicef-kaupungiksi vuonna 2009. Myös itse Raaseporin kaupunki syntyy vasta vuodenvaihteessa, kun Tammisaari, Karjaa ja Pohja liitetään yhteen.
Read moreFrom: Suomen UNICEF-yhdistys Related: [Finland] [International Cooperation] [Children] |
04/30/2008
Pop star Lily Allen is backing a campaign to boost green energy in homes and businesses around Britain.
Read moreFrom: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related: [United Kingdom] [Culture] [Renewable Energy] [Climate Change] Image: Pop star Lily Allen. Credit: neil365
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04/29/2008
The Frontline Club is running a Congo season of films and talks, 6-15 May.
Read moreRelated: [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [United Kingdom] Image: UN in the Congo
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04/29/2008
A new campaign has been launched targeting British company Vedanta over its plans to mine a sacred mountain in India.
Read moreFrom: Survival International Italia Related: [India] [United Kingdom] |
04/28/2008
Hundreds of Chileans have announced their intention to leave the Catholic Church following the Vatican's involvement in a local constitutional ruling to ban free contraception.
Read moreFrom: Feminist Majority Foundation Related: [Holy See] [Chile] |
04/28/2008
"After eight years of Putin, the country has a rubber-stamp parliament dominated by a single party, whose only stated policy is loyalty to the Kremlin," writes Fred Weir in Moscow.
Read moreFrom: In These Times Related: [Russian Federation] Image: Former Russian President Putin. © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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04/28/2008
The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing).
Read moreFrom: International Institute for Environment and Development Related: [Russian Federation] [Norway] [Greenland] [Canada] [Antarctica] [Climate Change] [Fisheries] [Energy] Image: Offshore oil and gas exploration are likely to increase © Global Witness
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04/28/2008
Ilmastovaikutustensa nollaamiseen tähtäävät valtiot, kaupungit ja yritykset löytävät toisensa kasvavassa Climate Neutral Network -verkostossa. Valtioista mukana ovat Costa Rica, Norja, Islanti ja Uusi-Seelanti.
Read moreFrom: Suomen YK-liitto Related: [Norway] [New Zealand] [Iceland] [Costa Rica] [Climate Change] Image: - © Journeyman Pictures
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04/27/2008
Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead is a son’s documentary about his dad. But what a dad!
Read moreRelated: [Ukraine] [Russian Federation] [Media] Image: Noka Alekseyevna Kapranova (Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead)
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04/26/2008
A World Bank-backed carbon-reduction programme in which concessional loans would be offered to developing country governments was compared to a "protection racket" by Friends of the Earth director Tony Juniper at a meeting in London at the weekend.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [United Kingdom] |
04/26/2008
'Turning up the HEAT' is a series of interactive and virtual debates on climate change and corporate power starting May 8th. You can turn up in person to the events in London, Cardiff and Manchester or you can watch and participate online.
Read moreFrom: World Development Movement Related: [United Kingdom] [Information & Media] [Climate Change] [Corporations] Image: Turning up the HEAT, by WDM
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04/25/2008
Kirkon Ulkomaanapu ja Suomen Lähetysseura rohkaisevat seurakuntia sitoutumaan Reilun kaupan edistämiseen ja hakemaan Reilun kaupan seurakunnan arvonimeä. Reilun kaupan seurakuntia on Suomen 500:stä seurakunnasta tällä hetkellä 47.
Read moreFrom: Kirkon Ulkomaanapu Related: [Finland] [Trade] Image: -
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04/25/2008
Presidentti Tarja Halonen kehotti YK-kokouksessa Ghanassa kehitysmaita lopettamaan EU:n ajamien EPA-vapaakauppasopimusten kritisoimisen.
Read moreFrom: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus Related: [Finland] [Trade] |
04/25/2008
Kiista palkoista Nestlén ja sen Permissä Uralilla toimivan makeistehtaan työntekijöiden välillä on kärjistynyt. Ay-johtaja on esittänyt, että Nestlén on lähdettävä Venäjältä, ellei se paranna suhtautumistaan työntekijöihinsä.
Read moreFrom: Trade Union News from Finland Related: [Russian Federation] [Corporations] [Labor] Image: © Geographical
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04/24/2008
The first World Malaria Day hears a call for action by UK civil society.
Read more+ A long way to go Related: [United Kingdom] [Malaria] Image: Red Cross bednets in Niger © International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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04/23/2008
Small farmers from around the world celebrated last week the International Day of Peasant's Struggle and honored the communities and organizations in over 25 countries that are challenging escalating food costs.
Read moreFrom: Grassroots International Related: [Argentina] [Cameroon] [Germany] [Indonesia] Image: An Ethiopian farmer. © International Food Policy Research Institute
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04/23/2008
The energy industry and government are investing in spin rather than renewable energy, said a leading development group ahead of a London meeting to discuss fuel poverty in light of rising gas and electricity bills.
Read moreFrom: World Development Movement Related: [United Kingdom] [Energy] |
04/23/2008
Afgaanit ovat Pietarin alueen suurin pakolaisryhmä. He ovat usein entisessä Neuvostoliitossa opiskelleita ja korkeasti koulutettuja, jotka hallitsevat hyvin venäjän kielen. Afgaaninaisten tapaamispaikkana toimii Punaisen ristin ylläpitämä Naisten klubi.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Russian Federation] [Afghanistan] [Refugees] Image: -
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