sustainable-development
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21 January Jan 2016 1350 21 January 2016 To be or not to be: EU incoherence on migration and development
This Wednesday in Brussels, CONCORD Europe held a conference to present its policy paper entitled “Coherence for migration and security - and what about development?” The paper addresses key issues surrounding EU migration policies and Policy Coherence for Development.
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15 January Jan 2016 1207 15 January 2016 Do socially responsible firms pay more taxes?
A group of academics from Oregon University published a new analysis; "Do Socially Responsible Firms Pay More Taxes?" on the January issue of the American Accounting Association that demystifies the myth about companies adopting responsible behavior pay more taxes than traditional companies.
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21 December Dec 2015 1057 21 December 2015 Disaster risk reduction makes development more sustainable
The need to recognize disaster risk reduction as a central, cross-cutting issue for achieving sustainable development and eradicating poverty has been a key topic during the last Rome Investment Forum 2015, an international event aimed at promoting a more visionary idea of social and economic sustainability
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15 December Dec 2015 1627 15 December 2015 «Address challenges and seize opportunities of the new world of work» UNDP urges
2 billion people lifted out of low human development, in last 25 years, now focus on work is needed to galvanize progress, alerts the 2015 Human Development Report.
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14 December Dec 2015 1233 14 December 2015 Climate change is not waiting for the next step in 2020
The Paris conference outcomes commented by Corrado Clini, former environment minister of the Italian Goverment and visiting professor at the Department for Environmental Sciences and Engineering of Tshingua University (Beijing).
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2 December Dec 2015 1311 02 December 2015 The modern day slave trade
Today marks the International Abolition of Slavery Day. With over 35 million men, women, and children enslaved globally, the modern slave trade is alive and well. The reason? Money?
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30 November Nov 2015 1621 30 November 2015 Including the voice of the youth in the negotiations
The European Youth Forum calls for a more democratic and equitable process for the climate change negotiations, which both includes young people and also tackles inequalities.
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26 November Nov 2015 0956 26 November 2015 COP21: what about a gender-responsive climate agreement ?
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges that the world faces, and affects us all.Women are half of the world’s population: it is obvious that the planet won’t be saved without women’s leadership and full participation. The European Women’s Lobby takes a stand.
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24 November Nov 2015 1136 24 November 2015 Development aid, only 4 EU countries are meeting aid targets
Action remains well short of ambition in the European Union, a new report by CONCORD, the European NGO confederation for relief and development shows. Despite repeated promises, the EU as a whole did not deliver on its commitment to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) as aid by 2015. More worryingly, there is an emerging trend in EU countries to divert aid budgets from sustainable development to domestic costs associated with hosting refugees and asylum seekers.
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17 November Nov 2015 1634 17 November 2015 A missed opportunity in Valletta
Concord Europe: The EU-Africa Summit may in fact not get any mentioning in the migration and development history books.