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Green Week 2016 30 May May 2016 1249 30 May 2016 How urban planning can tackle inequality
“Cities are not only facing increasing heterogeneity, but also growing economic inequality and spatial segregation.” Explaining the crucial role of urban planners in fostering social cohesion and advancing sustainable urban development is Franziska Schreiber, expert on urbanisation at adelphi, the leading independent think tank and public policy consultancy on climate, environment and development.
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Event 27 May May 2016 1005 27 May 2016 The refugees crisis is at the top of the agenda as the EFC kicks off its annual conference
The ongoing refugees crisis is a challenge to our common humanity. How can governments, the private sector, civil society organisations and philanthropy response?
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Green planet 26 May May 2016 1522 26 May 2016 What if the energy revolution started from small islands?
Taking place at the Maddalena, Greening the Islands Italy is the first "Small Italian Islands Summit". Together, they will meet to discuss the topic of renewable energy, with a particular focus on the migrant crisis and environmental sustainability.
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Intersectionality 25 May May 2016 1648 25 May 2016 Why women will save the planet
Friends of the Earth have just published a book combining environmentalism and feminism. Entitled 'Why Women Will Save the Planet', the collection of articles and interviews is "from some of the leading lights of the environmental and feminist movements demonstrates that achieving gender equality is vital if we are to protect the environment upon which we all depend."
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World Humanitarian Summit 23 May May 2016 1707 23 May 2016 The latest mise-en-scène in a sector of endless conferences
The day after the Cannes film festival awarded director Ken Loach, the first World Humanitarian Summit gears up with a new production of good intentions, pleas but also empty rhetoric. It is not fiction: it is another anti poverty glamorous mise-en-scène self-directed and starred by the most privileged people on earth recalling the solutions that were not implemented.
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Event 23 May May 2016 1443 23 May 2016 Over 600 leaders from philanthropy, politics and business tackle global challenges
The 27th European Foundation Centre annual general assembly and conference ‘Imagining and Investing in our Future’ will take place in Amsterdam from 26-28 May.
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Social Europe 20 May May 2016 0926 20 May 2016 Poverty is a threat to the European project
Over 300 people from across Europe will gather in Lourdes at the end of May for a 4-day Caritas Europa conference to contribute to the building of the European project.
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Environment & Climate 19 May May 2016 1212 19 May 2016 Green Week 2016: Do we need another week of discussion?
According to the World Bank, the global community is badly prepared for a rapid increase in climate change-related natural disasters that by 2050 will put 1.3 billion people at risk. With this year's edition of Green Week approaching, it is time for less talk and more climate action.
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Human Capital 17 May May 2016 0903 17 May 2016 The social protection policies that can give Europe a more secure foothold
Social inclusion, poverty reduction, inequality, CSR, migration, NGOs relations with Eu Commission. The state of the art on social affairs, challenges and proposals addressed by Lieve Fransen, former Director, Europe 2020 Social Policies DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at the European Commission.
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Consumers 11 May May 2016 1200 11 May 2016 The Behind The Brand campaign, when reputation beats food
Oxfam’s Behind the Brand’s campaign ranks 10 global brands according to their social and environmental policies, in a report which showed a significant improvement across the industry.
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After Cop21 11 May May 2016 1104 11 May 2016 Cost of adapting to climate change could hit $500 billion per year by 2050
UNEP's Adaptation Finance Gap Report: Failure to cut emissions will dramatically increase the annual costs of adaptation, which could be up to five times higher by 2050 than previously thought.
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Doing good 9 May May 2016 0902 09 May 2016 Industry is making progress on CSR
Since the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, people are placing increasing pressure on companies to address their social and environmental risks and footprint. To gauge how industry is progressing, every year, Ethical Corporation publishes a comprehensive picture of global business sustainability.
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Report 4 May May 2016 0950 04 May 2016 Most poor renting families struggle to obtain and maintain housing
While the Canadian city of Medicine Hat has recently become the first city to end homelessness, many people are increasingly being made homeless because they cannot afford their rent, or their landlord kicks them out at the end of a tenancy agreement.
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Life style 29 April Apr 2016 1037 29 April 2016 What does the circular economy have to offer? A world without waste
With millions of citizens looking for a better life, e.g. Syrians in Europe, unlock the value of waste will be the key to a truly sustainable society. The idea is to reject the linear model of “take, make and dispose” system, in which products are consumed and largely get turned into waste.
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GMOs 27 April Apr 2016 1752 27 April 2016 Agrochemical companies find loopholes
In Europe, GMOs are hugely unpopular, with most people rejecting them and governments banning them. However, agrochemical companies are finding loopholes, and now claiming that GMOs which are produced through a range of new techniques called gene-editing don't in fact count as GMOs at all.
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30 year anniversary 26 April Apr 2016 1758 26 April 2016 Hope for the children of Chernobyl
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear explosion: the disaster that remains the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, and continues to affect thousands of people across Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. With generations of children affected by the radiation, Chernobyl is an everyday reality, and not just an anniversary the world remembers once a year. The Nadeshda rehabilitation centre in Belarus was founded to give hope to children living in towns and villages contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster.
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Social Innovation 29 March Mar 2016 1248 29 March 2016 MIT launches a course on ethical banking
MIT launches an online course to help people learn more about banking and gain a deeper understanding of how banks can promote social and environmental wellbeing
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Social Innovation 29 March Mar 2016 1040 29 March 2016 The Future of Impact Investing is in Female Hands
Many social impact investors explicitly use gender equality as a category of analysis when making investment decisions – include access to capital for women entrepreneurs and businesses, investments that promote gender equity in the workplace, and investments that increase the number of products and services that benefit women and girls.
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Influencing legislation 17 March Mar 2016 0940 17 March 2016 Car lobby "no need for compromise" in negotiating new emissions tests
As the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the dieselgate scandali begins its work in Brussels, a leaked lobbying document from the European car manufacturers' lobby, ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers' Association), reveals a sophisticated, multi-faceted behind-the-scenes lobbying strategy aimed at weakening new emissions tests.
