Tag: UN
Updates from the UN Negotiations in Bonn
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The UN climate talks are still going strong on Bonn, as our intern Elsa Dominish explains. Read more »
Australians say Yes but the world needs to do more
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After almost a week of climate change negotiations in Bonn, Germany, some progress is being made with countries setting out their plans for the Climate Summit in Durban later this year. Read more »
A Blueprint for UN Women
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What does civil society at country level expect from the new UN women’s agency? Read more »
Domestic worker rights: Dignity overdue
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Domestic workers are among the most exploited workers in the world. According to human rights and labour organisations, action to support domestic workers rights is well and truly overdue. Read more »
What women want? The voice of women workers at the UN
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Union delegates at the 55th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women report that while increasing numbers of women are participating in tertiary level science and technology education, this has not translated into equal career opportunities or equal pay. Read more »
Score the goals comic book
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The UN have released a comic book aimed at teaching young people about the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Read more »
Funding safe climate futures for all
In less than a month the major United Nations climate change conference of 2010 will commence in Cancun, Mexico. Many eyes will be on the negotiations as governments from around the world try to find common ground on key issues to keep the negotiations moving forward. Read more »
Climate change: it’s time to step up Australia
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For the first time ever the UN climate negotiations are being held in China, in the city of Tianjin, before the major climate summit in Cancun in December. Talking with Australia’s head of delegation in China, our climate tracker Phil Ireland had the opportunity to get a handle on Australia’s negotiating position. Read more »
Building blocks in China on the way to Cancun
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The latest round of United Nations climate talks in China this week are crucial to ensure a practical outcome in the much-anticipated December talks in Cancun, reports Phil Ireland from Tianjin. Read more »
Righting two wrongs…
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So far the media interest in the Tianjin talks has been, well – lackluster – but like many of these conferences before – you never really know until the minute you are there. This one will hold a bit of a special place in the history of Climate Change talks as it will be the first climate negotiations being held in a Chinese city. Read more »
