civil society
350.org urges World Bank & IMF to deliver climate justice
April 19, 2024
As world leaders convened in Washington this week for the World Bank and IMF Spring meetings, civil society organisations have called for urgent action to fix the world’s broken financial systems that are responsible for climate breakdown and entrenching inequality. To solve t...
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Climate change and global poverty
March 7, 2019
World leaders continue to pay lip service to climate protection as the poorest, in poor and rich nations, continue to pay the price for inaction.
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Human Rights Watch World Report 2017 finds India reeling
May 24, 2017
The Human Rights Watch World Report 2017 finds India to be a nation violating human rights in more than ten issues including women's rights, freedom of speech, gender identity and treatment of minorities, to name a few.
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Climate Agreement
April 22, 2016
On the occasion of Earth Day, the Paris Climate agreement was signed by 175 countries. Representatives from more than 170 nations gathered at United Nations headquarters in New York to sign the Paris agreement on climate change on April 22. During the opening for signature, 175 s...
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Climate Change Meet, Paris
January 6, 2016
Global leaders, businesses and several others have gone to town over the ‘unprecedented’ achievements during the global negotiations in Paris to curb global warming. Yet, not much besides big headlines seems to have been achieved The road to hell is paved with good intentions...
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NGOs in India
October 28, 2015
Far from being recognised as the government’s guiding agents in developmental activities, a large section of NGOs and voluntary organisations in India are today being branded as enemies of the State. Is the crackdown on NGOs legitimate or is the government scared of dissent? St...
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