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Africities9 CSO statement on social justice |
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By :Africities9 CSO Forum |
| 20 May 2022 |
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Green-transition Discourse in MENA |
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By :Joseph Schechla |
| 24 March 2022 |
The economic slowdown associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and other simultaneous crises has done little to slow the climate crisis. Preliminary data show global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) increased in 2020 while the global average temperature in 2020 was about 1.2°C above pre-industrial level, dangerously close to the 1.5°C limit
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USA: Most COVID Aid for Low-income Renters |
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By :Michael Casey and Fatima Hussein, Associated Press |
| 25 February 2022 |
Treasury: Most COVID rental aid went to low-income residents
WASHINGTON—More than 80% of the billions of dollars in federal rental assistance aimed at keeping families in their homes during the pandemic went to low-income tenants, the Treasury Department said.
It also concluded Thursday that the largest percentage of tenants receiving pandemic aid
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Understanding Human Rights ETOs |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 15 January 2022 |
The new Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations has just been published and it is available in open access here. This new handbook compiles lessons and analysis by world experts on the human rights obligations of states beyond their territorial borders. It is designed to give meaning and
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North America: CoP26 Promises, Carbon Offsets |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 05 November 2021 |
Despite lawsuits, calls by millions of [U.S.] Americans to halt federal fossil fuel expansion, and the [US.] president’s own promise to tackle the climate crisis with the urgency it requires, the Biden Administration is planning oil and gas lease sales across 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico and hundreds
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USA: Eviction Ban Confusion |
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By :Hamza Shaban, Abha Bhattarai and Marissa J. Lang, The Washington Post |
| 05 August 2021 |
Last-minute eviction ban extension fuels confusion and is too late for some
The CDC says the new ban covers 80 percent of counties experiencing high or substantial community spread. But evictions can continue in nearby counties experiencing ‘moderate’ spread.
A last-minute extension of a moratorium barring evictions for covid-struck counties is injecting
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USA: New Eviction Ban till October |
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By :Barbara Sprunt, NPR |
| 03 August 2021 |
The Biden Administration Issues a New Eviction Moratorium after a Federal Ban Lapsed
Days after a national eviction moratorium expired, the Biden administration on Tuesday issued a new, more limited freeze that remains in effect through 3 October.
Like the previous order, the two-month moratorium issued Tuesday comes from the Centers for Disease Control and
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Cities Unprepared for Climate Change |
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By :Fiona Harvey, Mother Jones/The Guardian |
| 13 May 2021 |
Cities Are Woefully Unprepared for the Havoc of Climate Change
More than 40 percent have no adaptation plan, a global survey suggests.
One in four cities around the world lack the money to protect themselves against the ravages of climate breakdown, even though more than 90 percent are facing serious risks, according to
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Covid-19 Exposed Privatization Catastrophe |
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By :Current and former UN Special Rapporteurs, The Guardian |
| 19 October 2020 |
Covid-19 has exposed the catastrophic impact of privatizing vital services
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the catastrophic fallout of decades of global privatisation and market competition.
When the pandemic hit, we saw hospitals being overwhelmed, caregivers forced to work with virtually no protective equipment, nursing homes turned into morgues, long queues to
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USA: CSOs Urge Senate Reject SCotUS Pick |
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By :Over 150 organizations |
| 06 October 2020 |
Following the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court, over 150 justice organizations and movements, including advocates for the homeless and defenders of the human right to adequate housing, issued a letter urging the Senate to oppose her confirmation. While the nomination raises a broad
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