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GB: TUC Climate Change Conference

Trade Unions & Climate Change – A just transition The TUC (Trade Union Congress) Conference on Climate Change, held on 16 June 2008, demonstrated the scale and ambition of trade union engagement in the challenge of climate change, nationally and in support of a new UN treaty.
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Week on “Public and Participatory Management of Water” at FARO/Expo2008

Sustainlabour, together with Engineering without Boarders, opens today the activities of the week on "Public and participatory management of water", in the context of FARO, the Pavilion of Citizens Initiatives in the Universal Exhibition on "Water and Sustainability" - Expo2008 that takes place in Zaragoza, Spain.

The Canadian Labour Congress Convention discusses Climate Change and Green Jobs

The Canadian Labour Congress - CLC, held its 25th national convention in Toronto, Ontario. After a discussion on the links between climate change and green jobs, started with a panel discussion among leading environmentalists and delegates, several resolutions related to these issues were approved. It was also approved a policy paper on “Climate Change and Green Jobs: Labour’s Challenges and Opportunities”

Text of Resolutions and Policy Papers can be seen at the official site of the Covention

Food Crisis: Much More than a Market Problem

The High Level Conference of the FAO on Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Biofuels, held in Rome, ended last June 5^th. In its Final Declaration, the Heads of State of 180 countries recognized the urgent need to face the food crisis and commit themselves to “stimulate food production and to increase investment in agriculture, to addressing the obstacles to food access and to use the planet’s resources sustainably, for present and future generations”.

5 JUNE. World Environment Day. Act now!

Fight against climate change, call for solutions to food crises. People affected are the most vulnerable.

For a socially fair and environmental responsible development.

In Focus: Sustainlabour Bulletin on Sustainable Development issues.

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