Seminar on climate change in Nepal: Programme and presentations.
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1. Sustainability challenges in a changing world Sustainlabour |
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2. What is Climate Change? Keshav P. Sharma, Ministry of Environment Moon Shrestha – WWF |
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3. Climate change challenges in Nepal. Mr. Ngamindra Dahal, National Trust for Nature Conservation Mr. Gehendra Gurung – Practical Action |
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4. Video projection |
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5. Climate Change and Development |
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6. Climate Change, Health and Pollution Meghnath Dhimal, Nepal Health Research Council |
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7. Climate Change and Gender Basundhara Bhattarai, (ICIMOD) |
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8. Climate Change and Agriculture Mr. Chiranjibi Adhikari-FAO Dr. Deepak Rijal – (SADP) |
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10. The Green Jobs Agenda |
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11. Managing a global transition toward a low-carbon & sustainable economy, the role of Trade Unions |
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13 Trade Union experiences on Climate Change Heidi Rønne Møller – LO Denmark Sustainlabour |
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14 and 15. The governance of climate change and national actions |
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16. The negotiation agenda for unions |
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S.9, 12, 17 Group Discussions |
The need for organized collective action to combat climate change processes is a growing priority for the whole country and Trade Unions are also increasingly committed to the achievement of socially responsible sustainable development, while protecting the working as well as natural environment. Training and capacity building are two important components to ensure that workers are better positioned as agents of change in their workplaces and communities.
Place: Nepal
Dates: 1 to 3 September 2009
Co-organized by GEFONT and NTUC-I from Nepal, Sustainlabour and LO-Denmark
The International Labour Organization (ILO) organizes the International Labour Conference (ILC) annually. Among other agenda items, general discussion at the 102nd session will take place on "Sustainable development, decent work and green jobs
The Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food called for the post-2015 development agenda to be urgently refocused on equality, social protection and accountability, as the efforts of the UN Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals to draft post-2015 targets to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) entered a crucial phase.
The world’s leading retail labels commit to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh before the midnight deadline. The Accord now covers more than 1000 Bangladeshi garment factories. Implementation starts now!
Many of the major companies file their sustainability reports without conscience. And their approach to the workers whose labour fuels their profits is criminal.Ask any CEO if they would like their sons or daughters to work in the textile factories in Pakistan, the mines in the Congo, manufacturing plants in Central America, or as beer women in Cambodia, and they shudder.
The decision was adopted in response to EU Commission consultation on unconventional fossil fuels in Europe
