Climate Change: Informing Planning Against Risks from a Human Mobility Perspective
Climate Change
Climate change refers to long-term changes in the Earth’s climate, including changes in temperature, precipitation, and sea levels. Climate change is believed to be caused largely by human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, and is having a range of impacts on the environment and human societies.
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International online forum “Global Crisis. We are People. We Want to Live.”
PBJ Learning supports and will participate in the International online forum “Global Crisis. We are People. We Want to Live.” Below are the details from their site for you to learn from. Read everything here! It is a large-scale and unprecedented event, organized thanks to the independent unification of millions of people from 180 countries…
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The EU proposal for mandatory due diligence: our initial review
On 23 February the European Commission finally published its long-awaited proposal for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence. Here at Anti-Slavery International, we’ve been advocating for this law since 2017 and welcome this milestone as a step forward in turning our ask to a reality. The introduction of the law has the potential to…
Signs of an Emerging Feminist Democracy in Chile
On January 21, the President-elect of Chile, Gabriel Boric, appointed his first Cabinet. Fourteen of the 24 ministers are women. Having a cabinet in which 58 percent of members are women, the highest rate in the history of Chile, is not the only sign that Boric is taking women’s rights issues seriously. He has appointed…
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Remarks at the Meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (2.5 hours)
Vice President Kamala Harris leads the meeting off SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to all of you and welcome to those tuning in online. This is our Administration’s first meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, which I have the honor of chairing. And to kick off…
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Support the STOP THE TRAFFIK Winter Fundraiser!
The festive season is upon us, and with it, families across the country prepare to exchange gifts and spend time together in a spirit that is loving, grateful and conscious.
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Migrant Smuggling on the United Nations Intergovernmental Agenda
Vienna (Austria) 8 December 2021 – The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), the United Nations’ main policymaking body on crime prevention and criminal justice, held its annual thematic discussion on 8 December 2021.
RELEASE OF THE 2021 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
This year’s Trafficking in Persons Report sends a strong message to the world that global crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and enduring discriminatory policies and practices, have a disproportionate effect on individuals already oppressed by other injustices. These challenges further compound existing vulnerabilities to exploitation, including human trafficking. We must break this…
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Conflict, climate change among factors that increase ‘desperation that enables human trafficking to flourish’, says UN chief
According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), some 72 per cent of detected victims are women and girls, and the percentage of child victims has more than doubled from 2004 to 2016. “Most detected victims are trafficked for sexual exploitation; victims are also trafficked for forced labour, recruitment as child soldiers and…
Wildlife and drug trafficking, terrorism, and human security
The planet is experiencing alarming levels of species loss caused in large part by intensified poaching stimulated by a greatly expanding demand for animals, plants, and wildlife products. The rate of species extinction, now as much as 1,000 times the historical average and the worst since the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, deserves…