EU trade agreements: access to water is a human right
A new video by CIDSE partner organisations CIFCA and Grupo Sur talks about the potential negative impacts of upcoming EU
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Lack of access to land one of the structural causes of poverty
During a side-event at the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, CIDSE’s Gisele Henriques called on governments to act on land
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‘Get to work, Chancellor Merkel!’ CIDSE and climate allies cry
CIDSE, together with six other environmental and development organisations, made a symbolic handover of a pair of gloves to encourage
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Fundamental changes to achieve food security
CIDSE’s Policy and Advocacy Officer Gisele Henriques talked to Vatican Radio about how to tackle food insecurity, ahead of a
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Rio+20 pays lip service to sustainable development, but fails to mark a turning point
(Rio de Janeiro, 22/6/2012) The UN Conference on Sustainable Development ‘Rio+20 (20-22 June)’ failed to deliver concrete measures to tackle
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Church and civil society leaders encourage Poland and European Union to make low carbon societies reality
(Rio de Janeiro, 21 June 2012)Today, a high level delegation of Church and civil society leaders encouraged Poland to take
Dark clouds gather over Rio+20
In Rio de Janeiro, the differences between Copacabana and the Rocinha favela exemplify what is wrong with our world, but
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Rio+20: CIDSE at the People’s March
CIDSE participated in the Marcha dos Povos (People’s March), organised by the People’s Summit, parellel event of the UN Conference
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Rio+20 negotiations: Huge disappointment if current text is approved
Negotiations on the final declaration of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development are drawing to a close, with some observers
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High hopes, low expectations for Rio+20
In 1992 a 13 year old girl asked world leaders attending the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit to stop breaking
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