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We need a true Green New Deal - Open Letter to European Commission's President by economists, intellectuals and MEPs
Dear President von der Leyen,
Across Europe, millions of student strikers, climate scientists, and concerned citizens stand united in the call to confront the environmental crisis and deliver a just transition.
In July, as a candidate awaiting confirmation to the Presidency of the European Commission, you pledged to deliver that transition. “This is the European way,” you wrote in the guidelines for the European Green Deal. “We are ambitious and we leave nobody behind.”
But the Green Deal that you have proposed fails completely to live up to this promise.
Open Letter to European Commission President by economists, intellettuals and MEPs- for a true "Green New Deal"
Dear President von der Leyen,
Across Europe, millions of student strikers, climate scientists, and concerned citizens stand united in the call to confront the environmental crisis and deliver a just transition.
In July, as a candidate awaiting confirmation to the Presidency of the European Commission, you pledged to deliver that transition. “This is the European way,” you wrote in the guidelines for the European Green Deal. “We are ambitious and we leave nobody behind.”
But the Green Deal that you have proposed fails completely to live up to this promise.
Greta and Economists on Climate Change
At the end of September Greta Thunberg was received at the UN: the General Assembly was strongly shaken by her reproaches against the inability of States to face the inexorable global warming.
Regional Systems and the Future of the United Nations
Chapter VIII of the UN Charter represents the legal basis for the involvement of regional organizations in maintaining international peace and security, a task which is (or should be) the main purpose of the UN Security Council.
Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes: addressing hate speech
Hate speech, incitement and discrimination are recognized as risk factors leading to the commission of atrocities. The case of Myanmar is an example with the current Rohingya genocide.
Jeremy Rifkin: The Green New Deal narrative fueled by New Deal 4 Europe Campaign
The American economic and social theorist Jeremy Rifkin quotes the "New Deal 4 Europe" Campaign as a first citizens' campaign launched by EU political activists to promote the Green New Deal .
In his last book titled "The Green New Deal. Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth" Jeremy Rifkin underlines that "A new vision for planet's future is quickly gaining momentum.
CICC Update on Campaign on Global Justice Atrocities 2019
In 2019, the work of the Coalition for the ICC (CICC), a program of the World Federalist Movement, was far reaching in its efforts to advocate for a fair, effective an independent International Criminal Court.
UN Parliamentary Assembly Model Tested in Buenos Aires
Last August 23 (2019), the Argentine Congress hosted a simulated session of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, in which around 60 students from the departments of Political Science and International Relations from the University of Belgrano took part.
Civil society groups launch global campaign for a World Citizens’ Initiative
UN urged to consider citizen-led proposals
14 November 2019, United Nations/New York – Over 100 civil society groups united under the umbrella of ‘We the Peoples’ are calling on the United Nations (UN) to consider a World Citizens’ Initiative. The instrument would enable citizens to put proposals on the agenda of the UN General Assembly for consideration.
Events
The value and functions of parliaments in regional organisations
Executive Training Seminar
European University Institute, Fiesole, 16 – 18 November 2016
Publications
Democracy at the United Nations
International Organizations as Self-Directed Actors
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