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17-12-2019

Lack of urgency and ambition overshadow closing of 2019 UN Climate talks as too many governments ignore threats of climate crisis to people

The UN climate talks in Madrid (COP25) reached a weak compromise agreement only after two extra days of talks on stepping up the global response to cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

27-09-2019

SDG Forum: “the global economic model has failed working people and their families”

Sharan burrow, ITUC Secretary General, brought the voice of over 200 million workers to the General Assembly of the United Nations on 25 September. Burrow participated in the first ever Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs SDGs The Sustainable Development Goals were one of the outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference. The members States launched a new set of future international development goals, which will build upon the Millennium Development Goals and converge with the post-2015 development agenda. ) that the United Nations have organised since the adoption of the SDGs SDGs The Sustainable Development Goals were one of the outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference. The members States launched a new set of future international development goals, which will build upon the Millennium Development Goals and converge with the post-2015 development agenda. in 2015.

24-09-2019

UN SDG Summit: workers demand a New Social Contract to put the world back on track to reach the Sustainable Development Goals

ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow will call on world leaders at the UN in New York this week to recognise that a New Social Contract is required to ensure that the Sustainable Development Goals can be met. Burrow will address the heads of state and government gathering in New York on 25 September during the first SDG Summit since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. The Summit is being held amid serious warnings from the UN that the world is off-track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs SDGs The Sustainable Development Goals were one of the outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference. The members States launched a new set of future international development goals, which will build upon the Millennium Development Goals and converge with the post-2015 development agenda. ).

24-09-2019

UN Climate Action Summit is told 📣 climate action, jobs and Just Transition is possible

The ITUC has challenged governments at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York to make a living planet, secure jobs and decent work their ambition for action on climate change.

17-07-2019

HLPF 2019 - Trade unions’ present six action points to achieve SDG 8 successfully by 2030

Trade unions participated in the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) side event that the International Labour Organisation (ILO) organised to launch its report “Time to Act for SDG 8: Integrating Decent Work, Sustained Growth and Environmental Integrity”.

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