This report not only appears to confirm what we already know, but demands urgent policy frameworks to prevent the most damaging consequences of climate change - a global temperature rise of above 2oC.
Coming from a Labour minister and Labour affiliated think-tank, this proposal is as shocking and surprising as it is inherently discriminatory against children from less wealthy backgrounds
Although the adopted proposal is a step in the right direction, requiring all lobbyists to register for the first time, it is far from guaranteeing full transparency
I am delighted that the Human Rights Index has been adopted
by the Global Greens, because now the campaign to get it adopted by
the United Nations itself can start in earnest
The legal framework is failing to protect some of those most at risk of
exploitation, including young people, foreign workers and agency workers who
have no other prospects for employment
I call on Commissioner Mandelson and his fellow Commissioners to put the
wishes of Europeans above those of the agro-chemical industry by rejecting
the request for permission to grow these new GM crops