Archiv Pressemitteilungen: English 2017

The Global Campaign (1) welcomes the end of a successful week of intense work moving towards decisive negotiations on a binding treaty on transnational corporations (TNCs) and human rights, despite challenges from the EU with support from the US. *****
Ginebra: 1 de noviembre de 2017 – La Campaña Global (1) celebra el fin de una exitosa semana de intenso trabajo que avanza hacia unas negociaciones decisivas sobre un tratado vinculante en materia de empresas transnacionales y derechos humanos, a pesar de los obstáculos planteados por la Unión Europea con el apoyo de los Estados Unidos. ****
Genève: 1er novembre 2017 – La Campagne mondiale (1) se félicite de la conclusion d’une semaine de travail intense et fructueuse vers des négociations décisives sur un traité contraignant sur les sociétés multinationales et les droits de l’homme, malgré les obstacles posés par l’Union Européenne appuyée par les Etats Unis.

Environmental and development organisations from five continents have today written to the UN’s aviation agency (ICAO) condemning a proposal for large-scale use of biofuels in planes. The letter signed by 96 NGOs states that using biofuels on a vast scale will inevitably lead to further palm oil expansion [1], which will cause more deforestation, increasing climate-changing emissions, and more landgrabbing and land and human rights abuses. The proposals will be discussed this week (October 11-13) by the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) at its Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels in Mexico City.