A liveable future for all is possible, if we take urgent climate action: flagship UN report

PNP DeskMarch 20, 2023September 11, 202409 mins

The study, “Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report”, released on Monday following a week-long IPCC session in Interlaken, brings into sharp focus the losses and damages experienced now, and expected to continue into the future, which are hitting the most vulnerable people and ecosystems especially hard. Temperatures have already risen to 1.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial…

Urgent investment needed to improve conditions for key workers: ILO

PNP DeskMarch 15, 2023September 11, 202405 mins

“In a number of countries, key sectors are facing labour shortages, because people are increasingly reluctant to engage in work which is not properly, adequately, fairly valued by society and rewarded in terms of better pay and improved working conditions,” said Manuela Tomei, Assistant Director-General for Governance, Rights and Dialogue at the International Labour Organization (ILO). According to a new…