by Agency Reporter | Sep 15, 2023 | Briefing
AT LEAST 177 land and environmental defenders were killed last year for trying to protect the planet – one person every other day – according to a new report by Global Witness, working in collaboration with global partners. The new figures bring the total number of...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 14, 2023 | Briefing
BANANAS, grapes, avocados, coffee and tea are among staples of UK shopping baskets in the firing line as climate impacts bite. That is the finding in an analysis by Christian Aid, who mapped key food imports and found a shopping basket of goods likely to be hit as the...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 14, 2023 | Briefing
THE EXPANSION of industrial-scale cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has led to the forced eviction of entire communities and grievous human rights abuses including sexual assault, arson and beatings. In a new report, Powering Change...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 13, 2023 | Briefing
PUBLIC dissatisfaction with the Government’s handling of immigration is at its highest level since before the EU referendum, according to the latest findings from the Immigration Attitudes Tracker by Ipsos and British Future. The new survey finds that two-thirds of...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 13, 2023 | Briefing
OVER 400,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled Sudan for Chad, nearly doubling the number of the Sudanese refugees being hosted by the country. Chad is in urgent need of further international support to help it cope with the surge in the number of refugees...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 12, 2023 | Briefing
A NEW trade union faith and belief network has been launched at the TUC’s annual Congress in Liverpool. The network will start an ongoing dialogue between unions, faith organisations and community groups, and will explore common ground on the dignity of labour and...
