by Agency Reporter | Mar 29, 2024 | Briefing
LAWYERS for ClientEarth have warned the UK’s environmental watchdog that the 2024 ‘emergency authorisation’ of a pesticide which poses a serious risk to honeybees and waterways may be yet another instance of the government breaching environmental law. This comes just...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 29, 2024 | Briefing
THE UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters has agreed guidance on designing wealth tax laws, opening the door for countries to tax extreme wealth. It is estimated that there is more than twice as much wealth hidden offshore beyond the rule...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 28, 2024 | Briefing
IN a new letter released during Holy Week, more than 140 Bishops and executive leaders from churches, denominations, and church-based organisations in the US and around the world have called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. They urge the US and other world powers to...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 28, 2024 | Briefing
AS Yemen enters its tenth year of war, its people face renewed airstrikes and a deepening economic crisis that risks pushing millions into starvation, Oxfam has warned. This week marks nine years since the escalation of the conflict. A temporary UN-brokered truce...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 27, 2024 | Briefing
AS many as eight million people face being disenfranchised at the next election due to an electoral registration system which is neither effective nor efficient, says the cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee in a new report. The report finds...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 27, 2024 | Briefing
SINCE the 2015 Paris climate agreement, European banks have lent about €256 billion to corporations that put forests, savannahs and other climate critical natural ecosystems at risk, according to new research. The study, published by Greenpeace International,...
