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A strong participatory #democracy is essential for the success of the European Green Deal, as it ensures #inclusive, #effective, and widely supported #policies that drive #sustainable transformation across #Europe. #Policymakers must actively engage citizens, businesses, and communities in the decision-making process to create resilient and #innovative solutions that meet the diverse needs of all #stakeholders. If you agree sign the Time for Collective Action manifesto: https://lnkd.in/d-tbB5c3 #TimeforCollectiveAction #UseyourVote #EUGreenDeal #RestoreNature #EuropeanElections #EUelections2024 #VoteFutureEU #VoteNatureEU

Opinion – Namibian Christians and voting: A hallowed entitlement and obligation for all - New Era: Opinion – Namibian Christians and voting: A hallowed entitlement and obligation for all  New Era

Grassroots movements are uniquely positioned to influence climate-related policy. Take a look at these examples from CLIMA Fund to see how movements from Guatemala to Fiji have restored traditional land rights, influenced food and mobility policies, and pushed for the ratification of treaties and establishment protected areas: https://lnkd.in/eu2spHNu

🌾They support European rural areas! ! 🌿 🗣️ In the run up of the European elections, an initiative was launched to encourage the candidates Members of the European Parliament to pledge their commitment to rural development, ensuring the needs of rural communities are heard and addressed. The aim of the initiative is to :   👉 promote action for rural areas, 👉 amplify rural voices and bring them higher on the political agenda, 👉 Influence EU policies to benefit rural areas, 👉 Strengthen rural communities 👉 Enhance cooperation among local organizations ✍️ There are already several signatories ! Among them, we can include Radim Srsen, Nora Mebarek, Antonio Rubino. 👉👀 See all the signatories here: https://lnkd.in/dkzT8xWQ 🛈 Learn more and sign the here : https://lnkd.in/dq2UQEwr   Join the mouvement and support rural citizens and rural development ! #RuralDevelopment #EuropeanParliament #SustainableFuture #collaboration #ruralities 

DEVA Party Member of Parliament Elif Esen Answered Our Questions ! Access the entire interview at wpgw.org DEVA Partisi ELİF ESEN #WomenForClimate #GlobalWarming #SustainabilityLeaders #ActOnClimate #ClimateJustice #GreenLeadership #WomenInPolitics #EcoFeminism #NetZeroFuture #SaveOurPlanet #WomenAgainstClimateChange #SustainableFuture #ClimateSolutions #PlanetOverProfit

The Labour Party manifesto has been published and ISR Research Fellow, Dr Alison Fairbrass, commented: ‘The Labour Party have made several commitments to ‘deliver for nature’, including references to tree planting, creating new woodlands, and expanding habitats. However, they don't mention protecting our existing nature, which is more important considering that existing habitats are more ecologically valuable. Furthermore, their approach to prioritising the development of brownfield land potentially threatens valuable biodiversity and habitats (https://lnkd.in/eidd_zXT). Brownfield sites are often located in urban areas, and focusing development on brownfield sites will threaten nature in cities, exacerbating existing inequalities in access to nature between urban and rural communities.’ Read the Labour party manifesto: https://lnkd.in/e9CjYsHb

The #Draghireport is right: The #EU needs to act now, with resolve, focus and ambition to capture parts of the markets of the future. For too long, we’ve occupied ourselves with navel gazing and petty nationalist squabbles. It’s time to stand together as a united Europe to protect our values and interests - or divided get lost into meaninglessness. For too long, conservatives and liberals have been busy protecting power and wealth of special interests. It’s time they recognize the unstoppable power of future - clean - technologies and help channel capital and law behind them. For too long, the Greens and leftist parties have debated over incremental, domestic solutions to non-problems (re-usable coffee cups anyone?) and fighting the “the system” without feasible answers for either solution nor transition, instead of looking at major levers. It’s time they strike alliance to boost the clean transition, big time!

My first #CoRPlenary ! More concretely the 160th plenary of the European Committee of the Regions. Incredibly exiciting to see the work of the different members of the CoR come to life in this occasion. This plenary covered very wide topics that touch all European citizens ✅EU Elections ✅Cohesion Policy ✅Child protection services ✅Mental Health ✅Energy ✅Affordable housing ✅ even cycling 🚴! The opinions adopted today mark the cornerstone for tomorrow’s legislation for regions, cities and all Europe! #eulocal #corplenary #euelections2024

Swedish Government vs match-fixing https://lnkd.in/dJZdk__N  (Sweden).-In a memorandum from the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Swedish Government has proposed that Sweden sign and ratify the so-called Macolin Convention. This convention regulates the cooperation of the member states of the Council of Europe in the work against match-fixing.

📣 Europarties show support for CAP Changes 🌱 According to our latest report, there's significant support amongst Europarties to change the CAP goals from economic to environment and health! This is in line with our recommendation of developing a true Food Policy. Find out more in the full report on our website. European Greens Party of European Socialists (PES)ALDE PartyEuropean Free AllianceEuropean DemocratsEuropean People's PartyEuropean Christian Political MovementVolt Europa