All posts in Climate Change and Just Transition
PressClimate Change and Just Transition November 07, 2023Comunicado de imprensa – Catado res e catado ras de materiais recicláveis sofrem o impacto de eventos climáticos extremos
Estudo brasileiro mostra por que os catadores e as catadoras são essenciais para o planejamento da adaptação climática. Mais de 90% dos catadores...
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Press Release – Waste pickers bearing brunt of extreme weather events
Brazilian study shows why waste pickers are essential to climate adaptation planning. More than 90% of waste pickers surveyed across Brazil...
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Policy BriefsImpactos das mudanças climáticas e estratégias de adaptação: Experiências de catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis do Brasil
Principais conclusões: Experiências com eventos climáticos sérios: Muitas catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis (91%) vivenciaram,...
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Policy BriefsClimate-Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: Waste Pickers’ Experiences from Brazil
From 2022 to 2023, WIEGO’s Urban Policies Programme, in collaboration with the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield, led an exploratory...
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Policy/Position DocumentsDocumento de posicionamento global: Uma transição justa para as pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais: Considerações para a 111.ª sessão do debate geral da CIT
Neste resumo, a WIEGO e quatro redes globais de pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais, incluindo a HomeNet International, a Aliança...
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Policy/Position DocumentsGlobal Position Paper: A Just Transition for Workers in Informal Employment, prepared for the 111th session of the International Labour Conference
In this brief, WIEGO and four global networks of workers in informal employment including HomeNet International, the International Alliance...
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Policy/Position DocumentsPosition Paper from Workers’ Organizations in the Informal Economy on: Achieving a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all, prepared for the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference
International networks of workers in the informal economy and WIEGO welcome the ILO report on Achieving a just transition towards environmentally...
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PostClimate Change and Just Transition May 02, 2023Waste Pickers and EPR in India
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) transfers the responsibility of waste management from municipal authorities to the producers of the...
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Resource DocumentsEfforts of Argentina’s Informal Waste Pickers to Finance Decent Work and Social Protection through Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation
Based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, organizations of informal waste pickers in Argentina have drafted a law that...
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PostClimate Change and Just Transition February 28, 2023Climate Crisis, Health and Informality: Building a Movement Across Borders
Workers in informal employment experience frequent workplace exposure to a range of occupational health and safety risks. The climate crisis...
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