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The hidden impact of land deals in developing countries to be revealed

April 2011

The vacant land discourse, promoted by some land deals, is fundamentally flawed. Cases of deals made for land that is unclaimed, unused or unoccupied by local people is simply untrue.
Press Release: Experts gather to discuss solution to global land grab

October 2010

Leading academic experts gather in Rome to discuss how to solve growing social and environmental problems around the global land grab.
Press Release: Leading political analysts from Asia in Brussels to challenge ASEM

September 2010

TNI and the AEPF will call on the Heads of State and governments of ASEM member countries to pursue more just and sustainable solutions to current global crises.
CAP 2013: European civil society calls on EU to reshape Common Agricultural Policy

September 2010

335 organizations call on EU ministers to revise failed "market" approaches to food policy, and focus instead on meeting human needs, ensuring food sovereignty and environmental protection.
EU Trade Policy Hits Poor

June 2010

Campaigners call on the EU to change trade policies which lead to human rights and environmental crimes in developing countries, as the EU trade commissioner meets with the European Parliament (22 June) to discuss ongoing policy.
A final document without finality: The NPT review outcome

June 2010

The 5-year review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ended with more of a whimper than a bang.
UN’s International Narcotics Control Board’s Annual Report oversteps mandate and interferes with countries’ sovereignty

February 2010

The UN's International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) annual report released today, which criticizes Argentina, Brazil and Mexico for moving to decriminalize the possession of drugs for personal consumption, clearly oversteps the INCB's mandate and constitutes unwarranted intrusions into these countries' sovereign decision-making.
Global alliances announce they will protest 15 years of failed climate negotiations with mass non-violent civil disobedience

December 2009

Civil society groups inside and outside the COP process issue call to unite in “Peoples’ Assembly” to demand real solutions to the climate crisis
Abandon the Damaging WTO Model - Address the Crises!

December 2009

The WTO's crisis of legitimacy is evident in that despite deepening food, financial, economic and climate crises—to which the WTO has contributed significantly—its deregulation and liberalisation agenda remains much the same as in 2001.
New book uncovers carbon trading flaws ahead of UN climate talks

November 2009

At a time when Copenhagen talks and the Kyoto Protocol seem likely to end in failure, calling for an entirely different framework for addressing the climate crisis may seem like madness. Carbon Trading: How it works and why it fails produced by the Transnational Institute's Carbon Trade Watch Project, is sure to change your mind.

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