Climate change is a threat to future generations. Young people in Switzerland also no longer want to stand idly by. On 21 May, the time has come again: the Climate Youth calls for a Strike for Future. The next opportunity to get involved against climate change is already in June: on 13 June, the new CO2 law will be voted on.
Large corporations like Syngenta and Bayer are harming the environment and the health of countless people with their agrochemicals and pesticides, that has recently become clear. In Brazil, young people in the immediate vicinity are feeling it. "One of my neighbors lost his sight," Tatiane Ferreira says in a video supporting the March against Syngenta. The protest march takes place
Consistency is required in the parliamentary process on the "Corrective Initiative". The Alliance against Arms Exports to Civil War Countries, of which terre des hommes Switzerland is a member, is basically pleased that the indirect counter-proposal to the "Correction Initiative" intends to amend the War Material Act in its favor. However, the Federal Council wants to be able to continue to evade consistent democratic control by means of a new exemption regulation. This loophole must be
Media release - On 5 March, the Federal Council is expected to adopt its message on the popular initiative of the "Alliance against Arms Exports to Countries at Civil War", in short the corrective initiative. terre des hommes switzerland demands stronger democratic control of the Swiss arms trade and risk analyses also for export countries in which a cruel drama involving armed violence is taking place on a daily basis.
Switzerland's international solidarity was at issue in the referendum campaign for the initiative on corporate responsibility. terre des hommes switzerland campaigned for a YES to the popular initiative, which enjoys unique and broad support. In her statement, Franziska Lauper, Executive Director of terre des hommes schweiz, argues why standing up for the poorest and most vulnerable is a Swiss tradition.
The Federal Council's proposed Sustainable Development Strategy 2030 is urgently needed, but does not adequately take into account the global importance of Swiss domestic and foreign policy: it is non-binding, vague and unambitious. In its response to the consultation, Alliance Sud calls for fundamental improvements. Alliance Sud media release.
On June 13, 2021, the CO2 law will be put to the vote, which terre des hommes switzerland supports in the Climate Alliance Switzerland. With the federal law on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, Switzerland can take a pioneering role for international climate justice. Because the consequences of climate change are also clear for the young people in our projects in the global south
An astounding 50.7 percent of Swiss voters say yes to the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, which was voted on 29 November 2020. For terre des hommes schweiz this is a historic success for a cause of international solidarity. However, due to the higher proportion of "no" votes in the cantons (Ständemehr), the indirect counter-proposal will be put forward, provided that no referendum is held against it.
What are good solutions for people with legally rejected asylum applications in emergency aid? Five experts from politics, authorities and civil society discussed this question on 11 November in Basel at the invitation of terre des hommes schweiz. The report of the event with video live streaming.
Alliance Sud media release - The Federal Council today sent its Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) out for consultation. The Swiss strategy for the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda leaves it at nice, but completely non-binding words. It is already more than five years since Switzerland signed up to the SDGs in New York.
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