Sentences with phrase «raised by civil society»

In a controversial move, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved three large hydro dam projects, despite concerns raised by civil society on the extensive adverse social and environmental effects these projects can have.

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Now, with blogs driving a lot of the political debate, hundreds of millions of emails sent by tens of millions of citizens to Congress, social networks boosting civil society, and millions of political dollars and volunteers being raised and organized online.

The formation of vigilante groups seems to be growing across the country, especially among the two major political parties — the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), despite concerns raised by the National Peace Council, the clergy and civil society groups over the existence of such groups.

The opposition New Patriotic Party was the first to raise concerns about the register, a move which was subsequently supported by numerous civil society groups.

The Network of Civil Society Organisations in Borno State, has raised the alarm over the increasing rate of prostitution by female internally displaced persons in the state.

General News of Wednesday, 16 May 2018 Source: dailyheritage.com.gh File Photo: A group of NDC supporters The formation of vigilante groups seems to be growing across the country, especially among the two major political parties — the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), despite concerns raised by the National Peace Council, the clergy and civil society groups over the existence of such groups.

What we propose in the International Campaign aims to create an international movement of thought, discussion, reflection, and action led by civil society, in order to provide contents, raise awareness, define priorities and lines of action, good practices, and find solutions to those points.

Civil society has a critical role to play in social mobilization, raising public awareness, bringing marginalized voices to the centre, holding governments to account for their commitments, by scrutinizing spending, ensuring transparency in governance and budgeting, and developing innovative approaches to help advance the right to education, especially for the most disadvantaged.

A successful outcome of Paris would be a treaty with five - year reviews — ensuring countries consistently revisit and raise ambition; strong national contributions supported by realistic financing; and an action agenda, not only from governments but also from players outside of government, such as business, city governments and civil society.

Dubbed a «regulatory trilemma» by one speaker because of its ambition to combine environmental protection and security of supply with affordability, it raises civil society's doubts as regards the social dimension — first and foremost the way it deals with the burning issue of energy poverty, which is estimated to affect 50 million people in Europe.

Civil society organisations have previously raised concerns that expert groups writing geoengineering sections of the IPCC report were dominated by US, UK and Canadian geoengineering advocates who have called for public funding of large - scale experiments or who have taken out commercial patents on geoenginering technologies.

But last week, over 60 international civil society groups at Cochabamba's alternative climate summit lent their collective voices in a grassroots campaign to unanimously oppose geoengineering and are urging the public to join with Hands Off Mother Earth (H.O.M.E.) by «lending a hand» in their photo petition.With support from environmental and social justice luminaries like David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein, Herman Daly and Frances Moore - Lappé, the petition hopes to raise more public awareness about the issue prior to the next climate change convention slated for December.

Over the coming year, WJP will support these programs by raising the visibility of their efforts and by fostering connections through its global network of government, civil society, academic, and business leaders.

The notion of fully autonomous weapons was first raised in the Dutch parliament in December 2013 and has been discussed by government agencies, academics, and civil society.