Global advocate for human and labour rights, climate action and Just Transition. Former General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation.
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined October 2012
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From #Brazil #Japan, #Australia #Georgia, #Nigeria #Belgium the global pandemic has changed our lives.
Workers have 5️⃣ demands for a #NewSocialContract which will help bring the pandemic under control.
#jobs
#rights
#socialprotection
#equality
#inclusion
#essential4recovery
📌Today, marks 1⃣ year since @WHO declared #covid19 a global pandemic
#Coronavirus has affected our communities, work & each of us in different ways
#CovidReality Project: we asked workers globally to describe their life over the past year in 3 words
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On #WorldChildrensDay, let’s unite to protect and empower children everywhere. It’s our shared responsibility to ensure their futures are brighter and their resilience stronger. Special focus is needed for children in conflict zones, facing economic, humanitarian, and displacement challenges. Let’s also stand with the children of #Haiti, who urgently need our support. Together, we can make a difference. #HaitiCantWait bit.ly/HaitiCantWait
So true -a giant of a leader loved by soo many🌹Too sad …@TeachersFed
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‘Our planet’s vital signs are flashing red.’
The patient is in critical condition.
@PIK_Climate
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🌍 The world is at a crossroads.
The choices we make today will shape the world of tomorrow. Let's commit to building a sustainable, just, and peaceful world for future generations.
Leaders must rebuild trust and solidarity to take on today’s challenges and tomorrow’s emerging threats.
Learn why the Summit of the Future is the key moment to put the world on a better path for #OurCommonFuture #GlobalGoals #SDGs
bit.ly/SotF2024
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I visited in #Haiti a school that is serving as a shelter for people displaced by the ongoing violence. The international community must step up its support to help meet the urgent humanitarian and protection needs of the Haitian population and to prioritize assistance for internally displaced persons. #HaitiCantWait #HaitiFreeOfHunger
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A new UN report out today and launched by @antonioguterres #ClimateAction in Tonga at the Pacific Island Forum highlights the extreme risks of level rise in the Pacific which can only be contained by limiting global warming to 1.5°, the Paris Agreement limit.
NEW: UN report highlights the damages from sea level rise that can be avoided by limiting warming to #1o5C, with expert review from @BillHareClimate and @RosanneMartyr.
More 👇🧵on the report launched by @antonioguterres in Tonga today. #climateaction
un.org/climatechange/reports…
Media reform is urgent!! A debased culture that does not respect staff or any public ethics cannot be licensed surely? Where is the compliance? abc.net.au/news/2024-08-12/c…
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Some would say that #CostaRica is the poorest nation in the world because it has none of the riches that were valued before. We have no fossil fuels, no metals, no minerals.
Today we realise that was a blessing because having no fossil fuels, we had no other option but to produce all electricity with clean energies.
And our richness lies in nature, tragically undervalued in so much of the world, but treasured here. Costa Rica is one of the most biodiverse nations on earth, and despite being one of the smallest countries in Latin America, it has become a leader in sustainability and conservation efforts.
Our high levels of wellbeing have very little to do with money or economic growth.
Learn more in Episode 7 of Dying Earth, directed by @fatimalianes
This new eight-part @AJEnglish documentary series exposes the reality of the climate crisis, exploring what it will take to tackle the emergency. I was pleased to contribute to a few of the episodes, along with the brilliant @kateraworth @jasonhickel and many others.
You can watch on YouTube: aje.me/DE7
#dyingearth
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Join us during #LCAW2024 for a presentation from @Jodiannwang on the findings of a forthcoming report on the state of national just transition policies, and a panel discussion with @AmaleeAmin, @cathmckenna and @SharanBurrow moderated by @NVJRobins1
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6/ At the same time, we need a fairer deal for farmers, freeing them from a system that incentivises pesticide use and other destructive practices, and a vicious cycle of increasing production costs and debt which forces small family farms to be sold to large agri corporations.
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🤔Which are the 10 worst countries for working people? Watch the video to find out👇👇
🌍Find the rating for your country and take action 👉 pulse.ly/metjkoboib #RightsIndex24
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We've reached a global mean surface temperature rise of 1.2°C, the warmest temperature on Earth over the past 100,000 years. This heat is starting to cause social & economic impacts across the world. My latest scientific assessment of rising Earth risks: pik-potsdam.de/members/johan…
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The ITUC Global Rights Index is a comprehensive review of workers’ rights in law ranking 151 countries against a list of 97 indicators derived from ILO Conventions and jurisprudence, and as such is the only database of its kind. #RightsIndex24 #ILC2024
👉 globalrightsindex.org
Why?
The Australian government has previously rejected a visa application from the president of the #Palestine FA, Major General Jibril Rajoub...he has travelled in recent months to the IOC in Switzerland to meet with the #Olympic president Thomas Bach, and to the #FIFA Congress in Thailand but will not be allowed into Australia for the World Cup qualifier in Perth against the #Socceroos
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Want to host a World Cup? According to FIFA’s *own rules* you have to meet stringent human rights standards.
With bids due for 2030 & 2034, we look at the rights risks in the main bidders – Morocco, Portugal, Spain & Saudi Arabia.
It's fair to say there's plenty to do...👇🧵
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Yesterday, the photojournalist Mustafa Ayyad was killed. The death toll of journalists has reached 142.
The day before, Israel closed Al-jazeraa's offices.
The 3rd of May was the journalism freedom day!
#Israel represents the worst type of terrorism worldwide.
Breaking: Israeli drones kill the journalist Mustafa Ayyad while he was working in the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City. #GazaGenocide
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Today, the @IEA has started tracking progress of all 10 things that every country in the world committed to at @COP28_UAE.
You can't say there's no ambition!?... 🧵
#DecadeofImplementation
