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NL FMS seeks 2 interns for Africa Day 2022
Do you possess organisational and/or creative talent? Then apply now for one of the two internship vacancies available at Foundation Max van der Stoel for the organisation of the Africa Day 2022. After a two-year absence, the Africa Day will be back on 9 April 2022 as the biggest event in the field of Africa and international cooperation in the Netherlands. The FMS is looking for two interns to organise this day.
Wopke Hoekstra's letterbox firm symbolises a much bigger problem
African countries are losing a lot of money due to the existence of tax havens. Reason enough to stay far from them, we wrote in an article in Trouw.
Climate policy must also be inclusive
In early November, world leaders will gather in Glasgow for COP - the United Nations climate summit. This is the time to act together. Because this summer's UN climate report was clear: global warming is unequivocally man-made and has disastrous consequences for the global climate. We notice this in the Netherlands, as the recent floods in Limburg showed, but in African countries the consequences are already much worse. Yet something peculiar is happening. Recent research by the Max van der Stoel Foundation shows that people who can do the least about it, but suffer the most, are not being heard. That needs to change.
Climate Justice: The Time is Now!
The issue of climate change dominates the news and our minds. The IPCC Report that was released in August was clear and alarming: Climate change is here, and it's here to stay if we do not take comprehensive collective action. However, although the news of climate change now slowly gathers more attention, one side of the story is continuously missing: the voices of the people most vulnerable to climate change.
Read our newest policy study now: 'Climate Justice: African Perspectives & EU Policies'
It's official: live from Nieuwspoort, The Hague, FEPS and FMS just launched the newest research project: Climate Justice: African Perspectives & EU Policies! We were joined by several European and African policymakers and experts to discuss the outcomes of our research and policy recommendations.
This Thursday: The launch of "Climate Justice: African Perspectives & EU Policies"
This Thursday at 16:00, FEPS & FEMS will present the research "Climate Justice: African Perspectives & EU Policies." Following the presentation of the research findings, European and African policymakers will shine their light on the results and policy recommendations for climate justice policies.
"The climate crisis is essentially an injustice."
In the run-up to the publication of our report Climate Justice: African Perspectives, the FMS interviewed several activists, politicians and experts working on climate justice (climate justice). For what does climate justice mean to them? And how are they committed to it? The second in this series is Bertram Zagema, policy advisor and researcher at Oxfam Novib.
"It's time we stopped worrying so much about ourselves, and also looked around us."
In the run-up to the publication of our report Climate Justice: African Perspectives, the FMS interviewed several activists, politicians and experts working on climate justice (climate justice). For what does climate justice mean to them? And how are they committed to it? The first interview in this series is with Joris Thijssen: Member of Parliament on behalf of the Labour Party (PvdA) and former director of Greenpeace.
Total(e) escalation in Mozambique
For three months now, many Mozambicans have been trapped in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Since the militant attack on the important port city of Palma by Al-Shabaab on 24 March, which killed dozens, people have been stuck, without food with a constant threat of danger around them. Near Palma is Africa's second-largest lng conversion plant owned by French oil company Total. Since then, 20,000 people have set up camp near the company's fences. The Netherlands also has a link to this province. Through export credit insurer Atradius DSB, the Netherlands insures billions of euros from a Dutch company participating in gas extraction projects in Mozambique.
A minimum tax rate for businesses: is this G7 plan the right one?
"A tipping point", "historic agreement", and a "sweeping overhaul of global tax system": last weekend, on 5 June, the finance ministers of the G7 countries reached an agreement on a minimum tax rate of 15% for companies. For years, the risk of a 'race to the bottom' has been lurking, with countries competing with ever lower taxes and ways to evade tax. All for a good business location climate for companies. Such a minimum tax rate is likely to stop this development. Yet not everyone is reacting positively to the agreement.
