Waste pickers procure government support to improve their resilience to climate change
New study from WIEGO shows 90% of waste pickers surveyed across Brazil have experienced climate-change-related extreme weather events Public...
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Comunicado de imprensa – Catado res e catado ras de materiais recicláveis sofrem o impacto de eventos climáticos extremos
Estudo brasileiro mostra por que os catadores e as catadoras são essenciais para o planejamento da adaptação climática. Mais de 90% dos catadores...
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Press Release – Waste pickers bearing brunt of extreme weather events
Brazilian study shows why waste pickers are essential to climate adaptation planning. More than 90% of waste pickers surveyed across Brazil...
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Impactos das mudanças climáticas e estratégias de adaptação: Experiências de catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis do Brasil
Principais conclusões: Experiências com eventos climáticos sérios: Muitas catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis (91%) vivenciaram,...
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Climate-Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: Waste Pickers’ Experiences from Brazil
From 2022 to 2023, WIEGO’s Urban Policies Programme, in collaboration with the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield, led an exploratory...
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Documento de posicionamento global: Uma transição justa para as pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais: Considerações para a 111.ª sessão do debate geral da CIT
Neste resumo, a WIEGO e quatro redes globais de pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais, incluindo a HomeNet International, a Aliança...
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Global Position Paper: A Just Transition for Workers in Informal Employment, prepared for the 111th session of the International Labour Conference
In this brief, WIEGO and four global networks of workers in informal employment including HomeNet International, the International Alliance...
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Position Paper from Workers’ Organizations in the Informal Economy on: Achieving a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all, prepared for the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference
International networks of workers in the informal economy and WIEGO welcome the ILO report on Achieving a just transition towards environmentally...
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Waste Pickers and EPR in India
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) transfers the responsibility of waste management from municipal authorities to the producers of the...
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Efforts of Argentina’s Informal Waste Pickers to Finance Decent Work and Social Protection through Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation
Based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, organizations of informal waste pickers in Argentina have drafted a law that...
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