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Social Work Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability Volume 3
Health
Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human Rights…in the distortions in health research and provision linked to global pharmaceutical companies’ interests. Economic growth is also bringing profound threats to the physical environment and to the climate which…
International Workshop and International Conference Held in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Information Type: News, ReportTopic: IFSW, Social Work, Conference
…on the role of social work in tackling climate change and other environmental problems. President Ohara stated that ‘Climate change and environmental problems pose unavoidable issues to us social workers….
Social workers respond to the growing social crisis in Europe
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: IFSW
…and the reality of continued conflicts and social conditions which are driving migration in some countries;
IFSW is contributing to the SDGs/ HLPF: The High Level Political Forum
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Social Work, UN
…IFSW is co-organizing with Harvard University and the International Science Council a half day session on the theme “Practices and approaches on quality education towards environment and climate” on Thursday,…
Globalisation and the environment
Information Type: PolicyTopic: Environment…Climate Change – Rio de Janeiro 1992
World Disasters Report 2012 - Focus on forced migration and displacement
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human Rights, UN…each year. The 2012 focus is on forced migration – on the people forcibly displaced by conflict, political upheaval, violence, disasters, climate change and development projects, whose numbers are increasing…
SDGs Halfway Point: Social Work for Transformative Change
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: IFSW
…encompassing critical issues such as poverty reduction, gender equality, quality education, clean water, and climate action. However, turning these global objectives into tangible improvements in people’s lives requires more than…
Indigenous Peoples' right to self-determination: a pathway for food security and sovereignty
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSW, Indigenous
…such as fish, wild game, and foraging areas. For the Sami, this affects reindeer pastures and clean water vital for their nomadic lifestyle.
Minutes DM 2017
…national level partnerships IFSW Global worked on borderless problems such as migrations, climate change, tax evasion etc and on 2 main areas: • Internal: She commented that after the Global…
IFSW Europe regional conference 2025
…Building Sustainable Futures Main themes:
- Green social work/eco social work
- Climate change
- UN’s sustainability goals
- Indigenous peoples’ perspectives
Sub-themes
- 1. Green Social Work and Social Work
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Responding to Nature’s Call for Change: A statement on the role of social work in the context of catastrophic weather traumatising communities around the world
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: Disaster, Environment
…with all social workers facing these climate change challenges. They are not only responding to the immediate needs of communities resulting from the physical challenges, but also from the emotional…
UN Report Highlights Social Work’s Role in Advancing Buen Vivir and Eco-Social Justice for a Sustainable Future
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW, Social Work, UN, Environment
…framework proposes the inclusion of social, cultural, and ecosystem rights, along with the broader rights of nature, aiming to address the interconnected global crises of climate change, pandemics, and conflict….
IFSW Indigenous Commission Statement for World Water Day 2025
Information Type: StatementTopic: Indigenous
…theme for this year’s celebration of World Water Day is Glacier Preservation, but glaciers are melting faster than ever. With the changing climate many Indigenous Peoples in the North who…
Crossing Borders, Creating Change: Social Work Students Unite in Arnhem
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
…and educators engaged in lectures, workshops, field visits, cultural exchange and creative reflection. With a central focus on eco social work and climate justice, the learning lab explored how social…
Earth Day 2012: “Mobilize the Earth”
Information Type: NewsTopic: Environment…and social forces; – People’s health and wellbeing suffer as a result of inequalities and unsustainable environments related to climate change, pollutants, war, natural disasters and violence to which there…
Global problems, local solutions – the role of social workers: Lessons from Africa
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human Rights, Conference
…range from inequality, abuse of power and control, climate change, wars and natural disasters. As people are forced to move from their homelands the politicians in the developed world struggle…