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Tourism Council Joins UN Initiative on Climate Action
August 15, 2018
The World Travel and Tourism Council, a global body representing companies in the travel and tourism industry, has agreed to join the UN Climate Neutral Now Initiative with a pledge by its members to reduce and offset their greenhouse gas emissions and push for “sustainable” practices in line with the UN’s Paris climate deal.
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EU Court Takes on Legal Challenge to Emissions Targets
August 15, 2018
The website Climate Liability News reports that, as part of a growing global trend of “climate litigation,” the EU’s General Court has accepted a case challenging the EU’s current target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to comply with the bloc’s pledges under the UN’s Paris climate deal as insufficient and a violation of Europeans’ fundamental rights.
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Global Energy Company, UN Partner on Fulfilling SDGs
August 15, 2018
The energy company Repsol has signed a deal with the UN Development Programme providing for a two-year collaboration to help support local communities in fulfilling the comprehensive social and environmental objectives of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Academic Seeks BHR Implementation in Investment Agreements
August 15, 2018
Professor Surya Deva of the City University of Hong Kong writes that governments must ensure their international investment agreements comply with the business and human rights (BHR) and “sustainable development” agenda by conducting impact assessments, setting out BHR obligations of investors, and facilitating legal claims by alleged victims of BHR violations.
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Businesses, Governments Endorse Supply Chain Reporting
August 15, 2018
Business representatives and government officials attending the Bali Process Government and Business Forum in Indonesia agreed to promote a set of recommendations labeled “Acknowledge, Act, Advance” pushing for legal requirements on businesses around the world to publicly report on labor conditions in their supply chains.
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