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OECD Meeting Focuses on "Climate-Friendly" Tax Cooperation
December 05, 2017
The Fiji Times reports that, at a recent meeting in Brussels co-organized by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), national leaders from developing countries called for global cooperation on "climate-friendly tax policies" to help fulfill the "sustainable development" agenda.
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Canadian Provinces Join California Climate Program
December 05, 2017
AP reports that, as part of the circumvention of national climate and energy policies by local authorities pursuing the UN's agenda on combating global warming, the Canadian provinces Quebec and Ontario have joined a portion of the US state of California's cap-and-trade program providing for the buying and selling of permits to emit greenhouse gases.
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San Francisco, Oakland File Climate Lawsuits
December 04, 2017
Reuters reports that city attorneys in San Francisco and Oakland recently filed lawsuits claiming that five global energy companies have caused a "public nuisance" by contributing to global warming and demanding funds for infrastructure to protect against the impacts of climate change, joining a trend of municipalities suing oil and gas companies over alleged climate impacts.
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NGO Meeting Pushes for "Green Finance" Taskforce
December 04, 2017
The Centre for International Governance Innovation recently hosted a meeting of government officials and representatives from the private sector and international organizations that called for the establishment of a Canadian Sustainable Finance Taskforce to help ramp up "green finance" and fulfill national commitments to counter global warming under the UN's Paris climate deal.
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OECD Promotes Regulation of Gender Equality
December 04, 2017
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has produced a "call to action" for governments around the world to strengthen progress on "gender equality goals," including eliminating the "gender wage gap" and "unequal sharing of unpaid work," through such policies as affirmative action and corporate reporting on pay by gender.
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