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NGOs Use UN Summit to Pressure Companies on Climate
December 02, 2016
At the recent UN Conference on Climate Change in Marrakesh, Morocco (COP22), a group of nongovernmental organizations announced the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance as one of several initiatives aimed to pressure businesses to adopt and advance the UN's agenda on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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WTO Members Debate IP Effects on Medicine Access
December 02, 2016
At a meeting of the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), member governments of the World Trade Organization debated the implications of a report by the UN's High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines regarding whether certain aspects of the transnational TRIPS agreement aligns with the global "right to health."
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WEF Experts Seek "Values" in Tech Products
December 01, 2016
At the first meeting of its elite Network of Global Future Councils in Dubai, hundreds of nongovernmental, business, government, and international organization representatives convened by the World Economic Forum discussed how technology companies must embed "values," such as health and education, in their products to avoid widening economic disparities.
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UN Presses Businesses on Fulfilling Climate Deal
December 01, 2016
Executive Director of the UN Global Compact (UNGC) Lise Klingo has published an article on how UNGC is pushing businesses, through such activities as its "Pathways to Low-Carbon Development" program persuading companies to help meet national climate pledges under the UN's Paris climate deal, to fulfill the UN's goals on global warming.
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ISO Global Standards Advance UN Climate Agenda
December 01, 2016
In a press release announcing events it planned for the recent UN climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) describes how its corporate reporting and other standards, including an upcoming global standard on preventing and adapting to climate change, contribute to the UN's sustainable development agenda.
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