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Countries Eye Global Mechanism on Aviation Emissions
July 21, 2016
EurActiv reports that countries forming the International Civil Aviation Organization general assembly, which is meeting in September, are seeking to use the meeting to finalize a global mechanism for offsetting greenhouse gas emissions from airlines.
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UN, WEF Produce SDG Guide for Mining Industry
July 21, 2016
The UN Development Programme, the World Economic Forum, and partner groups have published an "atlas" guiding companies in the mining industry how to implement each of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals and "ensure social and economic benefits of mining are widely shared."
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Article: SDGs Require "Balance" of Property Rights
July 21, 2016
Jim Balsillie of the Centre for International Governance Innovation calls on countries to ensure the correct balance between intellectual property rights and the diffusion of clean energy technologies to incentivize businesses to work toward the fulfillment of the UN's comprehensive sustainable development agenda.
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ILO Calls for Labor Provisions in Trade Deals
July 21, 2016
Placing partial blame for income inequality on "trade and investment liberalization," a report from the International Labour Organization argues that countries should include labor provisions in international trade and investment agreements to address this phenomenon and should permit "social partners" to take part in the negotiation process.
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World Bank Event Seeks Business Funding of Climate Efforts
July 20, 2016
At a recent forum in Vienna, the World Bank and 12 other groups published a guide called Principles for Dialogue on Climate Action that seeks pathways for governments to persuade businesses to invest billions of dollars in funding and collaborate in a variety of ways to implement the UN's agenda on climate change.
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