United Nations

UNESCO Promotes Climate Curricula in Schools

November 30, 2016

During the proceedings of the recent UN climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released a set of guidelines for policymakers around the world to use their education systems to promote the UN's sustainable development and climate change agenda.
Returned UK Funds Show "Climate Finance" Complications

November 30, 2016

The Guardian reports that the shutdown of a World Bank "Climate Change Resilience Fund" for Bangladesh, and the resulting return of £13 million to the UK, over a dispute with the Bangladeshi government regarding how the funds would be used reflects a revolt by the poor country opposing donor oversight of how it uses such "climate finance."
UN Seeks Hundreds of Billions for Climate "Adaptation"

November 29, 2016

At the recent UN climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, the UN Environment Programme called on developed countries to triple by 2030 the $100 billion commitment they made to poor countries during last year's Paris climate talks to help them adapt to future global warming impacts, and to quintuple these commitments by 2050.
World Bank Scales up MENA Climate Finance

November 29, 2016

The World Bank has announced the launch of its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Climate Action Plan, under which it will seek to double its financing of "climate action" over the next four years by supporting projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support adaptability to global warming impacts in the MENA region.
California Joins Climate-Friendly Urban Planning Initiative

November 28, 2016

The World Bank has announced that the State of California has agreed to partner with the Bank's "Global Platform for Sustainable Cities" to promote "sustainable" urban planning in China and other countries to help these countries meet their commitments under the UN climate deal that entered into force earlier this month.
UN Agents Criticize Result of California Murder Trial

November 28, 2016

A group of UN human rights mandate holders have called on California Governor Jerry Brown to halt the execution of a man convicted of murder due to what they characterize as reports of a flawed trial that violated the man's right to due process, asserting that carrying out the execution would be a "flagrant contravention of the United States’ national and international obligations."
UN, EU Bodies Discuss Future Governance of "Work"

November 28, 2016

The UN's International Labour Organization and the European Economic and Social Committee recently organized a conference in Brussels to discuss with representatives of nongovernmental organizations a global agenda for addressing future challenges to work, including those presented by climate change and income inequality.
Experts Offer Climate "Pathway" for New US Administration

November 22, 2016

Nicolas Loris and Steven Groves of the Heritage Foundation offer a series of steps for the next US Administration to "unwind" US participation in the UN's Paris climate deal, which entered into force earlier this month, including withdrawal from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
UN "Incubator" Advances Climate Partnerships

November 22, 2016

At a recent UN summit in Morocco on implementing the Paris climate change agreement, UN officials outlined how its Southern Climate Partnership Incubator is forging transnational structures and agreements to counter the impacts of global warming and support implementation of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals.
EU Committee Head Seeks Stronger UN Climate Pledges

November 22, 2016

Speaking at a UN climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, President of the European Committee of the Regions Markku Markkula called for countries to heed local and regional governments in going beyond their pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the UN climate deal that entered into force earlier this month.