United Nations

UN Official Lauds "Social Justice" of SDGs, Climate Deal

June 06, 2016

In remarks at a conference in Bulgaria, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Irina Bokova asserted that the key aims of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate deal are to advance human rights and serve as drivers of "social inclusion and justice."
France Plans Carbon Tax Rules in Wake of UN Deal

June 06, 2016

The Guardian reports that, in an effort to fulfill its obligations under a UN deal agreed in Paris last year, the French Government is planning to include a minimum tax of €30 per ton of carbon emissions in its finance bill for 2017.
World Bank Pushes Principles for "Dialogue" on Climate

June 03, 2016

The World Bank Group and other international organizations have introduced a set of six "Principles for Dialogue on Climate Action" aimed at furthering proposals on climate change at the global, national, and local level to fulfill the UN climate deal agreed in Paris.
NGO Condemns UNHRC for Failure on Rights

May 25, 2016

In testimony at the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Executive Director of UN Watch Hillel Neuer asserted that the UN Human Rights Council has violated its charter by electing systemic human rights violators as members and targeting Israel for special scrutiny.
Ban Appoints Envoys on El Niño, Climate Change

May 25, 2016

Warning that climate change will exacerbate the effects of weather events in the future, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed as his Special Envoys on El Niño and Climate Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and a "climate justice" campaigner, and Macharia Kamau, a UN diplomat from Kenya.
World Bank Report Predicts Costly Climate Catastrophes

May 23, 2016

The World Bank has published a report predicting that, with insufficient action from governments, the expense of catastrophic impacts of climate change and the growing world population will rise exponentially in the next half-century and calling on authorities around the world to transform their urban and coastal planning to account for these risks.
UN Prepares for Launch of Global Fishing Accord

May 23, 2016

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has announced that the first-ever international agreement regulating "illegal, unregulated and unreported" fishing and requiring the sharing of information among governments about vessels that engage in such fishing will enter into force next month.
World Bank Funds "Climate Innovation Centers" In Developing Countries

May 20, 2016

The World Bank has launched a set of Climate Innovation Centers in developing nations around the world to support "climate-smart" businesses and advance the UN's agenda on climate change.
G-7 Commits to Early Action on UN Climate Deal

May 19, 2016

The Japan Times reports that, at a recent summit in Toyama, Japan, environment ministers from the Group of 7 industrialized nations agreed to seek the early entry into force of the UN climate agreement signed in April that commits governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
UN May Run Emissions Credit System for Airlines

May 19, 2016

Bloomberg reports that, according to David Antonioli of the greenhouse gas program Verified Carbon Standard, the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization will likely select the UN to run a carbon emissions credit program seeking to reduce the contribution of the airline industry to climate change.