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World Bank Pushes Carbon Tax Policy
May 15, 2015
The Japan Times reports that the World Bank is calling for countries around the world to adopt a set of policies, including putting a price on carbon emissions by businesses, in a bid to further the UN's agenda on climate change.
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UN Seeks Australia Assurance of Emissions Reduction
May 15, 2015
The Guardian reports that during her recent visit to Australia, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Christiana Figueres received assurances from the environment minister Greg Hunt that his Government's policies will reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions.
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Pope's Adviser Criticizes Opposition to UN Climate Agenda
May 13, 2015
The Hill reports that Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, a close adviser to Pope Francis, has targeted capitalism as the driver of "premature criticism" in the U.S. to the Pope's planned encyclical on climate change.
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Judge Counters UN on Whistleblower Dismissal
May 13, 2015
George Russell reports that Judge Thomas Laker of the UN Dispute Tribunal has found that the UN's dismissal of an employee who passed information regarding alleged sexual abuse of children by French and African troops to French authorities was unlawful.
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UN Official Seeks Strengthened Governance of Forests
May 13, 2015
UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson has called on countries to agree to a strengthened International Arrangement on Forests, which in part seeks "equitable sharing of forest and forest products" and seeks to advance the UN's agenda on climate change.
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UN Continues Global Citizenship Education Push
May 13, 2015
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has published an article describing how it is seeking to advance its Global Citizenship Education program, which teaches young people about the UN human rights and climate agendas, in education systems around the world.
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UN Officials Seek Open Inquiry on U.S. Drone Strikes
May 12, 2015
Following the Obama Administration's recent admission of the killing of civilians through a drone strike, a group of UN independent experts have called upon the U.S. to pursue a transparent investigation of drone strikes when there is a "plausible allegation" of civilian deaths or serious injuries.
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UN Promotes Global Warming Education in Middle East
May 12, 2015
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") recently held a meeting of UN and national officials in Beirut to discuss the promotion of its Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development agenda in the Arab region.
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UN Launches Sex Education Media in Africa
May 11, 2015
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has announced a new initiative in which they broadcast "comprehensive sexuality education" through radio and television programs targeting young people in Africa.
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Business Advisor to Australian Prime Minister Criticizes Climate Change Agenda
May 08, 2015
In an op-ed published in The Australian in advance of an upcoming visit to Australia by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN's Framework on Climate Change, Maurice Newman, Chairman of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's Business Advisory Council, describes the climate change agenda as an attempt to create a new world order under the control of the United Nations that "is opposed to capitalism and freedom."
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