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Academic Calls for Reconciliation of Trade, Climate Goals
July 25, 2019
James Bacchus of the University of Central Florida writes that governments must negotiate the definition of “climate measures” that are permissible under global trade rules when pursued by countries to mitigate or adapt to global warming as a key factor in the success of the Paris climate accord.
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OECD Seeks Social, Environmental Reforms in Luxembourg
July 25, 2019
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued a report calling on Luxembourg to “foster the transition to a low-carbon economy,” especially through forcing financial institutions to report on climate risks, and to make the housing market more equitable and “inclusive.”
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OECD Chief Criticizes Leaders for Climate Inaction
July 25, 2019
A speech by Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Angel Gurría warning world leaders they will be punished at the ballot box for failing to take action on climate change highlights the strong embrace by multilateral institutions of the wide-ranging climate agenda.
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UN Agency Launches Labs to Solve Global Challenges
July 24, 2019
The UN Development Programme has announced the launch of 60 Accelerator Labs with the aim of finding “grassroots innovations” to solve a wide range of global challenges of the 21st Century, including climate change and “soaring inequality,” and to fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Refugee Agency Criticizes US Asylum Policy
July 24, 2019
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has criticized the Trump Administration’s new asylum policy, which bars asylum for people crossing the southern US land border if they did not first seek asylum elsewhere, as “severe” and has called on the US to be part of a collective, regional approach to migration.
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