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UN Body Calls on Legislators to Advance Gender Equality
July 24, 2019
The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women has published a “call to action” pushing lawmakers around the world to “become key drivers of gender equality” by removing “the systematic barriers that hold women back from equal participation in all areas of life.”
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NGOs Accuse AIIB of Abandoning Climate Pledges
July 24, 2019
A group of nongovernmental organizations is accusing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) of failing to abide by its commitments to prioritize renewable energy projects over fossil fuels and is calling on the development bank to release a roadmap showing how it will align its policies with the UN’s Paris climate accord.
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NGO Pushes UK Supermarkets on Supply-Chain Conditions
July 24, 2019
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has released the second edition of its “supermarket scorecard” accusing Britain’s largest supermarkets of failing to address “human suffering” in their complex, global supply chains.
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Indigenous Working Group Charts Action Plan in UN Climate Talks
July 23, 2019
The Facilitative Working Group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform recently held its first meeting in Bonn, Germany, to create a two-year work plan on advancing indigenous people’s interests in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change process.
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OSCE Dialogue Focuses on Environmental Cooperation
July 23, 2019
Demonstrating the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) increasing embrace of an environmental element in security policy, the OSCE recently hosted a discussion among governments on how economic and environmental cooperation can be a key driver in conflict prevention.
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