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World Bank Identifies $43.1 Billion in MDB Climate Finance
June 19, 2019
A press release from the World Bank highlights the growth of “climate finance” by multilateral development banks (MDBs), reporting a 2018 figure of $43.1 billion in such funding for projects with the aim of combating climate change and limiting risks posed by global warming in developing countries.
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UN, WEF Sign Partnership Agreement on Sustainable Development
June 19, 2019
The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the UN have signed a “Strategic Partnership Framework” with the aim of building a more coordinated approach toward the organizations’ work toward achieving the UN’s comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Observer Accuses UK of Widespread Racial Discrimination
June 19, 2019
UN Special Rapporteur on racism and human rights E. Tendayi Achiume has accused the UK government of exacerbating the “persistent exclusion and marginalization of racial and ethnic minorities” through a broad array of policies, including “austerity” measures.
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OECD Warns of Uptick in Fossil Fuel Subsidies
June 19, 2019
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a report expressing alarm regarding its finding of an uptick around the world in government incentives for fossil fuel companies, warning of the impact of oil and gas consumption on climate change.
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Facebook Sparks Criticism by Disabling Search Function
June 18, 2019
Sam Dubberley, a special advisor to Amnesty International’s Crisis Response team, highlights the pressures on the tech industry to support the global human rights agenda in an op-ed calling on Facebook to reverse its “betrayal” of the human rights community by ending a function that allowed NGOs to find evidence of rights violations.
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