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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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UN Chief Seeks Substantial Increase in EU Emissions Action
June 17, 2019
Reuters reports that UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on European Council President Donald Tusk to encourage EU leaders to ramp up plans to limit greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2030 to help achieve the UN’s Paris climate deal targets.
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US Authorities Criticize UN Official’s Visit to Xinjiang
June 17, 2019
Fox News reports that the US State Department has criticized as “highly inappropriate” a visit by Under-Secretary for the UN Counter-Terrorism Office Vladimir Voronkov to the Chinese province of Xinjiang, where US authorities say there is a a “repression campaign” underway against the Muslim Uighur population.
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UNICEF Ranks Countries on Parental Leave, Childcare Policies
June 14, 2019
Newsday reports that the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has published a ranking of 41 countries’ “family friendliness,” focusing on national policies regarding paid maternity and paternity leave and funding for early childhood care and giving the US a poor score due to its lack of a federal parental leave policy.
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