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World Bank Launches SDG-Linked Bonds for Asian Investors
January 15, 2019
The World Bank, in partnership with French bank BNP Paribas, recently introduced new bonds for investors in Hong Kong and Singapore that link investment returns with corporate contributions to the comprehensive social and environmental targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Gennarini: Abortion Is “Original Sin” of UN System
January 11, 2019
Stefano Gennarini of the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) identifies “indifference to human life in the prenatal phase” as “the original sin” in the UN human rights system and argues that, through its promotion of “sexual and reproductive health rights,” the UN is currently “the loudest and most influential” advocate for legalizing abortion.
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UNESCO Promotes Curricula on “Sustainability” in Japan, Morocco
January 11, 2019
A joint project of Japanese and Moroccan foundations with the aim of “twinning” schools in these countries to promote the UN’s “sustainable development” agenda highlights the global nature of projects at the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to embed its Education for Sustainable Development initiative in school curricula.
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UNESCO Pushes Schools to Teach “Ocean Literacy”
January 11, 2019
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Office in San José, Costa Rica, recently hosted a training workshop for teachers on “ocean literacy,” as the global organization seeks to include in school curricula portions of the UN’s ambitious “sustainable development” agenda related to protection of the oceans.
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UN Project Seeks National Coordination on Environmental SDGs
January 10, 2019
The UN Environment Programme has produced a fact sheet on its program pushing for “coherent and integrated implementation and monitoring” by national institutions in four developing countries of environment-related action toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).