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UN Panel Calls for “Gender Mainstreaming” in SDGs
July 26, 2018
A group of UN agencies recently convened a panel in Nairobi, Kenya, calling for a “gender-responsive implementation” of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to remedy the “unequal distribution of resources, power and wealth” between women and men around the world.
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NGO Criticizes Unenforceable UN Refugee Compact
July 25, 2018
Amnesty International has criticized national leaders involved in the negotiation of the UN’s Global Compact on Refugees for failing to create a global, “human-rights based” system of responsibility sharing requiring the “compassionate” distribution of refugees around the world.
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Asia Climate Week Focuses on Need for Climate Finance
July 25, 2018
Organized in Singapore under the framework of the UN’s Paris climate agreement, Asia Pacific Climate Week 2018 placed a large focus on the need for countries around the world to reach a $100-billion annual target for financing projects aimed at adapting to and mitigating the impacts of global warming.
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UN Staffers Push for 30-Year National Climate Plans
July 25, 2018
An op-ed from two UN staffers calls for national governments to move “beyond incremental thinking and planning” in achieving their goals under the UN’s Paris climate accord and “envision an ideal future for their countries and citizens” in setting long-term plans to combat global warming.
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UN-Supported Study: Climate Change Will Expand Global Debt
July 25, 2018
The UN recently commissioned a study finding that the impacts of global warming have increased the cost of capital and will balloon the debt payments from “climate change vulnerable countries” in the next 10 years if governments do not meet their commitments under the UN’s Paris climate deal.
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