International Organizations

  • UNESCO, Sweden Call for Sexuality Education in Africa

    March 05, 2018

    The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently partnered with the Government of Sweden on a program in sub-Saharan Africa explaining the importance of the inclusion of "comprehensive sexuality education" in school curricula across the continent.

  • Resource Panel Seeks Green, "Socially Just" Cities

    March 05, 2018

    The International Resource Panel, a body of experts established by the UN Environment Programme, has published a report containing a climate-friendly blueprint for the future development of urban areas, with the goal of a "transition to low-carbon, resource-efficient, socially just cities" around the world.

  • NGO Sets out Climate Advocacy Agenda for Investors

    March 05, 2018

    Mindy Lubber of the nongovernmental organization Ceres highlights how the NGO is using its new Investor Agenda to push investors in its network, with over $23 trillion in assets, to adopt a broad range of policies aimed at placing pressure on corporations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in line with the global agenda on countering climate change.

  • World Bank Collaborates on Urban SDG Framework

    March 01, 2018

    The World Bank and the Global Environment Facility have launched a joint "Urban Sustainability Framework" as a guide for cities around the world in their efforts to reshape their social and environmental policies to comply with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • UN Agent: States Must Avoid "Austerity" to Protect Rights

    February 28, 2018

    UN Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and human rights Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky has called on countries around the world to base their decisions on tax and spending policies on principles based in the global human rights agenda, and to avoid negative impacts of "austerity" on social and economic rights.

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