International Organizations

  • UN Officials Push Worldwide Schooling on SDGs

    August 29, 2017

    At a High-level Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Action Event on Education in New York in June, high-ranking UN officials emphasized their strategy to achieve the international organization's comprehensive "sustainability" agenda in part by convincing countries around the world to include the SDGs and "Global Citizenship Education" in their school curricula.

  • UNESCO Pushes Scientists to Fulfill SDGs

    August 29, 2017

    The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently announced a meeting of its Chairs and Networks in the Natural Sciences in Geneva to discuss aligning their scientific and technological research with the fulfillment of the comprehensive social and environmental targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • City Leaders Join "Covenant" to Support UN Climate Deal

    August 29, 2017

    In a CNN interview, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Maroš Šefčovič of the European Commission touted their leadership of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy and highlighted the Covenant as a way for city leaders to issue their own ambitious pledges to support the fulfillment of the UN's Paris climate accord.

  • IMF Analysis Targets US Social, Environmental Policies

    August 29, 2017

    As part of its recommendations to maintain economic growth and "resilience" in the US, staff from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently advised US officials to impose a tax on carbon emissions, enhance "social assistance" programs at the federal and state levels, and prevent a roll-back in healthcare coverage granted under the Obama Administration.

  • UN Agencies Create Database on Abortion Rights

    August 28, 2017

    The Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) reports that the UN's World Health Organization and Department of Economic and Social Affairs have partnered on a global database cataloging government laws and policies on access to abortion as a political tool to advocate for controversial "sexual and reproductive health rights" around the world.

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