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WHO Launches New Campaign on Noncommunicable Disease
May 15, 2017
As part of the UN agency's array of campaigns against noncommunicable diseases, including obesity and mental health issues, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched a call for governments around the world to invest more financial resources in combating depression.
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NGOs Criticize EU Progress on UN Climate Deal
May 12, 2017
A report published by a coalition of nongovernmental organizations examines the political progress of EU member states toward implementing the UN climate change deal agreed in Paris in 2015 and criticizes most of these countries for seeking "loopholes" in the bloc's climate legislation that will allegedly slow efforts toward the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
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OSCE Official Decries Trump Moves on Emissions
May 11, 2017
The OSCE security organization has reported that its Parliamentary Assembly’s economic and environment committee Chair Nilza Sena recently criticized the US for a White House executive order easing restrictions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris climate change deal agreed in 2015.
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Uncertainty on US Clouds UN Climate Meeting
May 10, 2017
AFP reports that uncertainty regarding future US participation in a global climate change deal agreed in Paris in 2017 has dampened enthusiasm at the opening of an ongoing UN meeting in Bonn aimed at working out a worldwide "rulebook" for the Paris agreement that would bind signatories closer to global climate policy.
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OSCE Prioritizes Climate Change in Eastern Europe
May 09, 2017
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), an entity established to advance security across Europe, recently demonstrated the broad commitment of global organizations to promoting the UN's climate agenda by organizing a working group meeting on "climate change adaptation" in Moldova and Ukraine's Dniester River Basin.
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